Social Sciences and History / Unit 8 SSH 0715 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Executive Privilege and the Signing Statement
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The idea
Executive privilege is the president's right to withhold information from Congress or courts. A signing statement accompanies a signed bill to shape its enforcement. The line-item veto, created by law in nineteen ninety-six, was struck by the Supreme Court in nineteen ninety-eight.
In practice
Governors keep a line-item veto; the president does not.
Where people slip
The anchor gives dates, not the case.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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