Source: United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore)
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement objecting to the inclusion of a bill restricting the accessibility of information about judges and their family members.
“I’ve been raising concerns about the judge information bill since July of 2021. Unfortunately, my concerns were ignored by the bill’s authors, even after a host of civil liberties and government accountability groups highlighted serious concerns about how this bill will threaten free speech and the ability of the press to investigate corruption and ethics violations by judges and their family members,” Wyden said. “While there is a general consensus that judges and their family need new protections against threats to their safety, this poorly drafted bill will not work in practice, will not meaningfully protect judges and will run roughshod over the First Amendment.”
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