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Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional

The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent e...

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Apr 04, 2026

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Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional
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The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent e...
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Source url: https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/02/trump-doj-presidential-records-act/