#BreakingNews: "Food Marketing Institute Prevails in Landmark Supreme Court Decision" | https://t.co/GDeeoa1X2V media #grocery #foodretail pic.twitter.com/qeLAN4goMb
— FMI Govt Relations (@FMI_GR) June 24, 2019
News director Cory Myers on Supreme Court decision: "This is a massive blow to the public’s right to know how its tax dollars are being spent, and who is benefiting." https://t.co/k8w5QsbO44
— ArgusLeader911 (@Argus911) June 24, 2019
Supreme Court Expands #FOIA Exemption 4, Cramping Government Oversight and Marring Text.
— Cause of Action Inst (@CauseofActionDC) June 24, 2019
Full statement from @JamesValvohttps://t.co/MEypP0C6uA pic.twitter.com/x0OgN17rdd
Dismal SCOTUS ruling on FOIA case today: Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of denying the public access to gov't spending info in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media. @OpenTheGov's statement on why this is a "disappointing setback" for FOI laws: https://t.co/6rAFDvsXWL
— Open the Government (@OpenTheGov) June 24, 2019
Breaking #FOIA news: #SCOTUS reverses and remands CA8, overturning long-standing Exemption 4 standards (initial thoughts to follow in this thread)
— Adam A. Marshall (@a_marshall_plan) June 24, 2019
In a blow to #FOIA, #SupremeCourt reverses #ArgusLeader case https://t.co/pG9iVzvBur h/t @a_marshall_plan @argusjellis @jiejennyzou pic.twitter.com/L7JcrrjPwu
— MuckRock (@MuckRock) June 24, 2019
Big business got tired of the public knowing information like this: https://t.co/yqdbHwPONT and took their case to the Supreme Court. The justices heartily agreed with them, elimination a 45 year precedent and severely weakening #FOIA. Sweet.
— NSA Nate📄 (@NSANate) June 24, 2019
#FOIA law just got weaker, though not for lack of a dedicated advocate.
— Eric Ulken (@eulken) June 24, 2019
Few companies -- let alone public companies -- would wage an expensive 8-year fight to defend the public's right to know.
Proud to work for one of the exceptions, @USATODAYNetwork. https://t.co/avFUEHpHOz
. #SCOTUS doesn't wrestle at all with the surplusage issue in FMI. They've just basically read out "trade secrets" and "privileged" in #FOIA Exemption 4. The test is now "customarily and actually treated as private," which means "confidential" subsumes the other two terms.
— James Valvo (@JamesValvo) June 24, 2019
My colleague @JamesValvo and I co-authored an amicus brief for @CauseofActionDC and a coalition of transparency groups in the the FMI v. Argus Leader case. Today's decision is disappointing turn in #FOIA law. https://t.co/JBIOIH3PxW
— Ryan Mulvey (@RPMulvey) June 24, 2019
Awful SCOTUS ruling today sets #FOIA back decades, encouraging privatization, MOUs & contracts to hide gov data. Hello, #FOI Dark Ages, to last generations. Critical for @Brechnercenter @NFOIC @SPJ_tweets @rcfp @OpenTheGov @knightfdn and all to push back! https://t.co/fqFld89nAZ pic.twitter.com/W2bMCUz8gn
— David Cuillier (@DavidCuillier) June 24, 2019
Terrible decision for the public’s right to know. It makes it harder to hold government accountable. #FOIA https://t.co/qFy5WB0mP7
— Jim Neff (@JimNeff4) June 24, 2019