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Supreme Court Asked to Compel Airing of Secret Intelligence Court’s Decisions
- cyb_ 6y agohttps://archive.is/kqLym https://archive.is/kqLym
- cycomanic 6y agoI would go even further, all court decisions (even if they involve "national security") should always be public. Everything else is fundamentally incompatible with democracy, it's equivalent to secret laws. That does not mean that things can't be withheld, e.g. names could be redacted, but the main decision should be public, because how else can citizens know about the laws and their application.
- credit_guy 6y ago> because how else can citizens know about the laws and their application. Through their elected representatives.
- cycomanic 6y agoIf the court doesn't publish the decisions only a select few of officials will be allowed to see those decisions. Moreover those officials will not be allowed to publicise the decisions, so they can't tell their constituents about them
- voxic11 6y agoHow will their elected representatives know what the law is if the courts are keeping their decisions secret?