Joy Ramsingh

public records + open meetings + appellate advocacy ⚖️📰

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

Apparently, everyone hates public records lawyers. I have great news for the haters. You can put me out of business! Follow the law.

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

Try.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

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[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

@thebonnfire Thank you!

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

This just happened and I’m excited about it. I litigated (and won) what might have been the first public records lawsuit brought against a private police foundation— accessing hundreds of pages of information about Cop City.

https://t.co/kfQ5ZISnnb

[Margolis PLLC @MargolisPLLC]

Share a piece of legal lore about yourself.

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

@alittleleader My opinion is that the $300 meals are generally worth their price. They aren’t rip offs. Neither is the $12 meal. The rip offs are the middle class chain restaurants: $21 for a microwaved pasta entree with no atmosphere and little flavor.

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

Lol this is hilarious.

The Phillies had a kiss cam and had the Phillie Phanatic re-enact the Coldplay affair😂

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

@FOIANate Appeal.

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

Can’t wait for DOJ to investigate the Epstein files so the public be told which parts are “real” (all of the ones that mention Democrats and Republicans who oppose the current admin), and which parts are “fake” (anything that implicates Trump or his donors).

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

This is pure evil. And don’t come at me about what is and isn’t “illegal.” I’ve read Dred Scott v. Sanford.

https://t.co/P1AhEIZFxq

[Sean Marotta @smmarotta]

"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States . . . ."

U.S. Const. Art I, Sec. 9, cl. 8.

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

Great law review article by Frank LoMonte on the devastating effect of legislative failure re: records retention.

https://t.co/nWajpRLMbe

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

Imagine the effect of the opposite: you ask the Dep’t of Health for a copy of their budget, you win that case, and suddenly now all of their emails are public? No. That’s beyond the scope of relief that a Court can grant.

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

When a lawsuit is filed seeking access to public records, the only records the Court can grant access to are the ones sought in that particular request.

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

Big news today out of Georgia— https://t.co/0Bbfoh3K2p

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

The police foundation…argued that the foundation was no different from…Chick-fil-A…

Ramsingh countered this notion rhetorically in court: “Is there any Chick-fil-A that calls itself Atlanta police Chick-fil-A and only serves chicken nuggets to APD?”

https://t.co/8yreAOUTTd

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

You don't want to miss this event with lawmakers, journalists, and attorneys on the panel discussing recent RTKL and Sunshine Act decisions!

[RTKLPGH @rtklpgh]

Get ready for @SunshineWeek! If you are in Pittsburgh, consider signing up for my free event in Pittsburgh on behalf of the PBA Bar/Press Committee and @PointParkCMI on 3/21 covering the RTKL, ACT 22, Sunshine Act, and access to court records. https://t.co/4nh90KjTzR

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

“Thus [DOGE] becomes, on defendants’ view, a Goldilocks entity,” Cooper wrote, “not an agency when it is burdensome but an agency when it is convenient.”

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

A month or so ago Musk said on Twitter that all government records should be open….you shouldn’t even have to file a FOIA request. https://t.co/Iw5PU95K2m

[Joy Ramsingh @mjoyramsingh]

https://t.co/sy4xqYfBfZ

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

There should be no need for FOIA requests. All government data should be default public for maximum transparency.

[Adam Smith @asmith83]

“This is the first court to find that DOGE is subject to the Freedom of Information Act,” Mr. Sherman said. “It would hopefully provide some measure of accountability for the reckless and chaotic way that DOGE has been operating.” https://t.co/eQccfvs3nU