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2009

May 1 - Open Borders Put Public Health at Risk; Judicial Watch Files Senate Ethics Complaint against Senator Christopher Dodd; Barack Obama's First 100 Days
April 24 - Judicial Watch Uncovers New Report Detailing Sharp Increase in Violence on Mexican Border; Democratic Congresswoman Snared in Influence-Peddling Scandal; Feinstein Accused of Helping Funnel Money to Husband -- Again
April 17 - "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" Theories Alive and Well in Obama Administration; Obama Pentagon Retaliates Against Judicial Watch for "Air Pelosi" Investigation; Judicial Watch in the Middle of the Battle Over Sanctuary Cities in Texas
April 10 - Obama Administration Unveils Amnesty Plan; Holder Lets Corrupt Sen. Stevens Walk; Ethics Committee Investigates Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. in Blago Scandal
April 3 - New Documents Uncovered by Judicial Watch Show Congress Ignored Corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for Years; Eric Holder Playing Politics at Justice Department; Judicial Watch's Battle for Transparency in Security and Prosperity Partnership Continues in Court
March 27 - Rahm Emanuel's High-Paying, Do-Nothing Tenure at Freddie Mac; The Obama Administration's Schizophrenic Approach to Border Security; Yet Another Screwed Up Obama Nomination
March 20 - Feds Attack Local Communities for Enforcing Immigration Laws; What Happens When Politicians Try to Run the Economy?; Obama Administration Drops Phrase "Enemy Combatants," May Release Gitmo Prisoners into U.S.; Follow Judicial Watch on Twitter
March 13 - Judicial Watch Uncovers Documents Detailing Pelosi's Repeated Requests for Military Travel; Judicial Watch Obtains Grand Jury Subpoenas Related to Federal Investigation of Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich - White House Advisers Listed; A New Ethics War Brewing in Congress? Don't count on it...
March 6 - Judicial Watch Files Civil Rights Lawsuit on Behalf of "Joe the Plumber"; JW Earns Court Victory in Pursuit of Ramos/Compean Documents; Illegal Alien Charged in Chandra Levy Murder Case
February 27 - Strike Three...Obama's Third Commerce Secretary Nominee Has Corrupt Ties to Chinagate; Federal Government Meddles in Corporate Takeover; California Court Scandal Continues
February 20 - Judicial Watch Calls on Roland Burris to Resign; Corrupt Cheryl Mills to Serve as Hillary's Chief of Staff; Government Settles Judicial Watch Abramoff Lawsuit
February 13 - FEC Investigation Confirms Obama Received Discount Mortgage; Judicial Watch Sues Homeland Security over Mexican Incursion Documents; Montgomery County, MD, Announces Stricter Anti-illegal Immigration Policy
February 6 - Obama's "Screwed Up" Presidential Appointments; JW Investigates Former Treasury Secretary Paulson's Meeting with Bank Execs; FBI Cuts Ties with Radical Islamic Group
January 30 - Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Challenging Hillary Clinton Appointment; Did the Bush Administration Freeze Deportation of All Illegal Aliens to Protect Obama's Aunt During the Presidential Campaign?; Obama Ethics Pledge Already Meaningless?
