Supreme Court to Hear Cheney Energy Task Force Case

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Supreme Court to Hear Cheney Energy Task Force Case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) said on Monday it would hear Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s case for keeping his energy task force papers secret

The high court said Cheney's Justice Department (news - web sites) lawyers could present detailed arguments on why he should not have to comply with a judge's order to hand over details of White House contacts with the energy industry.

Two groups, the Sierra Club (news - web sites) and Judicial Watch, sued in 2001 to find out the names and positions of members of the energy task force headed by the vice president that year.

They allege that as Cheney drafted energy policy, he consulted industry executives such as Enron Corp.'s Ken Lay, making them effective members of his energy task force while leaving environmentalists


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Court to hear Cheney energy case

[CMT]

1. well we already know three sure votes in favor of Cheney

Rehnquest, Fat Tony and his dummy Thomas.

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Here's a thread in LBN about this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=270647

On edit, another one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=270453