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CREW and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit on April 24, 2026, after an April 1 DOJ legal opinion said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and an April 2 White House memo followed with revised records guidance.
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CREW and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit on April 24, 2026, after an April 1 DOJ legal opinion said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and an April 2 White House memo followed with revised records guidance.
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CREW and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit on April 24, 2026, after an April 1 DOJ legal opinion said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and an April 2 White House memo followed with revised records guidance.
Schiff and Schumer want the White House to promise it will keep following the Presidential Records Act after an April 1 Justice Department opinion called the law unconstitutional and an April 2 memo followed.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said on April 1, 2026, that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. The White House Counsel’s Office then issued internal guidance on April 2, while the law remained on the books and the dispute stayed unresolved.
The American Historical Association and American Oversight sued after the Justice Department’s legal office said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. The case challenges that opinion and seeks to stop it from being used as a governing position.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an April 1, 2026 memorandum saying the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. It is an executive-branch legal position, not a court ruling, and the statute remains in force unless a court or Congress changes that.
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