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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... 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. ...
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 | Reply
The Executive branch trying to take over the Judicial branch?
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 08:12 PM | Reply
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