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Free Speech

Public Records Law vs. First Amendment Rights of University Animal Experiment Review Committee

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.26.2022 12:28 PM

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Border patrol

Why Does Border Patrol Need the Ability To Delete Messages?

A lawsuit attempts to find out how federal agents are implementing Wickr, a communications service that has an auto-erase function.

Scott Shackford | 4.4.2022 2:15 PM

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Public records

New Jersey Town Sues Elderly Woman for Filing Too Many Public Records Requests

Irvington Township says it's being bullied by 82-year-old Elouise McDaniel and is asking a court to block her from filing public records requests.

C.J. Ciaramella | 3.30.2022 4:21 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Paper Chase

Charles Oliver | 10.14.2021 4:00 AM

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Marsy's Law

Florida Cops Use a Victims' Rights Law To Conceal Their Names

Poorly written “Marsy’s Law” may keep citizens from knowing which officers are using deadly force on the job.

Scott Shackford | 4.7.2021 1:25 PM

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Transparency

House Passes Bill To Make Federal Court Records Free to the Public

The PACER database is antiquated and expensive to access, and that's just the way the federal judiciary likes it.

C.J. Ciaramella | 12.9.2020 1:31 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Broken Records

Charles Oliver | 11.18.2020 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Trust Us

Charles Oliver | 5.21.2020 4:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Be Warned, Coronavirus Snitches: You Too May Be Snitched On

St. Louis tattlers discover their complaints about open businesses are public records.

Scott Shackford | 5.4.2020 2:45 PM

Shredder

Public records

A Tennessee County Destroyed Hundreds of Records Requested by a Local Newspaper

The Hamilton County Attorney's Office later admitted that its policies conflict with the state's public records law.

Zuri Davis | 2.6.2020 3:55 PM

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Transparency

California's Top Court Finally Allows Law Enforcement Agencies to Share List of Problem Cops With Prosecutors

Powerful unions and state-mandated secrecy made it a fight to know about misconduct.

Scott Shackford | 8.27.2019 3:15 PM

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Public records

California Police Agencies Were Supposed To Make Misconduct Records Public. Why Isn't It Happening?

Media outlets are seeing foot-dragging, destroyed records, and demands for big money for compliance.

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2019 11:50 AM

Crime

Want to Donate Your Papers to a University, to Be Opened Some Years Later? Donate to a Private University, Not a Public One

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.2.2019 8:02 AM

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Campus Free Speech

College Title IX Official Orders Student Newspaper To Turn Over Unpublished Videos

Administrator at California's Southwestern College tried to use government transparency law on journalists.

Robby Soave | 6.28.2019 5:35 PM

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Police

Texas Police Union Kills Effort To Close State's 'Dead Suspect Loophole'

Texas law lets police hide records of suspects who die in custody from grieving families. It could have been fixed, but a police union torpedoed the reform bill.

C.J. Ciaramella | 5.31.2019 2:40 PM

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HomePage

How the 'Dead Suspect Loophole' Lets Texas Police Hide Records of Jail Deaths and Shootings

A Reason investigation of a notorious Texas public records loophole found 81 cases where police hid records of shootings and deaths in custody.

C.J. Ciaramella | 12.18.2018 11:15 AM

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Blockchain Is Changing Lives in Africa

Startups from Cape Town to Nairobi think the budding technology is the future of the continent.

Jillian Keenan | 10.27.2018 6:00 AM

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Hit & Run

California Lawmakers Vote to Give Citizens Access to Records About Police Misbehavior

State law keeps misconduct secret from the public. That may be about to change.

Scott Shackford | 9.4.2018 4:30 PM

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Hit & Run

Brickbat: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Charles Oliver | 3.12.2018 4:00 AM

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Civil Liberties

The Right to Know Might Get You Sued

C.J. Ciaramella | 1.1.2018 12:00 PM

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