This month, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act turned 50. But the passage of time has not slowed the pace of threads toward it and, transitively, toward the American public.
A mere 10 days after the FOIA’s semicentennial, a federal appeals court in a close ruling reversed 20-year-old precedent allowing the release of police booking photos. The Sixth Circuit court held that such photos are “embarrassing and humiliating” and thus meet the standard of privacy-protected information that the FOIA exempts. Continue…
—————————