FACT Requests Records about Nominee Garland from Harvard University

March 30, 2016 UPDATE: 

Read the Washington Times article here.

March 29, 2016 UPDATE:  

Yesterday FACT sent a letter to Harvard University requesting all records pertaining to the ban of the ROTC from campus. FACT made this request because the public has a right to know about Garland’s views of the military. Only with those records can the American citizens make an informed decision about Garland’s judicial qualifications and whether to support his nomination.

Read a copy of the letter here.

March 21, 2016 Post:

FACT CALLS ON GARLAND, HARVARD TO ADDRESS ROTC CONTROVERSY BY RELEASING RECORDS & TRANSCRIPTS

Today, Matthew Whitaker, the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a non-partisan government ethics watchdog organization, called on Merrick Garland and Harvard University to release the meeting minutes involving the ban of Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on campus:

“Serious and legitimate questions have arisen about Merrick Garland’s role in barring ROTC from Harvard’s campus.  The American people have a right to know about Garland’s views toward the military.  The only way to shed light into this matter is by releasing the minutes and transcripts of the October 1973 meetings in question. Today, I am calling on both Merrick Garland and Harvard University to stand on the side of transparency and openness by releasing these records to the public. Failure to disclose would leave the American people with the inescapable conclusion that Garland has something to hide and that his views toward the military at Harvard would be damaging to his judicial qualifications.”