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Bush, Out of Office, Could Oppose Inquiries

Date: November 13, 2008

Author: Charles "Charlie" Savage

QUOTE: a precedent suggesting that former presidents wield lingering powers to keep matters from their administration secret. Now, as Congressional Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration, they wonder whether that claim may be invoked again.

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Key People:

• Representative John Conyers Jr.
• Prof. Peter M. Shane Esq.
• Harriet E. Miers Esq.
• Gov. Donald "Don" Siegelman Esq.
• President Richard M. Nixon
• Pres. Harry S. Truman
• President Ronald Wilson Reagan
• Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Esq.
• Karl Rove

Key Organizations:

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Human Rights First
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• New York Times Company
• Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
• US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Timing / Delay / Procrastination

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Executive Branch (President/Prime Minister/King)
    • Judicial Branch/Supreme Court
    • Legislative Branch (Congress/Senate/House of Representatives/Parliament)
    • Separation Powers / Checks and Balances
  • History (conceptual)
    • Artifacts/Archives

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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