Mattachine Society of Washington (MSDC) files lawsuit for release of Eisenhower's executive order to terminate gay federal employees

April 27, 2016, the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC (MSDC) filed a lawsuit seeking (FOIA) release of all documents concerning President Dwight Eisenhower's executive order naming "sexual perversion" as a cause for termination of federal employment.

(Thanks to pro bono counsel from McDermott, Will & Emery!)

The original FOIA request was filed on January 25, 2013. Communications between the DoJ and FBI have been delayed under the guise of "deliberative process privilege" for over three years.

According to nolo.com, average processing time for a "simple" FOIA request is a little over one month. More complex requests may take over 80 days. (How often do they take over three years?)

It is estimated that 7,000 to 10,000 federal employees lost their jobs to this order in the 1950's alone.

Read the original article at the MSDC website.