The Supreme Court has refused to order Vice President Dick Cheney to make public the names of industry executives and lobbyists who helped secretly craft the Bush administration’s energy policy. The court didn’t rule outright in the government’s favor but sent the case back to a lower court. Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club had brought the lawsuit against the administration. The case was closely watched in part because Justice Antonin Scalia refused to recuse himself after it was revealed that he had gone duck hunting with the Vice President while the court was deliberating over the case.

In other Cheney news, the Vice President is coming under criticism for cursed on the floor of the Senate in an exchange with Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Cheney approached Leahy shortly after the entire Senate posed for their 2004 class photo to complain about recent comments Leahy made about Cheney’s former company Halliburton profiting from the Iraq. After a brief discussion, Cheney blurted out “F** off ” or “go F** yourself” according to news reports. Leahy told the press later “I think he was just having a bad day. I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the floor.”