There are also the museums and churches that St Petersburg is famous for, and August is one of the best months to take a walking tour of the city to see them. You wonât get stuck in a traffic jam and will hopefully enjoy some fine weather as well as the cityâs beautiful architecture.
Definitions for executive privilege. Executive privilege. In the United States government, executive privilege is the power claimed by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government.
2. showed that the laws of the United States are superior to the actions of a President. Explanation: The Supreme Court ruled in the 1973 United States v. Nixon case that executive privilege only protected Nixon in his official capacity as president and Nixon's accused actions were outside that official capacity. He was ordered to surrender the tapes and did so a short while later, however several key conversations were either missing or obliterated.