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82 relations: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Anne Gorsuch Burford, Article One of the United States Constitution, Article Two of the United States Constitution, Attorney–client privilege, Backpage, Charles Duncan Jr., Charles J. Cooper, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Congressional Research Service, Contempt of court, Contempt of Parliament, Crime, Eric Holder, Executive (government), Executive privilege, Finding Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress, Grand jury, Habeas corpus, Harriet Miers, Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton email controversy, Internal Revenue Service, IRS targeting controversy, Jack Quinn (lawyer), James B. Edwards, James G. Watt, Janet Reno, John Nance Garner, Joseph A. Califano Jr., Joshua Bolten, Jurney v. MacCracken, Legislature, Lois Lerner, Office of Administration, Office of Legal Counsel, Political question, Politico, President of the United States, Rita Lavelle, Robert Randal, Rogers Morton, Separation of powers, Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, South Carolina, Speech or Debate Clause, Subpoena, Supreme Court of the United States, The New York Times, ..., The Wall Street Journal, Theodore Olson, Unitary executive theory, United States Attorney, United States Attorney General, United States Congress, United States congressional committee, United States congressional subcommittee, United States Department of Justice, United States district court, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives, United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Postmaster General, United States Secretary of Commerce, United States Secretary of Energy, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Secretary of State, United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Senate, United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Vice President of the United States, White House Chief of Staff, White House Counsel, Wilkinson v. United States, William P. MacCracken Jr., William Smith (South Carolina representative). Expand index (32 more) »
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government's Environmental Protection Agency, and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, as well as numerous other environmental statutes.
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Anne Gorsuch Burford
Anne Irene McGill Gorsuch Burford (April 21, 1942 – July 18, 2004), also known as Anne M. Gorsuch (/ˈɡɔːrsətʃ/), was an American attorney and politician.
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Article One of the United States Constitution
Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress.
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Article Two of the United States Constitution
Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.
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Attorney–client privilege
In the law of the United States, attorney–client privilege or lawyer–client privilege is a "client's right privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney." The attorney–client privilege is one of the oldest recognized privileges for confidential communications.
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Backpage
Backpage is a classified advertising website launched in 2004.
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Charles Duncan Jr.
Charles William Duncan Jr. (born September 9, 1926) is an American entrepreneur, administrator, and politician best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Energy on the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.
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Charles J. Cooper
Charles 'Chuck' J. Cooper (born 1955) is an appellate attorney and litigator in Washington, D.C., where he is a founding member and chairman of the law firm Cooper & Kirk, PLLC.
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Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House.
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Congressional Research Service
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), known as Congress's think tank, is a public policy research arm of the United States Congress.
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Contempt of court
Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or discourteous toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice and dignity of the court.
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Contempt of Parliament
In some countries, contempt of Parliament is the offence of obstructing the legislature in the carrying out of its functions, or of hindering any legislator in the performance of his or her duties.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Eric Holder
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is an American attorney who served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Executive privilege
Executive privilege is the power of the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch of the United States Government to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government in pursuit of information or personnel relating to the executive.
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Finding Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress
, officially titled Recommending that the House of Representatives find Lois G. Lerner, Former Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is a simple resolution that passed in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.
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Grand jury
A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.
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Habeas corpus
Habeas corpus (Medieval Latin meaning literally "that you have the body") is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.
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Harriet Miers
Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945) is a Republican lawyer and former White House Counsel to President George W. Bush.
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Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is an American statesman, political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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Hillary Clinton email controversy
The Hillary Clinton email controversy was a major public controversy arising from the use by Hillary Clinton of her family's private email server for official communications during her tenure as United States Secretary of State rather than official State Department email accounts maintained on secure federal servers.
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Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.
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IRS targeting controversy
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.
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Jack Quinn (lawyer)
John Michael Quinn (born August 16, 1949) is an American lawyer and businessman.
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James B. Edwards
James Burrows Edwards (June 24, 1927 – December 26, 2014) was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina.
