> Wasn't there an old legal precept that that law needs to be public? The Federal Courts argue that PACER is just "one avenue" of making the information public

> Wasn't there an old legal precept that that law needs to be public? The Federal Courts argue that PACER is just "one avenue" of making the information public and that people can access the information for free by going to any Federal Courthouse. I might buy that argument in 1999, but not in 2019.