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On the flip side, the courts are blatantly ignoring the law and charging orders of magnitude more than congress authorized them to. No one comes out smelling r
by gpm 6y ago
On the flip side, the courts are blatantly ignoring the law and charging orders of magnitude more than congress authorized them to.
No one comes out smelling rosy in this right now.
- chongli 6y agoI’m on the fence over this issue. Yes, it’s egregious for citizens to have to pay a lot of money to access court records. At the same time, the system provides an independent source of funding for the judiciary. If Congress succeeds in tearing down this paywall then courthouses will become more reliant on Congress to fund them in the budget. It’s not hard to see how some future Congress might hold the judiciary hostage by cutting funding.
- bubblethink 6y agoThe nominal cost of providing a page on the internet is nowhere close to 10 cents. It's a stupid way to make money. If the judiciary needs money, they need to figure out something more sensible than begging for 10 cents a page.