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Learn how the government can invoke the state secrets privilege to prevent disclosure of confidential information in civil and criminal cases. Explore the legal framework, history, and recent developments of this privilege in the U.S. Constitution Annotated.
Learn how the Bush administration has abused the state secrets privilege (SSP) to cover up its illegal behavior and undermine judicial oversight. Find out what the SSP is, how it originated, and how it threatens democracy and human rights.
The purpose of the state secrets privilege is to prevent courts from revealing state secrets in the course of civil litigation. The government may intervene in any civil suit, including when it is not a party to the litigation, to ask the court to exclude state secrets evidence.
Apr 29, 2022 · Over time, the Supreme Court of the United States has developed the common law doctrine known as the “state secrets privilege,” which protects sensitive national security information from being disclosed in civil litigation. In particular, there are two seminal cases that discuss the privilege’s applicability.
article aims to ascertain the actual State practice concerning State secrets protection on national security grounds across different countries,9 with a view to examining common challenges to the delimitation of national security
Mar 28, 2022 · Penn Law’s Claire Finkelstein says a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming sweeping assertions by the government of the state secrets privilege effectively eliminates the government’s burden of demonstrating a need for the privilege.
State secret may refer to: Classified information, about state secrets in government; State Secret, a British film; State Secret, an Italian film; See also. State secrets privilege, about the origin of the doctrine of state secrets in the United States
