Commentary: Governor Should Veto the State Records Shield Bill

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Recently, I received a marketing piece from a state legislator touting the accomplishments of the General Assembly's past session. Among other things, the legislator noted that he'd helped pass Senate Bill 935, which would shield certain court records related to peace or protective orders from the public, thus preventing children, friends, acquaintances and voyeurs from discovering another person's marital difficulties through public venues.

At the time of this publication, the bill was still on the governor's desk. He should veto the bill and send it back to the Assembly for necessary improvements.

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Commentary: Governor Should Veto the State Records Shield Bill

While the bill may have a worthy objective, it exemplifies how legislators and bureaucrats are ill-equipped to solve many modern problems where technology has created new paradigms, even when there is a political will to do so. The bill ultimately would fai...

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