Concept
Contempt of Congress
Concepts associés (4)
Executive privilege
Executive privilege is the right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications under certain circumstances within the executive branch and to resist some subpoenas and other oversight by the legislative and judicial branches of government in pursuit of particular information or personnel relating to those confidential communications. The right comes into effect when revealing the information would impair governmental functions.
Mueller report
The Mueller report, officially titled Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, is the official report documenting the findings and conclusions of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 United States presidential election, allegations of conspiracy or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, and allegations of obstruction of justice.
Separation of powers under the United States Constitution
Separation of powers is a political doctrine originating in the writings of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws, in which he argued for a constitutional government with three separate branches, each of which would have defined abilities to check the powers of the others. This philosophy heavily influenced the drafting of the United States Constitution, according to which the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the United States government are kept distinct in order to prevent abuse of power.
Maccarthysme
thumb|Joseph McCarthy (à gauche) en compagnie de son conseiller Roy Cohn. Le maccarthysme ou maccarthisme (McCarthyism) est une période de l'histoire américaine, connue également sous le nom de (Red Scare) et qualifiée fréquemment de (witch hunt). Le maccarthysme trouve ses origines dans le fort sentiment anticommuniste qui s'était développé aux États-Unis dans le contexte de la guerre froide. Il s'étend de 1950, avec l'apparition du sénateur Joseph McCarthy sur le devant de la scène politique américaine, à 1954, avec le vote de censure contre McCarthy.