Author: Freedom Watch
(Washington, D.C., March 3, 2015). Today, Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch and a former federal prosecutor read with interest a front page story of March 2, 2015, in The Washington Post by Anne Gearan titled “Clinton, Netanyahu Have a Complicated History.” One reason for this complicated relationship could be the likely complicit release by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of classified information during a critical stage of the Iranian nuclear negotiations of Israeli war plans to eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. The likely reason for the release was to try to harm Israeli war plans,…
Brownsville, Texas (February 16, 2015) – A federal injunction halted President Obama’s “deferred action” programs for amnesty for an estimated 5 million illegal aliens. At 11:04 P.M., EST, the Honorable Andrew Hanen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, published an order granting a temporary injunction. The result is to halt Obama’s amnesty programs pending the results of a full trial in the Texas federal courtroom. Larry Klayman, general counsel of Freedom Watch, Inc. (founder of Judicial Watch), applauded the ruling. Sheriff Arpaio filed a “Friend of the Court” brief in the Texas case urging issuance of a…
(Washington, D.C., February 9, 2015). Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and now Freedom Watch, a former federal prosecutor, U.S. Senate candidate in Florida, and a weekly columnist and frequent television guest, reacted today to President Barack Hussein Obama’s recent comments at the National Prayer Breakfast last Friday. Specifically, downplaying, as has been the theme throughout his administration that Islam has anything to do with terrorist attacks at home and abroad, the President went on the attack: “And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades…
(Washington, D.C., January 29, 2015). Today, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, through his attorney Larry Klayman, a former Justice Department prosecutor and founder of Freedom Watch, filed an appellate brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) (Case No. 14-5325) arguing that the lower court judge who dismissed the case committed gross legal error. Not only did Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, strangely and inexplicably find that her Court could not adjudicate a dispute between the President and Congress over who has the constitutional authority to change our immigration laws…
(Brownsville, TX., January 21, 2015). Today, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, through his counsel Larry Klayman, filed an amicus brief or “friend of the court” brief in the case now underway in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, arguing that an earlier ruling in his case styled 1:14-cv-01966 before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia should not be used as precedent, as the lower court Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, issued a grossly flawed decision denying a motion for preliminary injunction. That decision, dated December 23, 2014, is now on expedited appeal before the…
(January 14, 2015, Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered an expedited briefing schedule for the case styled Joseph Arpaio v. Barack Obama, et al, (Case No. 14-5325). Arpaio and his lawyer, former Justice Department prosecutor and founder of Freedom Watch, Larry Klayman, appealed the lower court’s decision dismissing the case only minutes after it was issued. The Honorable Beryl A. Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1:14-cv-01966) found a lack of standing to sue, even though Sheriff Arpaio provided affidavits and evidence in court that…
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(Washington, D.C., January 6, 2015). Today, Larry Klayman, counsel for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, moved the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit Case No. 14-5325) to accelerate the appeal of a lower court order, issued by Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee. On December 23, 2014, Judge Howell dismissed Arpaio’s lawsuit (14-cv-1966) on the professed grounds that it is simply a political dispute and that Arpaio could not show standing. To the contrary, however, Klayman and Arpaio assert that the lower court seriously erred and that a preliminary injunction should quickly issue to prevent irreparable…
(Washington, D.C., December 24, 2014). Yesterday evening, an Obama-appointed federal judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by Larry Klayman, a former Justice Department prosecutor and founder of Freedom Watch, on the eve of Christmas, handing Obama an early Christmas present. (Arpaio v. Obama, 14-cv-1966). The ruling was not unexpected, given the judge’s comments in a hearing held last Monday, where evidence and argument was presented in support of Sheriff’s Arpaio’s motion for a preliminary injunction to freeze the status quo while the court could finally adjudicate the unconstitutionality of the president’s executive actions. For the most part, the judge’s decision to…
(Washington, D.C., December 22, 2014) Today, Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch appeared before the federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of his client, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, and argued to the Honorable Beryl Howell that she should enter an order immediately enjoining the implementation of President Barack Obama’s November 20, 2014, Executive Order effectively granting amnesty to roughly 5 million illegal aliens. Sheriff Arpaio was the first to file a lawsuit against the president for his Executive Actions. Mr. Klayman had this to say after the hearing: “On behalf of our client, Sheriff Arpaio, we are…