Judicial Watch Asks SCOTUS Justice Kagan to Directly Address Obamacare Recusal Controversy

SCOTUS Associate Justice Elena Kagan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the nation’s largest government watchdog group, sent a letter asking Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to address the facts surrounding her tenure as Solicitor General and the enactment and subsequent legal defense of the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), as well as to provide an articulation of her reasoning behind any decision regarding recusal.

Emails previously obtained by Judicial Watch suggest that, during Justice Kagan’s tenure as Solicitor General, the Office of the Solicitor General had been

JW Sues Obama DOJ for Records Related to Justice Kagan’s Role in Obamacare Discussions While Serving as Solicitor General

As High Court Prepares to Hear Oral Arguments in Obamacare Litigation, Judicial Watch Seeks Kagan’s Solicitor General Calendars, Agenda and Phone Logs 

SCOTUS Associate Justice Elena Kagan

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch (JW), the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced Wednesday that it filed a lawsuit against the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking access to records related to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan’s role in Obamacare discussions while she served as President Obama’s Solicitor General (Judicial Watch v. U.S.

JW Files Two Amicus Curiae Briefs with Supreme Court Supporting Arizona’s Illegal Immigration Law SB 1070

Judicial Watch, former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce and State Legislators for Legal Immigration Ask Court to Reverse Appellate Court Ruling Placing Key Provisions on Hold

U.S. Border Patrol helicopter along El Camino del Diablo, Arizona-Sonora border. Via Wikipedia

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has filed two separate amicus curiae briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of SB 1070, also known as the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.  On April 11, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction against enforcement of some of the law’s provisions per the request of the Obama administration, prompting the State of Arizona to petition the

Judicial Watch Files Amicus Curiae Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Challenging Constitutionality of Obamacare

HHS “trying to defend a provision in an act passed by Congress that exceeds its enumerated powers.”

Judicial Watch Staff pictured at SCOTUS. Photo: JW

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed an amicus curiae brief on February 13, 2012, with the United States Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare (United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., State of Florida, et al.).  The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for the

2012 Election Integrity Project: Judicial Watch Announces Legal Campaign to Force Clean Up of Voter Registration Rolls

Dozen States in Potential Violation of National Voter Registration Act: Voting Rolls Have More Registered Voters than Voting-Age Population

Judicial Watch Staff. Image credit: Judicial Watch

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced the launch of its 2012 Election Integrity Project to pressure states and localities, through Judicial Watch lawsuits if necessary, to clean up voter registration rolls pursuant to Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). A Judicial Watch investigation based upon publicly available data indicates voter rolls in the following states

Court Criticizes Obama DHS on Stealth Amnesty Document, FOIA Secrecy in Judicial Watch Suit

Court Provides DHS One “Final” Opportunity to Adequately Explain Reasons for Withholding Documents

Washington, DC – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling on January 27, 2012, criticizing the Obama Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for failing to abide by Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law in a Judicial Watch lawsuit seeking records related to the agency’s policy of suspending some illegal alien

Judicial Watch Sues Obama Administration for Mortgage Lenders’ Documents

Judicial Watch Sues Obama Administration for Documents Detailing Secret Settlement Negotiations with Mortgage Lenders Accused of Faulty Mortgage Practices. Obama DOJ and HUD Ignore Freedom of Information Act Requests on Effort to Extract $20 Billion from Banking Industry

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Image credit: Judicial Watch

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on January 3, 2012, against the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to obtain documents pertaining to accusations of fraud against the nation’s five largest mortgage companies and the creation of “federal accounts” to settle probes into faulty mortgage practices (Judicial Watch v. HUD and DOJ (No. 1:12-cv-0002)).

The Obama administration has reportedly been engaged in settlement negotiations behind closed doors with mortgage companies that would result in at least $20

Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Revealing Cost of Barack and Michelle Obama’s Failed Bid to Bring 2016 Olympics to Chicago

Two-Week Trip to Copenhagen Cost Taxpayers in Excess of $467,175

 

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained records detailing costs associated with a trip made by President and Mrs. Obama and key members of the

Judicial Watch Announces Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2011

Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2011 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:  Rep. Spencer

Judicial Watch Sues Obama Administration to Obtain Solyndra Records

Washington, DC – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that it filed today separate lawsuits against the Obama Department of Energy and Office and Management