What exactly, is Executive Priviledge and why, is the President called Commander and Chief??

Question

I don't understand either so, can someone please explain these to me? Thanks! I'd appriciate that!!

Answer 1

Well, it is Commander IN Chief, and he means he is the supreme head of all the armed forces of America.

There are three branches of the government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The Executive is the president and his officials, etc. Executive Privilege, which I am not totally clear on, seems to be powers of the president not prohibited by any law, but which he can assume.

For example, when Congress (the legislative branch) asked for the tapes of conversations in the Oval Office when Nixon was president he refused to supply them, claiming "executive privilege", in other words that they were his personal or presidential property and that therefore he had the privilege of refusing to comply with the legislative request. This argument went all the way to the Supreme Court (the Judicial Branch) who sided with Congress and ordered Nixon to release the tapes.

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that every time a president has called upon "executive privilege" he has been trying to get away with something he shouldn't.

Answer 2

All answers excellent and scholarly - - - that said I'll just say that the Title of 'Chief B tth l e ' was already taken- - - -

As for Executive Privillege it is an abused term - - - what it mainly means is "I'm the Prez I do what I want to," the idea behind Executive Privillege is that anything not ascribed to the Judicial or Congress is up to the Prez to decide - - - though he/she is still suppose to abide by the will of the people. Certain Presidents believe that 'the people' refers to those who actually put him in power not the voters but the power brokers...

http://www.nolo.com/definition.cfm/Term/892DA109-E432-4AD3-B348D9160EA44ECA/alpha/E/
"""The privilege that allows the president and other high officials of the executive branch to keep certain communications private if disclosing those communications would disrupt the functions or decisionmaking processes of the executive branch. As demonstrated by the Watergate hearings, this privilege does not extend to information germane to a criminal investigation. """

http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/executive-privilege.htm
"""Executive Privilege
n. a claim by the President or another high official of the executive branch that he/she need not answer a request (including a subpena issued by a court or Congress) for confidential government or personal communications, on the ground that such revelations would hamper effective governmental operations and decision-making. The rationale is that such a demand would violate the principle of separation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches. If there is a potential criminal charge, executive privilege will be denied, as Richard Nixon discovered when he attempted to use executive privilege to deny Congress, the courts and the Department of Justice access to tapes and documents in the Watergate scandal (1973-1974). ""

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Answer 3

"The President shall be Commander In Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;". That comes from Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution.
That same article goes on to state that he may require the Opinion in writing of the principal Officer in each of the executive departments. By tradition and practice, those writings, and also conversations, are considered to be privileged and don't have to be made available to the other branches of government. That's why it's called Executive Privilege.

Answer 4

well executive priviledge was ratifyed during the cold war to help keep goverment secricts from spys. and hes called the commander and chief because the prisident is to be the head of the armed forces.

Answer 5

commander in chief is pretty self-explanatory, he's the head of the armed forces by the constitution.

executive priviledge means that things the pres' advisors tell him in confidence while considering policy are not subject to being used against them in court or congress. it allows them to speak freely without fear of reprisal. this is supposed to render bbetter advise than a room full of advisors afraid to speak freely