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Cracks: Federal Judge Orders Obama Admin Release Secret Foreign Aid Document

U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle: "the government appears to adopt the cavalier attitude that the President should be permitted to convey orders throughout the Executive Branch without public oversight – to engage in what is in effect governance by "secret law."" [...] - December 17, 2013 - Full Opinion.

CNN reports: Judge orders release of secret U.S. foreign aid memo

(CNN) – In a defeat for the Obama administration over executive privilege, a federal judge has ordered the release of a secret government document dealing with foreign aid that President Barack Obama has refused to make public. ...

The ruling stemmed from a court challenge, citing FOIA, filed by the non-profit Center for Effective Government.
[...] - More @ CNN.

Judge Andrew Napolitano tells Fox, "It is the first time in the modern era that a federal judge has directly slapped down the president of the United States. ..." And, says the ruling is a devastating blow to Obama.

Megyn Kelly notes this is the first time a federal judge has reversed an order of the president himself when it comes to sealing a document and first time a president tried to claim executive privilege on such a broad basis.


Fox News reports: JUDGE BLASTS OBAMA GOVERNANCE BY ‘SECRET LAW’ -

On the heels of a decision ruling a key provision of the Obama administration's secret domestic surveillance program unconstitutional, another judge has hit the president for secrecy and ordered the administration to open the books. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle, a Clinton appointee, blasted the administration for trying keep secret a memo on foreign aid, writing: “The government appears to adopt the cavalier attitude that the President should be permitted to convey orders throughout the Executive Branch without public oversight...to engage in what is in effect governance by ‘secret law.’” [...] - More @ Fox News.

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