Supreme Court should permit real-time video transmission of proceedings
Opinion from Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition:read more
View ArticleActivist’s nine-year navy FOIA fight ends in Supreme Court win
From Bloomberg:Glen Milner wanted to know the dangers posed by the Navy’s Indian Island munitions facility near Port Townsend, Washington. So in 2003, he filed a Freedom of Information request.read more
View ArticleSupreme Court to hear case on public records access and out-of-state-bias
From Rutgers: NEWARK, NJ – On February 20, 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for McBurney v. Young. The case deals with the issue of whether a state may prevent citizens of other...
View ArticleSupreme Court hears public records case re: states denying non-citizens access
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View ArticleSupreme Court rules states can restrict access to public records
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View ArticleEditorial: Supreme Court erodes access to open records
Editorial from The Sacramento Bee: Public records have cleansing power, as Nevada is discovering. The U.S. Supreme Court doesn't seem interested. [...] Eight states have included residents-only...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Declines ‘Ballot Selfie’ Case; Right to Photograph Remains...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision to strike down a New Hampshire law banning “ballot selfies.” By declining to review the case, the court...
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