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b_b  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Law in the Raw

Deciding not to hear a case is a de facto way of ruling, since it basically means, "we agree with the lower court." The logical extension is that we should know who is ruling what way. They're obscuring an essential function of government as top secret (but not really, because even top secret stuff often becomes public after a number of years). It's a disgrace, IMO. What if members of congress were allowed to operate in secret? We'd never stand for it.