John Roberts a dissenter on the Cheney Energy Task Force Case

[liveoaktx]

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13523

In re: Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 18831 (D.C. Cir. 2003), cert. granted, 2003 U.S. LEXIS 9205 (2003): secrecy of Vice President Cheney's energy task force

Judge Roberts was one of the dissenters in the court's 5-3 denial of a petition for rehearing en banc (with one judge not participating) filed by the Bush Administration in its continuing efforts to avoid releasing records pertaining to Vice President Cheney's energy task force. This ruling came in litigation brought by Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club charging that the Vice President's task force had violated federal law by not making its records public. The court's ruling marked "the fourth time a judicial panel has rebuffed efforts to keep the information from the public." Carol D. Leonnig, "Energy Task Force Appeal Refused," Washington Post (Sept. 12, 2003). At the Administration's urging, the Supreme Court has agreed to review the case; a decision is expected by the end of June 2004.

[WI_DEM]

1. this guy is a total disaster

[Alpharetta]

2. I think if he dissented in that case it means he thought Cheney was wrong

and the task force should be disclosed.

[VelmaD]

3. No...the court ordered the admin to release the records...

and Roberts dissented with that ruling.

[janetle]

4. The dissent was his ticket to a SC nomination.

[Mojambo]

5. Agreed

I've always thought the Energy Task Force thing was the key to unraveling the entire Bush presidency. Which is why they've fought against it so hard.

This is payback to Roberts for being a good soldier.

[savemefromdumbya]

6. I see that the 4th Reich is almost firmly in place?

It is no surprise that Roberts has been picked

[the old gringo]

7. slightly off topic...

but does anyone notice that weird little side-to-side jaw movement Shrub keeps making between smirks? What the hell?

[savemefromdumbya]

10. do you also?

notice the funny wave when he was with Rove the other day?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

8. We're Fucked! - I Knew There Was A Reason n/t

[Straight Shooter]

9. I guess now it it will be a three-some for duck hunting.

Cheney, Scalia and Roberts. Menage-a-screw-the-U.S.