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The New England First Amendment Coalition met with officials from the Vermont Judiciary earlier this week to discuss ongoing challenges to online court record access.
Among those attending the Aug. 20 meeting were Judge Thomas A. Zonay, State Court Administrator Therese Corsones, Chief of Trial Court Operations Laurie Canty, IT Director Marie Schonholtz and Chief of Planning and Court Services Scott Griffith.
The meeting focused on several recommendations outlined by NEFAC last year:
(1) Instituting a “public is public” model whereby any record publicly available at a courthouse be made publicly available online unless such access is prohibited by law.
(2) Making available a virtual docket containing an easily searchable index of all cases before the Vermont courts.
(3) Improving public access through the computer terminals at courthouses across the state.
(4) Posting all non-exempt court records online immediately upon filing.
(5) Considering an upgrade of the current platform to a more user-friendly system with better search functions.
NEFAC is the region’s leading advocate for the First Amendment and the public’s right to know about government. Want to learn more about court records in Vermont? Check out NEFAC’s multimedia FOI Guide for video tutorials, interviews with journalists and legal experts, legislation trackers and more.
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How about civil rights lawyers challenging the RIGHT to freedom of speech on sites like FPF?
And NO, Section 230 cannot & did not give “permission” or “authority” to social media companies or platforms ANY “right” to deny freedom of speech to political groups or opinions that they don’t align/agree with. Act 230 simply protects, to some degree, a company from being sued for opinions publicized.
I would add
1) in the SC of Vermont allow more than just 5 minute argument of cases. I had a case before them and litigants are allowed only 5 minutes. If the Justices interrupt a presentation, that takes up part of the presentation. In my case the judges took 2-1/2 minutes questioning therefore had only 2-1/2 minutes to finish the presentation. The cost was $250. My attorney charged $5000 at that time.. The process is a farce. The defendant’s lawyer was allowed the full minutes to present falsehoods. I was there. The justices march in in line like ducks in a shooting gallery, then walk out in the same orderly line. They couldn’t make a decision from a 5 minute presentation. I had the facts, the judges are highly liberal, and I lost.
Allow more time for hearings, 10 minutes total???? Afterwards they must be playing cards for the next case. The SC and Judges suck! People should walk in and observe what’s going on. Judges are nothing more than liberal lawyers in a black robe. Also the lawyers presenting cases are to wear black suits. What a dismal setting.
they all work for the government corporation//// keep the cash flow coming with taxes, fines, and fees///