Presidents don't have indefinite veto power over which records are made public after they've left office, a federal judge ruled Monday.
In a narrowly crafted ruling, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly invalidated part of President Bush's 2001 executive order, which allowed former presidents and vice presidents to review executive records before they are released under the Freedom of Information Act.
By law, the National Archives has the final say over the release of presidential records and Kollar-Kotelly ruled that Bush's executive order "effectively eliminates" that discretion. It allows former presidents to delay the release of records "presumably indefinitely," she said.
The judge ordered the National Archives not to withhold any more documents based on that section of the executive order.
Hot damn! Now we can start to get to the bottom of some of the illegal bullshit that Bush has been hiding from us since he became President.
Oh you are going down now you inarticulate moron!
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