Vice-presidential records preservation ruling [US DC]

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Vice-presidential records preservation ruling [US DC]

January 19, 2009 10:54:00 am

Ethics in Washington, et al., v. Richard B. Cheney, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 19, 2009 [granting summary judgment and ruling that Vice President Dick Cheney has broad discretion over which vice presidential records should be preserved]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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