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Instead of relying on jugaad, journalists need access to court pleadings. Here’s why -Chitrakshi Jain & Prashant Reddy T

-Newslaundry.com

Not only is the procedure to access records unnecessarily complicated, but the courts have the discretion to judge a citizen’s motivation to access them.

Over the course of the next few weeks, the United States Congress is expected to pass the Open Courts Act, which will make PACER – the digital database for accessing court records filed with the federal judiciary – accessible to everybody, free of cost! The law sets a timeline of three years to make all court records machine readable, searchable, and available freely to the public.

This would not only serve the interests of judicial transparency well, but it would also especially come in handy for journalists who regularly rely on court pleadings and other records to further their work.

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