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SCOTT SIMON
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
01-28-2006
What Are the Limits of Executive Privilege?

Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time: 12:00-13:00 PM

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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News, I'm Scott Simon. The US Constitution allows presidents to invoke executive privilege when they want to have frank but confidential discussions with their closest aids. It's part of the separation of powers. Executive privilege allows presidents to solicit candid advice without scrutiny from other branches of government.

President Bush invoked it when he refused to give Congress memos written by White ...

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