January 23 - Congratulations to President Obama; Bush Commutes Sentences of Jailed Border Patrol Agents; Obama's Cabinet of Misfits; Panetta's Legacy of Corruption
January 16 - Judicial Watch Opposes Holder for Attorney General; Judicial Watch Files Opening Brief in Special Order 40 Lawsuit Appeal; Senator Burris
January 9 - Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Re: Blagojevich Contacts with Obama and Transition Team; Judicial Watch Files Senate Lawsuit, Senate and Obama Flip on Burris Appointment; Judicial Watch Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Laguna Beach Day Labor Site Lawsuit
January 2 - Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corruption Politicians" for 2008

2008

December 19 - Judicial Watch Testifies in Blagojevich Impeachment Hearing; Obama Secretary of Commerce Richardson Under Investigation by Grand Jury; After 10 Years of Secrecy, Clintons Release Names of Clinton Foundation Donors; RIP Paul Weyrich
December 12 - Blagojevich Scandal is Obama’s Scandal; House Ethics Panel Expands Rangel Probe; Obama's Homeland Security Pick Soft on Illegal Immigration
December 5 - Hillary Clinton Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State; Holy Land Foundation Convicted in Terrorism Trial; Financial Bailout Spirals Out of Control
November 28 - Hillary Clinton Back in the White House; Another Clinton Crony to Join the Obama Administration; FEC Gives McCain Campaign a "Pass" on Foreign Campaign Fundraiser; Happy Thanksgiving
November 21 - Welcome to the Third Clinton Administration; Obama Violates His Own Pledge - Taps Daschle for HHS; Stevens Loses Re-Election Bid
November 14 - Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals; Ban or Not? Judicial Watch Ignites Controversy over PC Efforts to Control Speech in the Courts; Judicial Watch Sues Health and Human Services over Planned Parenthood Records
November 7 - No Honeymoon for President-Elect Obama; Obama Selects Clinton Crony Rahm Emanuel to be his Chief of Staff; Voters Send Corrupt Members of Congress Back to Washington
October 31 - Obama Campaign Election Day Text Messages May Violate Law against Electioneering in Polling Places; Obama Campaign Accepts Untraceable Donations; Alaska Senator Stevens Convicted
October 24 - JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY! California Appeals Court Rules Against San Francisco Sanctuary Policy!; Voters Speak Out on the Hot-button Issues of Corruption and Immigration -- Judicial Watch Releases Results of New Zogby Poll; Judicial Watch Sues Department of Homeland Security for Documents Related to Border Fence
October 17 - Will Overseas Military Have Their Votes Counted?; JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY: Court of Appeal Rules Judicial Double Dipping Scheme Violates California Constitution; Judicial Watch Calls on Barack Obama to Disclose Names of Donors; Judicial Watch to Host Educational Panel: The Truth about the Financial Crisis
October 10 - Judicial Watch Uncovers Documents Detailing Suspicious Illinois State Senate Earmarks by Barack Obama; ACORN Accused of Voter Registration Fraud -- Again; Illegal Immigration Crime Skyrockets in Arizona
October 3 - District Court Rules against National Archives in Judicial Watch's Lawsuit to Obtain Hillary's Health Care Records from Clinton Presidential Library; District Court to U.S. Secret Service: Release Records Related to Abramoff's White House Visits to Judicial Watch within 20 Days; JW Obtains Documents Related to Barack Obama's Suspicious Pet Project; Judicial Watch to Use Open Records Process to Probe Fannie and Freddie
September 26 - The Truth Behind the Financial Crisis; Documents Uncovered by Judicial Watch Shed Light on Barack and Michelle Obama's Shady Connections; Palin's Email Hacked, No Indictment Yet for Hacker; Judicial Watch to Texas Attorney General: Texas State Legislature Has Authority to Stop Illegal Alien Sanctuary Policies
September 19 - California Battles: Oral Arguments This Week in Two Judicial Watch Immigration Lawsuits; Judicial Watch Campaign Forces New Warnings for Gardasil; Rangel Saga Continues - Refuses to Step Down; Investigation Finds Massive Corruption at Interior Department
September 12 - Rangel Nailed Again - Failed to Pay Taxes on Caribbean Resort Property; Fannie and Freddie Expose the Corruption Culture in Washington; Corruption Issue Makes a Comeback in Presidential Campaign?; 9/11 Anniversary
September 5 - Conventions: Hits and Misses; Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty
August 29 - Corruption and the Presidential Election
August 22 - Judicial Watch Obtains New Information On What Clinton Administration Knew About Bin Laden Threat; Gardasil Under Fire; Judicial Watch Lawsuit Against Iraq for Role in Oklahoma City Bombing Moves Forward
August 15 - Edwards Finally Admits Extramarital Affair - Did He Violate the Law, Too?; Judicial Watch Uncovers Police Records of Illegal Alien Triple-Murder Suspect; Chinese Corruption and Abuse Hangs Over Olympics; Judicial Watch Launches Investigation of Effort to Intimidate Conservatives
August 8 - 2001 Anthrax Attacks Case "Solved"; Military Tribunal Convicts Bin Laden's Driver, Accomplice; Judicial Watch Appeals Special Order 40 Lawsuit Against LAPD, ACLU
August 1 - Judicial Watch Presses Investigation of San Francisco's Sanctuary Policies Following Triple Murder Perpetrated by Illegal Alien; Judicial Watch Petitions Supreme Court to Hear RICO Lawsuit against Businesses that Hire Illegal Alien Criminals; Judicial Watch Files Open Records Lawsuit against Illinois Governor and Illinois State Senate Over Pork Barrel Spending; Alaska Republican Senator Stevens Indicted
July 25 - Rangel Files Ethics Complaint against Himself!; Mainstream Media Ignores John Edwards Scandal; Military Tribunal Trial Moves Forward for Bin Laden "Driver"; Who Killed Chandra Levy?
