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state secrets privilege

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state secrets privilege

Summary

state secrets privilege is a rule of evidence[1]. It draws 1,114 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_evidence category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • state secrets privilege's instance of is recorded as rule of evidence[3].
  • 1953 marks the founding of state secrets privilege[4].
  • state secrets privilege's facet of is recorded as Herring v. United States[5].

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Definition and Type

state secrets privilege's instance of is recorded as rule of evidence[3].

Origins

1953 marks the founding of state secrets privilege[4].

Why It Matters

state secrets privilege draws 1,114 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_evidence category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → Herring v. United States
    Inception → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'hr', 'pl']
    Instance of → rule of evidence
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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