The president and executive privilege
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an interview From the country’s first president to its latest, American commanders in chief have wielded the controversial power of executive privilege. Recently, President Bush invoked the power to prevent witnesses from testifying for an investigation into the firings of U.S. attorneys. A University of Minnesota expert who can discuss this is:
Mark Rotenberg, general counsel and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School
Rotenberg has been the university’s general counsel since 1992. Previously, he served in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal counsel to the president, the White House staff, and heads of federal executive departments and agencies, and there he specialized in questions of executive privilege.
He also served in Washington as law clerk to Judge Patricia Wald on the United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. Rotenberg has argued and won cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Court of Appeals and other forums. For more than 15 years Rotenberg has taught courses in the U of M Law School on the constitutional powers of the presidency and separation of powers and speaks publicly and publishes on these topics frequently.
To interview Rotenberg, contact Patty Mattern, (612) 624-2801.
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