Judicial FOIA Expansion Act
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-12-17 — Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025: cross-connection with shadow-docket-sunlight-act: Parallel judicial-branch transparency reforms: shadow-docket disclosure and FOIA extension to the courts. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-20 — Judicial FOIA Expansion Act: S5033 / HR9778 introduced in the 119th Congress to extend Freedom of Information Act coverage to the judicial branch, which is currently exempt from FOIA’s disclosure obligations. (novelty: 3)