Alabama’s highest court is poised to make a ruling that could “set straight” the state’s authority on executive privilege, and one that could establish how much power governors will have in keeping public documents secretive.
to withhold communications he claims to have had with “legal conservative heavyweights” over selecting nominees for the Florida Supreme Court.In Alabama, taxpayers are footing the legal bills for Ivey to argue in support of granting her administration executive privilege. The Legislature’s Contract Review Committee, attended by only two of its 10 members Thursday,. Neiman is representing the governor’s office before the Supreme Court.
“We need to see what the Supreme Court has to say,” Elliott said. “This claim will be expensive to taxpayers.”Elliott, like the media associations, said he is unaware of Alabama state law or a previous court case that extends privilege to the governor’s office to withhold public information. Bailey, in his filing on behalf of the media associations, argues the Alabama Constitution, its statutes and case law “do not provide for the broad executive or deliberative process privilege over executive official communication.”
The governor’s brief compares the governor’s job functions with the U.S. President: Prepares a budget, appoints agency heads, oversees the state’s responses to emergencies, and must act on each bill that passes through the legislature.
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