Brian Kutner, CIA Can Shield Records on Syrian Rebel Funding, Courthouse News (Feb. 9, 2021)
Twitter may have banned former President Donald Trump, but his disruptive use of the platform is still being argued in court.On Tuesday morning, the D.C. Circuit sided with the CIA in a dispute involving a Freedom of Information Act request from BuzzFeed stemming from a Trump tweet.
2nd Cir. Says Judges Can Order Public Posting of FOIA Docs, Law360 (Feb. 5, 2021)
A split Second Circuit on Friday ruled that the Freedom of Information Act authorizes courts to order the public posting of hidden government documents — a victory for a legal service provider seeking the online publication of 750,000 immigration appeals decisions. In a precedential 2-1 decision, the appeals court revived New York Legal Assistance Group’s suit seeking to make available to the general public every unpublished, or nonprecedential, U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals decision issued since 1996, as well as any future ones.
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