Legal Opinion
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS v. Cheney
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 19, 2009No. Civil Action 08-1548 (CKK)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
“Were we both to die to-day, to-morrow two other names would be in the place of ours, without any change in the motion of the machinery. Its motion is from its principle, and not from you or myself.”
— Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, reflecting on their disagreements about the federal government. 1
This case concerns matters of significance extending beyond its individual parties, requiring a discussion of how the three branches of government interact to preserve documents that form part of our nation’s history. At risk, according to…
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