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    [SIZE=3]Executive Privilege … yeah right[/SIZE]
    [SIZE=3](or When Executive Privilege really applies) [/SIZE]

    [SIZE=3]Philippine decisions on this matter cite the landmark case U.S. v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), where the U.S. Supreme Court rejected U.S. President Richard Nixon’s claim of absolute executive privilege of immunity from judicial review over high-level government communications. The U.S. SC held that, against the role of the judicial branch to administer justice in criminal cases, the confidentiality of high-level government communications cannot be protected by executive privilege “absent a claim of need to protect military, diplomatic, or sensitive national security secrets”. Thus, Nixon’s broad claim of “public interest” in the confidentiality of his communications was deemed insufficient basis to protect them as privileged and so he was compelled to surrender his audiotaped conversations and documents which were subpoenaed in connection with criminal cases (including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and obstruction of justice) filed against some members of his administration. Days later, fearing certain impeachment, Nixon resigned. [/SIZE]

    [SIZE=3]Read on at [/SIZE][SIZE=3]http://thelegallyinclined.wordpress.com/[/SIZE][SIZE=3] . Feel free to forward the link to your friends and colleagues. And leave some feedback if you can.[/SIZE]

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    imho. invoking executive privilege is really necessary if it really consists of information considering national security, diplomatic and trade secrets. kaya lang, its a matter of distinguishing what needs to be divulged or not. in our case, the government, invokes it out of the necessary.

    it now matters to the SC to decide on this. but the problem is, everytime ba na may kailangang iinquire eh dapat dadaan sa SC dahil lahat ng information, iniinvoke ng executive department?

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    In the NBN case, there is nothing that can be said which will adversely affect our country, in a military or diplomatic sense. Obviously, there is something wrong about the deal, kasi bribes were alleged to have been offered.

    In Sec. Neri's case, bakit kailangan nyang i-invoke ang executive privilege during his conversations with Pandak? Will it result to divulging state secrets? Or merely to hide Pandak's complicity?? We're not at war naman with China ah?

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    It was created supposedly for National Security.

    But it's more like "Personal Security"...

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    executive privilege - perks of the job hehehe

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    In a law of governing theres; Top Secret, Secret, Confidential etc in which none authorize individuals can't see it...remember we have three branches of government; executive, judiciary, and legislative...executive privilege is within the law bestowed upon to the president of the republic.
    Last edited by jeffrocks; October 16th, 2007 at 01:40 AM. Reason: lacking

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    But the question is: Does "Executive Privelege" exceed the President's authority? The judiciary is a separate entity from the executive branch, and acts as a balance against it in times like these.

    Not even the President is immune to the rulings of the Supreme Court.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    Executive Privilege is Executive Privilege,kahit maglulupasay pa sila sa edsa sa kaka-question wala silang magagawa...may nagagawa ba?hanggang daldal lang sila,hindi na nga nakakatulong nakakaperwesyo pa...

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    #9
    sino ba entitled sa executive privelege nayan?

    sa title palang president na agad.presidente ba yang neri nayan?
    me national security na dapat protekhan or pandak's security yan he he he ...nagtatanong lang po.wag magagalit at baka dumami wrinkles nyo he he

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    Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
    But the question is: Does "Executive Privelege" exceed the President's authority? The judiciary is a separate entity from the executive branch, and acts as a balance against it in times like these.

    Not even the President is immune to the rulings of the Supreme Court.
    sir *niky ang supreme court hangang sa pa-judge judge lang, pero ang executive = executory = execution. she can will what she desires hehehe

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