State Department Sued for Failing to Disclose International Agreements as Required by Federal Law

The Lawfare Institute filed a lawsuit against the State Department and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for violating the amended Case-Zablocki Act, which requires the department to post international agreement texts and legal authority information on its website within 120 days of when agreements take effect. The Trump administration's State Department failed to publish several significant foreign policy agreements online as mandated by federal transparency law, prompting the nonprofit media organization to seek legal enforcement of these disclosure requirements. The lawsuit specifically cites multiple agreements whose 120-day disclosure windows have expired without compliance, representing a systematic failure to meet statutory transparency obligations.

"The State Department has failed to publish several significant foreign policy agreements online as mandated by federal transparency law" — From the Lawfare Institute's lawsuit filing describing the systematic non-compliance with Case-Zablocki Act disclosure requirements