Open Virginia Law @OpenVaLaw
A Va-focused effort to promote transparency and public access, particularly to the law. Tweets do not speak for anyone else. Retweets ≠ endorsements. openvirginialaw.com Richmond, VA Joined May 2013-
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NEW: Another move for transparency in the courts. D.C. Circuit expands public access to oral arguments with live audio streaming upon request -- without a vote from the panel judges. washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
Big props to @opengovva for her letter to @TerryMcAuliffe regarding Charlottesville rally information j.mp/2yIstDP
@briancolligan What do they like about Virginia's FOIA and what would they like to change?
@briancolligan How, specifically, do they plan to make state government work better? (not the headline partisan issue answer, the one about nuts & bolts)
Supreme Court rulings often contain jaw-dropping errors, @ryangabrielson found, resulting in deeply flawed findings. propublica.org/article/suprem…
Federal courts from Philly to SF are embracing #CamerasInTheCourt. RT if you think it’s time for #SCOTUS to follow suit
More transparency: va.gov/opa/pressrel/p… in the face of press scrutiny: washingtonpost.com/investigations… is a good instinct. Make open the default.
Louisiana high school principal bans #TakeAKnee at football games - egregious violation of the 1st am, per West Virginia v Barnette (1943)
I hear court data is being used by #VADatathon2017 teams. I hope it’s impactful. Would love to talk to @tonyfungVA about opening it forever
TX ct records mess exactly like VA, but VA Supreme Ct & admins side w/clerks against #transparency: courthousenews.com/new-texas-cour… H/T @opengovva
Request for information on 'predatory' lenders weighed by #Va Supreme Court richmond.com/news/request-f… via @rtdnews
“It didn’t disable us,” Flaherty said .... “We disabled us in order to deal with it.” Umm, OK. @RTDNEWS: richmond.com/news/virginia/…
#SCOTUS should resume century-old practice of explaining justices' recusals: fixthecourt.com/2017/04/ftc-ca…
Access to law enforcement records is an issue in every state, certainly in Va. Here's a story about access in Tex. mystatesman.com/news/texas-pol…
VCOG's next FOIA & records mgt seminar is filling up fast. And it's not just for govt employees. Get tix today! eventbrite.com/e/foia-and-rec…
Jeff Sessions wants to keep forensics in the Dark Ages wapo.st/2opQvxJ?tid=ss… by @radleybalko
New on VCOG's Truth in the Field Blog: @FrankLoMonte of @SPLC explains how #FERPA's been misused to conceal records. opengovva.org/blog/education…
Bipartisan Bill Would Require A Warrant To Search Americans' Devices At The Border tdrt.io/g99
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