Question

did the supreme court belive nixon when he claimed the idea of executive privilege or did the court rule that the executive were not above the rule of law

Answer 1

A power created for the president through laws enacted by Congress. A constitutional or statutory power of the president, which is expressly written into the Constitutional or into statutory law. ... Executive privilege is enjoyed by the president and by those executive officials accorded that right by the president.
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this is all i could find sorry.
And i believe ive answered one of your question before
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Zane