Executive-Privilege

Energy Task Force Recommendations Become EPA Policy Without Review

| Importance: 9/10

Vice President Cheney’s Energy Task Force recommendations were implemented as EPA environmental policy through executive orders, bypassing Congressional oversight and public comment periods required by the Administrative Procedure Act. Task force members from ExxonMobil, Chevron, and other oil …

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Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy

| Importance: 9/10

In Cheney v. United States District Court, the Supreme Court rules 7-2 to protect the secrecy of Vice President Cheney’s Energy Task Force meetings with oil executives. The Court vacates a lower court order requiring disclosure of task force participants and documents, ruling that federal …

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Cheney Energy Task Force Begins Secret Meetings with Enron Executives

| Importance: 9/10

Vice President Dick Cheney initiated secret meetings of the National Energy Policy Development Group, systematically involving Enron executives like Kenneth Lay while excluding environmental groups. Between late January and April 2001, the task force held at least 40 meetings with energy industry …

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Cheney Creates Secret Energy Task Force with Oil Executives

| Importance: 8/10

Vice President Dick Cheney established the National Energy Policy Development Group conducting secret meetings with oil industry executives while excluding environmental groups. Between late January and April 2001, Cheney’s task force held at least 40 meetings with energy interests versus just …

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