The Federal Advisory Committee Act mandates that any committee or similar entity established or utilized by the President must be open to the public and provide disclosures to the public. The President has a tradition of allowing the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary to evaluate potential nominees for federal judgeships and make recommendations to the president. The ABA Committee does not allow members of the public to attend its meetings. Public Citizen, a public interest lobbying group, sued the President and Department of Justice after the ABA Committee barred Public Citizen from attending committee meetings. Public Citizen argued that the ABA Committee's refusal was a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The case reached the Supreme Court.
Public Citizen v. Department of Justice (1989)
Supreme Court of the United States
491 U.S. 440
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