Court reverses Bush on archive secrecy

I had no idea this was even before the courts, but thankfully a judge realized what was going on.

If you're not familiar with Bush's order, it was retroactive so his father could keep people from seeing his presidential papers too. Clinton's were an unintended consequence.

A federal judge on Monday tossed out part of a 2001 order by President George W. Bush that lets former presidents keep some of their presidential papers secret indefinitely. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the U.S. Archivist's reliance on the executive order to delay release of the papers of former presidents is "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and not in accordance with law." [emphasis mine]

I particularly like the emphasized part. Is that not Bush to a "T"?

Perhaps there's hope for the republic yet.

Via The Signs.