(2019-0957-F) U.S. vs. Morrison

12 folders, approximately 1,551 pages

This collection consists of emails and other correspondence regarding President Clinton’s official public statement on the Supreme Court decision, news articles and news briefs, published law reviews and legal briefs, the administration’s response to the decision, staff discussions of possible legislative fixes to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and the 2000 Congressional reauthorization of the VAWA.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0957-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. United States v. Morrison was a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled portions of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) unconstitutional, specifically the provision for filing Civil Rights Remedy lawsuits in federal courts. Materials responsive to this FOIA request include emails and documents regarding President Clinton’s official public statement on the Supreme Court decision, news articles and news briefs, published law reviews and legal briefs, the administration’s response to the decision, discussion of legislative fixes to the VAWA, and the 2000 Congressional reauthorization of the VAWA.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, and Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails. Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database is comprised of seven sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, NSC for National Security Council, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The NPR bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Performance Review (NPR) White House user account. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The POTUS bucket was designated for email created and received by the President of the United States (POTUS). Please note that President Clinton never used his POTUS White House user account to send the few emails he wrote while in office. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) White House user account. The NSC bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Security Council (NSC) user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0957-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Counsel’s Office
Smith, Mary
Brzonkala [1] [OA/ID 20847]
Brzonkala [2] [OA/ID 20847]
Brzonkala [3] [OA/ID 20847]
Brzonkala [4] [OA/ID 20847]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[US v Morrison…]
[01/18/2000 – 03/30/2000]
[05/15/2000 – 07/05/2000]
Box 2
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[US v Morrison…]
[04/27/2000 – 06/16/2000]
[06/19/2000 – 07/03/2000]
[07/03/2000 – 08/14/2000]
[10/03/2000 – 01/13/2001]
CEA [OA/ID 950000]
[US v Morrison…]
[08/21/2000]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[US v Morrison…]
[09/30/1999 – 01/18/2001]