Senate Bill To Make Federal Court Documents Fee Free: Three Cheers for Senator Rob Portman et al.

Hooray! Some smart senators already proposed a bill that would make access to court documents through PACER free to all but patrons who download documents valued at $25,000 per year. Presently, the door to free access is closed once anyone downloads $30 worth per quarter, which is about 300 pages.

If you have any suggestions on how citizens can encourage passage of this bill, please comment or send a private message to bohemian_books@yahoo.com.

For now, here are a couple FREE Docs of the Day:

I’m not usually a fan of some of these senators, such as Ms. Feinstein, but my hat is off to them today.

Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] (Introduced 08/04/2021)

Co-Sponsor(s):

Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]

Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]

Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]

Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]

Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]

Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]