July 18 - Obama and McCain Court Radical Mexican Separatist Group; Rangel Caught in Two Scandals in One Week; Judicial Watch Argues Appeal in Judicial Double Dipping Lawsuit
July 11 - Judicial Watch Files Senate, FEC Complaints against Barack Obama Over Questionable Mortgage Loan; Judicial Watch Sues State Department to Obtain Documents Related to Jailed Border Patrol Agents; Jesse Jackson Nabbed on Tape in Violent Rant against Obama; Is Obama Legally Able to Serve as President?
July 3 - Judicial Watch Uncovers Shocking New FDA Documents Related to Gardasil; Judicial Watch Obtains Award for Attorneys Fees in Lawsuit Related to Senate Majority Leader Reid; Judicial Watch Needs You!
June 27 - Supreme Court 1 for 2 in Landmark Rulings; A Special Report on Guantanamo Bay; Court Rules Special Order 40 Lawsuit Cannot Proceed to Trial
June 6 - Obama and Corruption; Judicial Watch Monitors Terrorist Arraignments at Guantanamo Bay; Local Police Fail to Notify Feds about Possible Terror Suspects; D-Day Anniversary
May 30 - Judicial Watch Asks FEC to Investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore Group for Violating Campaign Finance Laws; JW Victory! Phoenix Police Department's Ends Sanctuary Policy for Illegal Aliens; JW Delivers 32,700 Petitions to National Archives Demanding Release of Hillary's White House Records
May 23 - Court Stays Lawsuit over Hillary's White House Phone Logs For One Year; Judicial Watch Files Key Briefs in LA Special Order 40 Lawsuit; Scandal-plagued Congressman to Retire
May 16 - Election 2008: What the Media Isn't Telling You; Activist Court Out of Control in California
May 9 - McCain Talks Tough on Judges But Can He Be Trusted? New JW Panel: "Election 2008: What the Media Isn't Telling You", Whither the FEC?
May 2 - Judicial Watch Obtains Booking File of Illegal Immigrant Murder Suspect, JW Continues Pursuit of Hillary’s White House Telephone Records, Obama in More Hot Water Over State Grant to Campaign Donor
March 14 - Obama's Records Problems, House Approves Watered-Down Ethics Reform, and NY Governor Spitzer Resigns for Involvement in Prostitution Ring
March 7 - JW Victory: Archives to Release Hillary's White House Daily Schedules to JW before March 20!, More Obama Questions, and Gay Marriage Hearing in California Supreme Court
February 29 - More Lies from Hillary on her White House Records, New Phoenix Police Policy on Illegal Immigration Still Violates Federal Law, Congressional Ethics Woes Continue, and RIP William F. Buckley, Jr.
February 22 - JW Files Brief in Support of Hazleton, PA in Illegal Immigration Lawsuit, Supreme Court Rejects Wiretapping Lawsuit, McCain Comes Under Media Fire, and Washington Post Sides with Secrecy in Hillary White House Papers Scandal
February 15 - Illegal Immigration Crackdown Causes Mass Flights of Illegals Out of AZ, JW Addresses "Threats to Our Sovereignty" at CPAC, and President Bush Urges Congress to Vote on Nominees
February 8 - Hillary Lends Her Campaign $5 Million - Where Did the Money Come From?, Corruption Matters, and Missouri Upholds Anti-Illegal Immigration Law
February 1 - The Justice Department Confirms: Bill Clinton Now Holds Key to Releasing Hillary's White House Records, More Clinton Shady Connections, and NY State Supreme Court Rules Against Day Labor Site in Southampton, NY
January 25 - The Clintons to Reap Millions from Dubious Relationship, Hillary Records Release Spreads Like Wildfire, JW Releases Shocking New Border Patrol Report on Mexican Government Incursions into the US for Fiscal Year 2007, and Immigration Round Up: JW, America's Toughest Sheriff to Tackle Illegal Immigration Street Crimes
January 18 - JW Releases New Hillary Clinton White House Records re: Health Care, Former Congressman Indicted as Part of Terrorism Financing Ring and Another Abramoff-Connected Congressman Takes a Dive
January 11 - JW Releases Border Patrol Report Documenting Mexican Government Border Incursions, Clinton Stages a Comeback and Court Ruling in Jefferson Case Threatens Public Corruption Investigations
January 4 - Democrats Broken Promises on Congressional Ethics Reform and Tough Questions for Iowa’s Winners (and Losers)