Judicial Watch is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization dedicated to reforming the legal and judicial systems and fighting government corruption. Judicial Watch is led by Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, a well known conservative activist. Utilizing the court system in a creative manner, Judicial Watch seeks to expose corruption at all levels of government and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
- RICARDO RAMIREZ v. JANET RENO, DORIS MEISSNER, ERIC HOLDER, et. al. - Complaint for action for money damages as authorized by the Ku Klux Klan Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) and for injunctive relief to restrain and enjoin the unlawful deprivation of the Plaintiff’s rights under the First and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
- Judicial Watch 2000 Florida Ballot Inspection - During the 2000 Florida presidential election controversy, Judicial Watch filed requests to inspect disputed ballots under Florida Statute 119.07 (Florida's Sunshine Law). In an innovative use of Florida's open records laws, Judicial Watch conducted its own inspection, investigation, and accountant-certified audit of disputed ballots, efforts which were mimicked subsequently by the media and other observers. Judicial Watch's independent audit, which reconfirmed a Bush victory, helped ensure that history was not rewritten incorrectly by partisans and their lawyers.
- Complaint Against Representative Tom DeLay and the NRCC - Complaint to the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice against Representative Tom DeLay of the 22nd Congressional District of the State of Texas and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).
- WILLIAM J. FEDERER v. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT - This is an action for unlawful conspiracy to interfere with Mr. Federer’s civil rights, in violation of the laws of the United States, specifically 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), as well as the torts of assault, abuse of process, prima facie tort, trespass, and for civil conspiracy to commit those torts, in violation of the laws of the State of Missouri.
- JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - This case concerns Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests sent by JW on April 19, 2001 to Defendants. When the Defendants failed to respond timely to JW’s FOIA requests, JW was forced to file this lawsuit on May 9, 2001.
- Brentwood Postal Facility Anthrax Case - Judicial Watch represents hundreds of United States Postal Service (“USPS”) workers and a USPS workers’ support group organized as “Brentwood Exposed,” concerning all matters related to the October 2001 anthrax attacks.
- DONATO DALRYMPLE, et. al. v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - This action arises from the April 22, 2000 pre-dawn raid on the home of Lazaro, Angela, and Marisleysis Gonzalez in Miami, Florida that seized six-year old Cuban asylum seeker Elian Gonzalez from the custody of his U.S. relatives and returned him to Communist-controlled Cuba.
- JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. THE UNITED STATES SENATE, et. al. - Judicial Watch, Inc. has suffered and is continuing to suffer significant, irreparable harm by reason of the unconstitutional application of Senate Rule XXII and Senate Rule V to the Estrada and Owen nominations. But for the efforts of a minority of U.S. senators to use Senate Rules XXII and V to prevent the confirmation of former Assistant Solicitor General Estrada and Justice Owen to federal judgeships, these well-qualified judicial nominees would have been confirmed, and will be confirmed, for appointments to the D.C. Circuit and Fifth Circuit, respectively, and their confirmations would have lessened, and will lessen, the high vacancy rates and resulting significant and prejudicial delays experienced by Judicial Watch, Inc. in litigating in the federal courts.
