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Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush (Jan. 1811), reprinted in 1 http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JefCycl.html (follow “Letter 77” hyperlink) (describing Jefferson’s conversation with Adams). CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RICHARD B. CHENEY, Vice President of the United States, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Action No. 08-1548 (CKK) MEMORANDUM OPINION (January 19, 2009) “Were we both to die to-day, to-morrow two oth er names would be in the place of ours, without any change in the motion of the machinery. Its motion is from its principle, and not from you or myself.” - Thomas Jefferson to Jo hn Adams, reflecting on their disagreements about the federal government. 1 This case concerns matters of s ignificance extending beyond its individual parties, requiring a discussion of how the three branches of government interact to preserve documents that form part of our nation’s history. At risk, according to Plaintiffs, are Vice-Presidential records that may be lost or destroyed as the current Presidential Administration ends on January 20, 2009. The Court previously entered a Preliminary I njunction on September 20, 2008, requiring Defendants to preserve these records during the pendency of the litigation. Resolution of this case h as been impeded by Defendants’ constantly shifting arguments and their emergency petition for mandamus to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Case 1:08-cv-01548-CKK Document 50 Filed 01/19/2009 Page 1 of 63
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