500+ Words 3 Bluebook references and citation page.
. . . Absent a claim of need to protect military, diplomatic, or sensitive national security secrets,
we find it difficult to accept the . . . [absolute] confidentiality of presidential communications.”
– Chief Justice Warren Burger
Read the case of United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), which can be found in the Resources link.
What, if any, secrets should be protected under a claim of Executive Privilege? What influence, if any, can you see of Marbury in this case?
Let’s stretch our legs at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/index.php. Let your mouse wander around, looking for all that you can find about what caused executive privilege to become such a hot topic throughout the 1970s. What new information did you learn? If you could visit this library in person, which part of it would you like to spend the most time in? Share three other resources, not cited by anyone else, about this
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