Journal seeks access to letters on judicial finalists
From Sunshine Review
July 27, 2008
[edit] Journal seeks access to letters on judicial finalists
"A lawyer representing The Providence Journal wrote to Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch’s office last week to say the Judicial Nominating Commission should not be allowed to keep the public from seeing letters advocating for or against finalists for a state judgeship.
After an inquiry by The Journal, JNC Chairman Stephen J. Carlotti wrote to Lynch, saying the commission believes that applications — “and the accompanying letters” — are exempt from disclosure under the Access to Public Records Act because “they are part of files maintained as part of the process for ‘hiring’ judges.”"
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