Legal Opinion
Brennan Ctr. for Justice At N.Y. Univ. Sch. of Law v. U.S. Dep't of Justice
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided April 30, 2019No. 17 Civ. 6335 (AKH)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, U.S.D.J.:
I write to resolve two disputes in this Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") case. The matter arises in the context of an investigation of alleged voter fraud, commissioned and then aborted by the President and, plaintiffs allege, continued in other ways by other agencies.
On May 11, 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity ("Commission") to study and report on voter fraud: "vulnerabilities in voting systems and practices used for Federal elections that could lead to improper voter registrations and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- GUILLERMO FELIPE DUEÑAS ITURRALDE v. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCYCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- David Carney v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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