in november 2001, the national security archive, the american historical association and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the d.c. district court against the national archives and records administration and the archivist, claiming constitutional problems with the order, and pointing out that "access to materials may be delayed for an unlimited period of time after the expiration of the 12-year restriction period while a former president and the incumbent president ‘review’ materials proposed for release", because of § 3(b) of the order, which states