The federal District Court in DC has just ruled that the government has to turn over a list of the documents that it is withholding under a claim of Executive Privilege. All of these documents pertain to Fast and Furious, the Justice Department program under which 2000 assault weapons were supplied to Mexican drug cartels supposedly to follow the trail where the weapons went. (But hey, there were no tracking devices on the guns.) The suit was brought by Judicial Watch which had requested the documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Obama not only refused to give the documents to Judicial Watch, but he also would not turn them over to Congress. As a result, Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress.
Listing the documents withheld is standard practice in all legal disputes regarding claims of privilege. In other words, it is a no brainer that the court has ruled in favor of Judicial Watch on this matter. Nevertheless, it will be extremely interesting to see if the Obamacrats actually comply with the court order or if they try to appeal to the DC Circuit, a court that Obama recently packed with extremely liberal Democrat judges, in the hope of getting a reprieve.
It would be nice to see the president and his people actually obey the law for once. Sadly, however, my bet is placed firmly on their attempting to get some sort of a stay while they appeal this order. By the way, it is worth noting that under standard practice in the federal courts, the order by the District Court in this action is not appealable. I doubt that will stop the effort for delay, however.
Listing the documents withheld is standard practice in all legal disputes regarding claims of privilege. In other words, it is a no brainer that the court has ruled in favor of Judicial Watch on this matter. Nevertheless, it will be extremely interesting to see if the Obamacrats actually comply with the court order or if they try to appeal to the DC Circuit, a court that Obama recently packed with extremely liberal Democrat judges, in the hope of getting a reprieve.
It would be nice to see the president and his people actually obey the law for once. Sadly, however, my bet is placed firmly on their attempting to get some sort of a stay while they appeal this order. By the way, it is worth noting that under standard practice in the federal courts, the order by the District Court in this action is not appealable. I doubt that will stop the effort for delay, however.
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