Executive Privilege In Criminal Justice

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Executive privilege has been referenced in many supreme court decisions and even some that are related directly to the current case that is before us today. In the second world war during the year 1944 the precedent setting supreme court case Korematsu Vs U.S. was argued setting the precedent that in a time of war (of which one we are in right now) the government could use the crucial notion of executive privilege to preserve national security. While the way it was executed is different in both cases surly there are some parallels. This case truly fleshes out what it means to have executive privilege and is an important case to keep in mind as we look at Hamdi v Rumsfeld. This case cited executive privilege as being able to override the rights