Judicial Watch » Judicial Watch Impact http://www.judicialwatch.org Because no one is above the law! Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:45:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Judicial Watch Announces a Special Presentation: “Justice Kagan, Obamacare, and Recusal” http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-announces-a-special-presentation-%e2%80%9cjustice-kagan-obamacare-and-recusal%e2%80%9d/ http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-announces-a-special-presentation-%e2%80%9cjustice-kagan-obamacare-and-recusal%e2%80%9d/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:18:40 +0000 admin- https://www.judicialwatch.org/?post_type=press_release&p=11550 Contact Information:

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Washington, DC — December 7, 2011Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced it will host a panel discussion: “Justice Kagan, Obamacare and Recusal.” Panelists include Edward Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center; Carrie Severino, Chief Counsel and Policy Director to the Judicial Crisis Network; Ronald D. Rotunda, the Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Chapman University; and Russell Wheeler, Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings Institute.The panel will discuss whether Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from the pending Supreme Court case concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Tuesday, December 13
11 am — 12:30 pm ET
Judicial WatchMain Conference Room
Washington, DC 20024

Confirmed Panelists:

Edward Whelan, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center

Carrie Severino, Chief Counsel and Policy Director, Judicial Crisis Network

Ronald D. Rotunda, Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Chapman University

Russell Wheeler, Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Moderator:

Tom Fitton, President, Judicial Watch

The event will be broadcast live at https://www.judicialwatch.org/live

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A mult box will be available.

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Judicial Watch’s efforts have revealed documents showing Congress’ awareness of the poor business practices of Fannie and Freddie at the same time as key members of Congress continued to block attempts to regulate the two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs). A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that we filed against the Department of the Treasury resulted in documents that revealed details of how the government coerced the CEOs of several major banks to accept TARP funds.

Judicial Watch is continuing to investigate the government corruption that contributed to the financial crisis as well as the corruption behind the TARP, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nationalization of General Motors and the increase of government power over our economy. We have at least 36 FOIA requests and several FOIA lawsuits pending.

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Because of similar litigation filed by the Media Research Center, this case was consolidated with Media Research Center v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 10-2013) on April 22, 2011.

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The following are highlights from the documents obtained by Judicial Watch pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on February 24, 2011. (Judicial Watch’s lawsuit has been consolidated with a similar FOIA lawsuit that had been first filed against the DOJ by the Media Research Center.):

  • An October 13, 2009, exchange between Kagan and former Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal. Katyal informs Kagan, “We just got Snowe on health care,” referring to Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). (The bulk of the email exchange reflects a discussion about Kagan, and also provides instructions regarding a hiring decision within the agency, although the nature of the position is unclear. When Katyal asks if Kagan wants to handle the hire via email or in person meeting, Kagan responds, “In person. I’ll call a meeting when I return.”)
  • A March 21, 2010, email from Kagan to then-Senior Counselor for Access to Justice Laurence Tribe: “I hear they have the votes Larry!! Simply amazing…” Tribe responds, “So healthcare is basically done! Remarkable.”
  • A March 16, 2010, email from Kagan to David Barron, then-acting head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, asked if he had seen an article by Michael McConnell published in the Wall Street Journal that discussed a strategy by Democrats to “‘deem’ ObamaCare into Law without voting.” “Did you seee [sic] Michael McConnell’s piece in the wsj?” Kagan writes in an email with the subject line “Health care q.” “YES, HE IS GETTING THIS GOING,” replied Barron.

“These new emails are bound to raise additional questions about whether Justice Kagan ought to participate in High Court deliberations on Obamacare. Certainly, if these documents were known at the time of her confirmation, there may have been quite a different Senate debate. The Obama Justice Department dumped these documents just before a holiday weekend, hoping they would go unnoticed. This slow-walking of documents out of the Obama Justice Department is scandalous and makes one wonder what other information they are sitting on,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

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Judicial Watch has an active investigation into the Obama administration’s policies and actions on immigration. For instance, Judicial Watch had uncovered documents indicating collusion between the Department of Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union with respect to legal challenges of Arizona’s SB 1070. Recently, Judicial Watch obtained documents revealing that administration officials misled Congress regarding the scope of deportation dismissals in Houston, Texas. Additional documents were obtained that detail a behind-the-scenes effort by the administration to suspend deportation proceedings against “DREAM” Act aliens and other illegal immigrants. Judicial Watch also routinely obtains smuggling statistics and has revealed details of a shocking sex slave trafficking operation in Houston, Texas.

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