GOP Legislators Obviously Fear Redistricting Disclosures
What do they have to hide?
Republican lawmakers are trying to keep 84 documents about new election maps out of the hands of the public, even though a court last month ordered them to release a raft of records about the maps.
I hope the court enforces its orders and fines those responsible for the disclosure delay.
The Republicans argue the remaining documents - most of them emails - are subject to attorney-client privilege and should remain confidential.
A group of Democrats contend that earlier orders by a panel of three federal judges wiped out any claims of privilege.
Legislators don't own the legislating process. They haven't manage to privatize it. Yet.
And they love the shadows.
2 comments:
Hiding behind Attorny-Client Privilege hasn't worked out very well for the beleaguered Rebublican caucus. MBF seems less than competent in this matter. Maybe I have this wrong, but isn't the job of an attorney to keep you out of trouble, not to amplify it?
I think the firm is giving the GOP precisely the defense and services it wants - - and that we are all paying for. There's the contradiction.
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