On Wednesday morning, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said in a letter to Mr. Issa that the president was claiming privilege over the documents because their disclosure would chill the candor of future internal deliberations.
The scope of the claimed privilege includes the character, causes, and consequences of the social inequalities that define the groups in question.
From 1547, if a peer or peeress was convicted of a crime, except treason or murder, he or she could claim "privilege of peerage" to escape punishment if it was their first offence.
She was right: the decision is opening the door for the religiously observant to claim privileges that are not available to anyone else.
Elites have also based their claims to privilege on myths.
In waiving claims of privilege today, Mr. Clinton departed from his past practice concerning pardons.
Traditionally egalitarian, Australians have been quick to resent any claims to privilege either by a class or by an individual.
"He needs to identify that material and get it to me so I can make claims of privilege".
The court should also rule that trial judges faced with claims of privilege must examine the evidence to ensure they are convinced about the risk to national security from disclosure.
I have thought about my behavior all year, and I am resolved not to become the old person in the family who remains recalcitrant and claims outsize privilege with age.
It said the special counsel's office has "extensively used the materials in question, including portions that are susceptible to claims of privilege" without notifying the Trump for America team.