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James G. Watt
James Gaius Watt (born January 31, 1938) served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983.
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Janet Reno
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001.
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John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas.
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Joseph A. Califano Jr.
Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (born May 15, 1931) is a former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the founder and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), an evidence-based research organization.
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Joshua Bolten
Joshua Brewster "Josh" Bolten (born August 16, 1954) served as the White House Chief of Staff to U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Jurney v. MacCracken
Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 (1935),.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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Lois Lerner
Lois Gail Lerner (born October 12, 1950) is an American attorney and former United States federal civil service employee.
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Office of Administration
The Office of Administration is an entity within the Executive Office of the President tasked with overseeing the general administration of the entire Executive Office.
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Office of Legal Counsel
The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) is an office in the United States Department of Justice that assists the Attorney General's position as legal adviser to the President and all executive branch agencies.
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Political question
In American Constitutional law, the political question doctrine is closely linked to the concept of justiciability, as it comes down to a question of whether or not the court system is an appropriate forum in which to hear the case.
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Politico
Politico, known earlier as The Politico, is an American political journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.
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President of the United States
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Rita Lavelle
Rita Marie Lavelle (born 1946) is a United States and California State Republican political figure.
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Robert Randal
Robert Randal (ca 1766 – May 2, 1834) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.
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Rogers Morton
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (September 19, 1914 – April 19, 1979) was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, Jr., respectively.
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Separation of powers
The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state.
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Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
The Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities.
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Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or originally known as the Doorkeeper of the Senate from the First Congress until the Eighth Congress (April 7, 1789 – March 3, 1803) is the highest-ranking federal law enforcement officer in the Senate of the United States.
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South Carolina
South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Speech or Debate Clause
The Speech or Debate Clause is a clause in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1).
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Subpoena
A subpoena (also subpœna) or witness summons is a writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Theodore Olson
Theodore Bevry Olson (born September 11, 1940) is an American lawyer, practicing at the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
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Unitary executive theory
The unitary executive theory is a theory of American constitutional law holding that the President possesses the power to control the entire executive branch.
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United States Attorney
United States Attorneys (also known as chief federal prosecutors and, historically, as United States District Attorneys) represent the United States federal government in United States district courts and United States courts of appeals.
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United States Attorney General
The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per, concerned with all legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States congressional committee
A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress).
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United States congressional subcommittee
A congressional subcommittee in the United States Congress is a subdivision of a United States congressional committee that considers specified matters and reports back to the full committee.
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United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.
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United States district court
The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.
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United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is one of the oldest standing committees of the United States House of Representatives.
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United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is a United States House of Representatives committee that has existed in varying forms since 1816.
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United States House Committee on the Judiciary
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
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United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), also known as the House Intelligence Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Devin Nunes.
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United States Postmaster General
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service; Megan Brennan is the current Postmaster General.
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United States Secretary of Commerce
The United States Secretary of Commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce.
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United States Secretary of Energy
The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the U.S. Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.
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United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters.
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United States Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), stood up in March 1941 as the "Truman Committee," is the oldest subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (formerly the Committee on Government Operations).
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Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.
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White House Chief of Staff
The White House Chief of Staff has traditionally been the highest-ranking non-elected employee of the White House.
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White House Counsel
The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States whose role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and his Administration.
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Wilkinson v. United States
Wilkinson v. United States,, was a court case during the McCarthy Era in which the petitioner, Frank Wilkinson, an administrator with the Los Angeles Public Housing Authority, challenged his conviction under 2 U.S.C. § 192, which makes it a misdemeanor to refuse to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry for any person summoned as a witness by Congress.
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William P. MacCracken Jr.
William Patterson MacCracken Jr. (September 17, 1888 - September 20, 1969) was the first U. S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics.
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William Smith (South Carolina representative)
William Smith (September 20, 1751 – June 22, 1837) was a congressman, state senator and judge from South Carolina.
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Congressional subpoena, Contempt of congress, Inherent contempt.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress
