We’ve all heard the left’s (especially the Obama administration’s) tired “race-baiting” argument against voter integrity measures — ad nauseum. For example, if measures are put into place to require identification before casting a vote, the story goes, minority voters will be
Judicial Watch has had tremendous success forcing the release of information from the Obama administration–especially records Congress has been unable to obtain: see Benghazi and the IRS scandals. And last week, we saw success regarding the scandal involving the Department
With little more than two years left in the Obama administration, President Obama seems to have given up on any pretense of abiding by his oath of his office as he seeks to accomplish his leftist goals. Perhaps the most
Senate liberals–a mix of almost all Democrats and a few Republicans–missed by a hair last week in a bid to overturn the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, which ruled unconstitutional the Obama administration’s heavy-handed requirement that business owners provide abortion
One of the many negative downstream consequences of illegal aliens flooding across the border is the increased possibility of voter fraud. Obama and his leftist allies are committed to thwarting any effort by states to protect the integrity of the
In March 2012, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) was one of twelve GOP senators who signed a letter to the IRS urging that, if it was going to conduct probes of Tea Party groups, it needed to act in an “even-handed
Judicial Watch participated in a major victory for the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution – and Barack Obama received a humiliating setback in his ruthless, reckless efforts to “fundamentally transform” America by egregiously exceeding constitutional restraints on presidential
Judicial Watch filed a Motion for Status Conference in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to confer about the emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials, which were the subject of longstanding Judicial Watch Freedom
When Barack Obama tried to defend his highly controversial and questionable deal to trade five cutthroat terrorists for a likely deserter, he lashed out at critics, repeatedly proclaiming, “We don’t leave soldiers behind… Period. Full stop.” Tell that to America’s
The news just keeps going from bad to worse for President Obama and disgraced former IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner, thanks in large part to Judicial Watch’s investigative work. JW has been instrumental in uncovering evidence of Lerner’s
“What’s emerging is an imperial presidency, an uber presidency as I’ve called it, where the president can act unilaterally. This is only the latest example of that… Barack Obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be.“ That’s constitutional
All of the latest Obama scandals – Bergdahl, Benghazi, and the IRS attacks on conservatives – are not surprises to Judicial Watch. You know why? It’s because we wrote the book on Obama corruption – literally. And now that book,
Judicial Watch uncovered the most significant and explosive details yet related to the Obama administration’s Benghazi scandal. Judicial Watch continues to pepper the administration with Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests (and lawsuits when necessary) to shake loose as many Benghazi-related records
Here is a red flag on yet another scheme by the Left to silence conservatives: This time by amending the U.S. Constitution. First, some good news: As a component of its all-out assault on “tea-party-like” organizations, the IRS proposed new
The Obamas clearly either do not understand the value of a dollar – or understand it all too well when someone else is picking up the tab. Last week, Judicial Watch released more information from the government about Air Obama.
Judicial Watch has a long history of protecting whistleblowers, the brave government insiders who expose corruption, incompetence, and abuse of power inside the federal government. Often these individuals are subjected to all manner of retaliation and abuse in order to
Type “Obamacare rollout disaster” into the Google search engine, and you get approximately 290,000 results, most of them dating back to the days immediately following the catastrophic October 2013 launch of Healthcare.gov. Significantly, however, the most recent results focus on
Judicial Watch recently uncovered stunning new documents detailing the extent to which the Obama IRS improperly targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. These documents reveal that, contrary to claims by Lois Lerner and other top
On Tuesday, April 29, Judicial Watch released 41 new Benghazi-related State Department documents. The ensuing media coverage put the Obama administration on the defensive–and led to a special House Select Committee that promises to finally do a better job of
“If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny.” –Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter Public corruption and abuse of office isn’t just a D.C. phenomenon. Corruption in
Want to get a sense of the ridiculous lengths to which leftist lobbyists (led by the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU) want to go to coddle illegal alien lawbreakers? Look no further than their support of an unlawful Los
Recently, we at Judicial Watch released explosive new Benghazi scandal documents which immediately precipitated a Washington firestorm that placed the Obama White House on the defensive and may even lead to criminal charges. And what’s the big discovery that had
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-2 decision to uphold Michigan’s affirmative action ban, which prevents the use of race as a factor in college admissions. Justice Kennedy issued the Court’s opinion, joined by Justices Alito and Chief Justice
When does government incompetence turn to government corruption? When the incompetent government officials lie, stonewall, and refuse to obey transparency laws. That is exactly what is happening inside the Obama administration in an attempt to cover up an Obamacare blunder
Judicial Watch announced a major find recently in its independent investigation of the Obama IRS scandal, in which the IRS improperly targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny when applying for tax-exempt status. Perhaps more than any other government official, former
Judicial Watch is preparing a strong defense against a sweeping subpoena “witch hunt” filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against dozens of conservative organizations and individuals. The subpoenas were issued in an ACLU challenge to immigration enforcement law
If anyone had doubts as to just how much contempt Attorney General Eric Holder has for the institution of Congress (pun intended), those doubts dissipated when Holder became unhinged during a heated exchange with Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) in his
When it comes to tracking the cost of Obama family vacations, there are two primary challenges. First, the Obamas are prolific jet-setters, so there are many details to track. Second, the Obama administration, clearly embarrassed by these lavish and frequent
It should go without saying that judicial compensation should be paid in strict accordance with the law. This is common sense, yes? The men and women given the privilege of adjudicating the law should be subject to the law. But
President Obama seems to be under the mistaken impression that he’s a one-man Congress who can simply ignore the law to comport with his political interests. JW filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kawa Orthodontics, owned by Florida orthodontist Dr.
Among the nagging questions left in the wake of theterrorist attack against our special mission compound in Benghazi, Libya, iswhether or not more could have been done to save the lives of the four Americanswho were murdered, including Ambassador Chris
JudicialWatch’s (JW) Election IntegrityProjectyielded a major victory in January when JW and our client True the Vote reacheda historic settlement with the state ofOhio, resulting in an agreement by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to take aseries of actions to
“It’s very rare that I have the opportunity to traveloutside of the United States, and it’s even more rare to have the opportunityto travel with three generations – with my daughters, and with my mother… Andit is no accident that
Withthe Obama administration’s ignoring or rewriting Obamacare seemingly on a dailybasis in violation of the law, Judicial Watch attorneys have turned up the heat on theWhite House. JW filed two newlawsuits designed to break the Obama stonewall – both on
Corruption is not a “Washington-only” disease. Local and state corruption is endemic and often unchecked. That’s why Judicial Watch vigorously monitors and combats public corruption not only in Washington, DC, but in states across the nation. According to the Arizona
For years, there has been conjecture as to why Bill Clinton,in the waning moments of his presidency, suddenly and unexpectedly granted afull pardon to fugitive financier Marc Rich. Even the New York Times, normally ashameless cheerleader for the Clintons, excoriated
On its website,the Obama Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proudly boasts: Our mission is…ensuring that consumers get the information they need to make the financialdecisions they believe are best for themselves and their families–that pricesare clear up front, that risks
Winston Churchill once said that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” So is anything even remotely having to do with Bill and Hillary Clinton. And just as with the Russians, that is intentionally so. The
One way to tell if a law is genuinely needed to protect the public – as opposed to just an underhanded maneuver by politicians to protect themselves from the public – is to see to whom it applies and if
There is no doubt Barack Obama and everyone involved in advancing the Obamacare monstrosity would love for Judicial Watch to simply go away, but you know by now that’s just not going to happen. This is precisely what they were
