Cheney Loses Lawsuit Bid

[VaLabor]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26381-2003Jul8.html?nav=hptop_tb

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 Dick 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.

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[proud patriot]

1. GOOD

:bounce:

[lancasterdem]

2. This thing just keeps going on and on

we'll probably never get to the bottom of it.

[Barney]

5. Welcome to DU

Congratulations on your first post.

I agree that we'll probably never find out everything that Dick Cheney and the energy companies discussed and did in crafting the energy legislation, etc., but it's important to keep pushing.

[Cha]

7. Welcome to DU2, yourself, Barney!!

I think you are so right on!!

[lancasterdem]

10. Thanks, Barney

Actually I'm not a newbie at all. I used to be diplomats but I got sick of that username (it's the nickname of my alma mater's sports teams) and logged in under a new, less dorky name.

[lancasterdem]

11. Yes, I think it should go on, too

It just keeps getting dragged out ad nausaum.

[Chico Man]

3. The documents must make reference to the war(s)

At least in some way. Why else would Cheney be so paranoid?

[Paschall]

4. So what's the doc have to say?

Did Dickie boy pass his crash-cart test today?

[Cha]

6. Does this mean God wants us to know what the bushwa,,,

is up to, afterall?

Halleluja!!!

[arcane1]

8. hehehe... **rubs hands with glee**

you're going down, DICK!

[twilight]

14. pacemaker needed ... NOW

No wonder he's getting the pacemaker checked. I HAD and uncle with one - he dropped dead on the street 1-1/2 years after he got it.

Hmmmmmm ..................................... :evilgrin:

[psychopomp]

9. The justice system redeems itself, again

As screwed up as it is, it sometimes is the best thing ordinary citizens have got!

I hope they changed the batteries on the VipeRResident' ticker-tocker!

[booksenkatz]

12. According to FTW

those Cheney energy task force documents hold many of the secrets of 9-11, and that's why the crooks are fighting tooth and nail to conceal their contents. I tend to think this is true. Just finished reading an interesting article:

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/070103_beyond_bush_1.html

Lisa, The Homesick Texan
Patsy Cline rules!

[Devil Dog Dem]

13. This is good but I wouldn't hold my breath

about anything of substance being produced.

Can you say "shredder"?

[ZenLefty]

15. Sorry, this is a duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2706&mesg_id=2706&page=