The Supreme Court agreed Monday that a community activist could get copies of Navy maps showing the damage expected from an explosion at an ammunition dump in Washington. The Navy had opposed the activist’s Freedom of Information Act request for the maps. The base at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Puget Sound is the Navy’s [...]
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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that corporations may not claim a “personal privacy” exemption when the U.S. government wants to release files involving them under the Freedom of Information Act. The high court reversed that in an 8-0 decision. The new ninth justice, Elena Kagan, a former U.S. solicitor general, did not participate. Writing for the [...]
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Image via Wikipedia This piece in Slate gets it about right: AT&T slips into the Supreme Court chamber this morning, moments before arguments are set to start. He feels slightly affronted that nobody seems to notice him. (AT&T is a very emotional guy.) AT&T is handsome in the obvious way. (He has the Nights and Weekends plan). [...]
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Image via Wikipedia The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving AT&T Inc. to consider whether a corporation can challenge the release of government documents as an infringement of the company’s privacy rights. The justices today said they will hear the Obama administration’s appeal of a ruling that said corporations can invoke a [...]
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