Politics > Politics-USA > Appeals court says on again, off again Cheney energy panel lawsuit, is on again.
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08 Jul 2003 12:17:06 PM |
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Appeals court says on again, off again Cheney energy panel lawsuit, is on again. |
From The Associated Press, 7/8/03:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030708_944.html
Court Allows Suit on Cheney Energy Panel
Appeals Court Rejects Bush Administration Bid to Block Lawsuit Delving
Into Cheney Energy Panel
WASHINGTON July 8 --
A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected the Bush administration's bid
to stop a lawsuit that seeks to delve into the energy industry's ties
to Vice President ***** Cheney's energy task force.
In a 2-1 ruling, the court said administration officials must turn
over some information about the task force or list specific documents
that they intend to withhold from the proceedings.
The administration argues that the lawsuit by the Sierra Club and a
conservative group, Judicial Watch, is an unwarranted intrusion into
the internal deliberations of the executive branch of government.
But Cheney and administration officials "have not satisfied the heavy
burden" required for the appeals court to get involved in the case,
wrote Appeals Court Judge David Tatel.
Bush administration officials have not even produced a log of
documents they want to keep confidential, the appeals court said.
Appeals judges David Tatel and Harry Edwards rejected the
administration's effort to stop the case.
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OK. Now let's get on with it.
Harry
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