Judge who signed off on raid of Kansas newspaper is facing a complaint about the decision | CNN
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The judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the raid of a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas, is facing a complaint about her decision and has been asked by a judicial body to respond, records shared with CNN by the complainant show.

The judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the raid of a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas, is facing a complaint about her decision and has been asked by a judicial body to respond, records shared with CNN by the complainant show.

  • ggppjj@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    I’ve yet to see reasonable cause. Mind sharing your own thought process so we can all know where the other is coming from?

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        or else falsely certify that the employee had a valid legal reason to access the information.

        I think journalism would be a valid reason when discussing public corruption. IANAL, may be wrong.

          • ggppjj@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            Thanks for the details, genuinely. I’ve not fired up PACER myself here, as much as me a private non-lawyer citizen could really follow along there.

            Personally, I side with the newspaper morally in this matter. I’m much more of a “if raiding a newspaper over peacefully attempting to uncover corruption in local governments because they lied to do so is legal than the laws need to change” kinda guy.

            I know that’s pivoting. I also don’t have any good ideas on how to improve the laws. Personally, I don’t see any way of making a law that doesn’t become either a target of or a tool for abuse of power, and this really feels a lot like people in power using the law to help a friend in a way that most citizens would not have access to.