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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal
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To: Mephisto who wrote (3739)7/9/2003 5:34:23 PM
From: Mephisto   of 5185
 
Cheney Energy Task Force Suit to Proceed
July 9, 2003

latimes.com

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court dealt a setback to the Bush
administration Tuesday, refusing to stop a lawsuit delving into Vice President
Dick Cheney's contacts with the energy industry as his task force was drafting
the White House's energy policy.

In a 2-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected the
government's arguments that the lawsuit would be an unconstitutional intrusion
on the operations of the executive office of the president.

Cheney and
administration officials
"have not satisfied the
heavy burden" required
for the appeals court to
get involved in the case,
wrote appeals Judge
David Tatel. The lawsuit
had been proceeding in a lower court.

Drafted in 2001, the administration's energy plan
favors opening more public lands to oil and gas
drilling and proposes a wide range of other steps
supported by industry. It followed months of
discussions by task force members and staff with
business executives and lobbyists from the energy
sector.

The groups that are suing - the Sierra Club and the conservative Judicial Watch - allege that
participants from industry effectively became members of the task force in assembling the White
House's energy policy. The administration says the makeup of the task force was limited to government
officials.

What will happen next is unclear. The Justice Department, which is representing Cheney and the task
force, could request that the case be heard by the full panel of the appeals court, or it could try to bring
the case before the Supreme Court.
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