JW [and Sierra Club] VICTORY: COURT RULES CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE MUST TURN OVER INFORMATION

Judicial Watch ^ | 23 May 2002 | Judicial Watch

[Amelia]

JW VICTORY: COURT RULES CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE MUST TURN OVER INFORMATION

COURT: JUDICIAL WATCH LAWSUIT CAN PROCEED CONCERNING ENERGY TASK FORCE MEETINGS

BUSH ADMINISTRATION LOSES COURT EFFORT TO DISMISS LAWSUIT

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that a federal court judge ruled today, over the objections of the Bush Administration, that Judicial Watch’s lawsuit against Vice President Cheney and his Energy Task Force can proceed to discovery. The Bush Administration had asked the court to dismiss Judicial Watch’s case and allow no discovery. The ruling, by The Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan, was thus a “devastating defeat” for the Bush Administration. Judicial Watch began its quest to obtain information about the Energy Task Force over one year ago and was force to file a lawsuit under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (open meetings law) when it was rebuffed in its requests for information by Vice President Cheney. Several months later, the Energy Task Force was sued by the Sierra Club, which is now a co-plaintiff in Judicial Watch’s lawsuit.

Judge Sullivan ruled today that the case will proceed and that he will order Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club to propose a discovery plan for the Cheney Energy Task Force.

“The court’s ruling lifts the veil of secrecy from Vice President Cheney’s Energy Task Force. Judicial Watch will now proceed to discovery about the Task Force’s composition and operations, and we intend to question individuals under oath,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.

[LarryLied]

The judge declared illegal the Navy's use of Farallon de Medinilla, near Saipan, as a test range (our only one in the Pacific)because they didn't get a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Just following the law no doubt. No political agenda in siding with one freaking bird watcher who brought the suit and against the U.S. Navy.

[ArneFufkin]

Can you imagine if this thing goes to the Supreme Court ... Ted Olsen vs. Larry Klayman. Godzilla vs. Tokyo.

[Bahbah]

I've never heard it called a VICTORY, have you? The firms I worked with all just said, "Whew." LOL. Exactly. When I worked for a court and we got those horrible pro se prisoners appeals they would bend over backwards out of a sense of fairness to find some kernel to let the thing go forward. Then they shot it down on the merits. Hehehe.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

FYI. How are you?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Where does Judicial Watch get its money?

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Where does Judicial Watch get its money?

LOL !! I'm guessing that a gazillion mail solicitations a year bring in plenty of dough from the sucker crowd.

[Amelia]

Where does Judicial Watch get its money?

That's what the IRS would like to know!

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Audit bump

[billybudd]

Meetings with energy executives are critical to national security? Wow, you've bought the administration's propaganda hook, line and sinker. (I suppose all "executive level" activity should be kept secret, right?)

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Ted Olsen vs. Larry Klayman. Godzilla vs. Tokyo.

ROFLOL !!!!!! I'm glad I read back over this thread and saw this.

[Amelia]

Seriously, I think most of JW's money supposedly comes from direct mail solicitations, but also got a ~$500,000 grant from one of the Scaiffe foundations a couple of years ago as well I believe.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

The better question is if all he collects and spends is accounted for.

[ArneFufkin]

The inside poop bandied around a thread several weeks ago was that a mystery donor - a megalomaniac jug eared midget Presidential candidate mystery donor named Ross - was a large underwriter of Klayman's $26 million revenue number last year.

Perot and his hatred for the Bushs. Nah, couldn't be, could it?

[ArneFufkin]

deport says:

Fish gotta fry. Go audit go!

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

I always listen carefully to deport. : )

[sinkspur]

Perot and his hatred for the Bushs. Nah, couldn't be, could it?

Perot's spokesman in 1996, Russ Verney, is running the Judicial Watch office in Dallas.

You may have swerved into the truth.

[Amelia]

Perot's spokesman in 1996, Russ Verney, is running the Judicial Watch office in Dallas.

Now that is interesting!

[ArneFufkin]

You may have swerved into the truth

That's exactly why I swerve around aimlessly.

[jackbill]

The ruling, by The Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan, was thus a ?devastating defeat? for the Bush Administration.

I believe that this turkey is close to the record for having his "decisions" overturned by the federal appeals courts.

[sinkspur]

To paraphrase Henry Hill in GOOD FELLAS:

You're one funny guy.