A US appeals court
ruled today that the American people have no right to know who is shaping the energy policy of their country:
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that sought details about Vice President Dick Cheney's 2001 energy policy task force that critics say secretly formed policy favorable to the industry.
The unanimous ruling ordered a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit by the Sierra Club environmental group and the watchdog group Judicial Watch that sought to learn about contacts between task force members and industry executives.
Sierra Club and Judicial Watch say they'll keep fighting for release of the information, but this is certainly a setback to say the least. It's no wonder Bush wants to stack the courts - they're the last barrier between the rulers and the ruled that he hasn't secured yet. Well, mostly.