EFF, ACLU Seek to Protect the Public’s Right to Access Judicial Records

Amicus Brief Urges the Court to Increase Transparency of SCA Warrant Requests

ST. LOUIS — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of an appeal filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP). The brief argues that RCFP has standing to sue to access search warrants and other materials related to the Stored Communications Act (SCA) sealed by a federal district court. The federal district …

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