Betsy Roberts Miller ⁂The American Historical Association has filed a lawsuit challenging a recent Department of Justice memorandum declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. The memo threatens transparency and record-keeping throughout the executive branch, including the National Archives.
This case is about whether the American people can access and learn from the records that document our nation’s history.
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https://www.historians.org/news/aha-files-lawsuit-to-defend-the-presidential-records-act/
AHA Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act - AHA
The American Historical Association, in collaboration with American Oversight, has filed a lawsuit challenging a recent memorandum from the Department of Justice declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, potentially blocking public access to hundreds of millions of records and presenting serious risk to transparency and recordkeeping throughout the executive branch,…