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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (2340)	7/16/2002 4:40:14 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) of 89467

JUDGE REBUKES ADMINISTRATION IN ENERGY TASK FORCE CASE A federal judge last week chastised Bush Administration officials for their unwarranted attempt at "aggrandizement of Executive power." The unusually harsh rebuke was published in the latest ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch seeking disclosure of information concerning the Vice President's Energy Task Force. Administration officials "have repeatedly invoked an incorrect constitutional standard in this case, a standard that would increase Executive power at the expense of the other branches of government,"wrote U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in his July 11 decision. (pp.55-6) The government's extreme position, Judge Sullivan said, would render the Freedom of Information Act and other open government laws unconstitutional. "Clearly, this is not the law. Such a ruling would eviscerate the understanding of checks and balances between the three branches of government on which our constitutional order depends." (p. 64) The decision is available here: dcd.uscourts.gov

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