Thursday, May 08, 2025

America First Legal Foundation v. Chief Justice John Roberts

A FOIA lawsuit that seeks executive branch control over the Judicial Conference of the United States and Administrative Office of the United States.

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A think tank founded by Stephen Miller sued John Roberts and the office that administers the judiciary branch, claiming that the White House should run the federal courts.

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-- TPM (@talkingpointsmemo.com) May 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM

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... Last month, with relatively little fanfare, the America First Legal Foundation filed suit against Chief Justice John Roberts, in his capacity as the presiding officer of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and Robert J. Conrad, Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The suit is nominally seeking to enforce a document request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but substantively raises broad separation-of-powers claims.

The suit was prompted by the refusal of the Judicial Conference and Administrative Office to respond to AFLF's FOIA requests for copies of communication with the offices of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Hank Johnson, two legislators who have worked overtime to stir up ethical allegations against sitting Supreme Court justices. The Judicial Conference and Administrative Office rebuffed the requests on the grounds that each are exempt from FOIA.

The basis for AFLF's suit is that the Judicial Conference and Administrative Office are not part of the judiciary, but are instead executive branch agencies subject to FOIA. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 07:10 PM

The Executive branch trying to take over the Judicial branch?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 08:12 PM

"The basis for AFLF's suit is that the Judicial Conference and Administrative Office are not part of the judiciary, but are instead executive branch agencies subject to FOIA."

JeffJ must have such a Separation of Powers ----- right now!

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-08 08:02 PM

The executive branch is suing John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

A shot across the bow?

#4 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-05-09 05:11 AM

Miller is a ------- Nazi ----.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-09 08:33 AM

"The Executive branch trying to take over the Judicial branch?"

No, John Roberts is just trying to pretend Trump hasn't already taken over. He's owned but just won't admit it. Thomas and Alito are too but they just ask, "what's your point?"

#6 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-09 12:18 PM

Right now, Roberts and the U.S Supreme Court is no more than a convenient tool to Donald Trump.

Roberts may try but it's too late for him to back away from the fact that he's been a co-conspirator in Trump's master plan to incrementally demolish democracy in America.

Why Roberts sold out, one can only speculate. It's a mystery to me what he and the other conservatives on the court stand to gain.

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-05-10 02:45 AM

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