Federal judge orders Trump administration to comply with Presidential Records Act
U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled that the Presidential Records Act is likely constitutional and ordered the White House to comply with it, rejecting a Department of Justice opinion claiming the Watergate-era law is unconstitutional. A group of historians brought the suit and demonstrated a substantial risk that the White House was not following the law.
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Coverage splits between judicial enforcement (Reuters, NYT) demanding compliance, DOJ resistance (ABC) to legal constraints, White House defiance (Politico), and constitutional limits (CNN)—with courts as arbiter but enforcement proving contentious.
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