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JW [and Sierra Club] VICTORY: COURT RULES CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE MUST TURN OVER INFORMATION
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| 23 May 2002
| Judicial Watch
Posted on 05/23/2002 3:40:35 PM PDT by 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 Watchs lawsuit against Vice President Cheney and his Energy Task Force can proceed to discovery. The Bush Administration had asked the court to dismiss Judicial Watchs 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 Watchs 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 courts ruling lifts the veil of secrecy from Vice President Cheneys Energy Task Force. Judicial Watch will now proceed to discovery about the Task Forces composition and operations, and we intend to question individuals under oath, stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheney; energy; judicialwatch; sierraclub
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To: FreeTheHostages; Southflanknorthpawsis;Amelia
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.
To: FreeTheHostages
Can you imagine if this thing goes to the Supreme Court ... Ted Olsen vs. Larry Klayman. Godzilla vs. Tokyo.
To: Howlin
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.
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posted on
05/23/2002 4:42:48 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: truebeliever9
FYI. How are you?
To: Amelia
Where does Judicial Watch get its money?
To: Right_in_Virginia
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.
To: Right_in_Virginia
Where does Judicial Watch get its money? That's what the IRS would like to know!
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posted on
05/23/2002 5:04:14 PM PDT
by
Amelia
To: Amelia
Audit bump
To: thinktwice
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?)
To: ArneFufkin
Ted Olsen vs. Larry Klayman. Godzilla vs. Tokyo.ROFLOL !!!!!! I'm glad I read back over this thread and saw this.
To: Right_in_Virginia; deport
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.
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posted on
05/23/2002 5:40:09 PM PDT
by
Amelia
To: Amelia
The better question is if all he collects and spends is accounted for.
To: Amelia
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?
To: Southflanknorthpawsis
deport says:
Fish gotta fry. Go audit go!
To: ArneFufkin
I always listen carefully to deport. : )
To: ArneFufkin
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.
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posted on
05/23/2002 6:04:39 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
To: sinkspur; ArneFufkin
Perot's spokesman in 1996, Russ Verney, is running the Judicial Watch office in Dallas. Now that is interesting!
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posted on
05/23/2002 6:15:03 PM PDT
by
Amelia
To: sinkspur
You may have swerved into the truth That's exactly why I swerve around aimlessly.
To: Amelia
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.
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posted on
05/23/2002 7:00:52 PM PDT
by
jackbill
To: ArneFufkin
To paraphrase Henry Hill in GOOD FELLAS:
You're one funny guy.
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posted on
05/23/2002 7:01:24 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
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