Answer to Question #136356 in Political Science for Oumou Diallo

Question

 What is executive privilege? Does executive privilege give the president immunity against having to comply with a subpoena?

Answer 1

Executive privilege is the right of the president of the united States to withhold certain information from the congress and the public. This provision is founded on the principles of separation of powers and it is meant to enable the president to receive advice and crucial information from the advisers and safeguard the disclosure of such information, whose disclosure would be a threat to particular aspects of governance such as national security.

Yes. executive privilege gives the president immunity against having to comply with subpoena among other interventions. The president under this provision may resist subpoenas and oversight by the judicial and legislative branches of the government in a bid to protect information or personnel relating to the confidential information or communication.