Judge orders cheney to preserve records

[spanone]

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Saturday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration in its effort to promote a narrow definition of materials that must be safeguarded under by the Presidential Records Act.

The Bush administration's legal position "heightens the court's concern" that some records may not be preserved, said the judge.

A private group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, is suing Cheney and the Executive Office of the President in an effort to ensure that no presidential records are destroyed or handled in a way that makes them unavailable to the public.

In a 22-page opinion, the judge revealed that in recent days, lawyers for the Bush administration balked at a proposed agreement between the two sides on how to proceed with the case.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/20/AR2008092001627_pf.html

[PsN2Wind]

1. Haven't these judges learned yet that Cheney

and everyone else in the admin don't give a shit what they order.

[spanone]

2. these assholes are in court every day spending taxpayer money to defeat democracy

[Golden Raisin]

3. And I'm sure Cheney will honor the

judge's order just like Rove, Rice and other Repubs honored Congressional subpoenas. This gang believes they are above the law.

[tavalon]

8. And nothing, thusfar, has proven them wrong.

[salguine]

11. Well, if you break and/or ignore the law, and suffer no consequences,

then you ARE above the law.

[Golden Raisin]

15. And every time I see one of the

several extant photos of Pelosi beaming that big ass smile while standing next to or arm-in-arm with Bush I could just scream or cry.

[MadrasT]

4. Nice gesture, but

methinks the shredders are already going 24/7 at the Vice President's house.

[dkofos]

5. I'm sure cheney will ignore the order.

Note to judge, Don't go hunting with cheney!!

[Mz Pip]

6. Yeah, right.

I'm sure that order will be shredded right along with all the evidence we'll never get to see.

[Mnemosyne]

7. A couple years too late -

Blogged by Brad Friedman on 6/27/2007 11:29AM

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4738

[midnight]

9. I use to think that the judicial rulings against this administration

meant something. Now I'm just wondering how the runling will be enforced.

[spanone]

12. i suspect this administration will ignore it like all other judicial rulings

[Snarkoleptic]

10. Makes me wonder if there will be another fire at the EEOB.

[Shardik]

13. Like that's going to make a difference to Cheney.

He and his have the luxury of ignoring subpoena's and everything else in law.

God, they make me ill.

[asdjrocky]

14. This is what I said in response to an earlier post about this-

So what.

He won't do it. This man has done nothing but show contempt for the rule of law. He'll walk away from this a very very rich man and have a great rest of his life. Not for one second will he have second thoughts and not for a nanosecond will his conscience bother him.

Suck on that America.