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Re:Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases by distances on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:20PM (#30408446)
I disagree. That is an excellent throttling mechanism. Keeps records open but preserves a modicum of privacy.

It's another topic if court records should be public at all, but I gather that's a pretty integral element of US judicial system.

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Re:Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases by giantg2 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @03:44PM (#30409111)
How does that work? Lawyers and others can run searches and have for decades. This isn't anything new, except now you don't have to pay a lot of money.

Either it's private or it's not. Fake throttling that discriminates based one's ability to pay or suffer inconvenience is ridiculous. Not to mention, it's been decades since this information hasn't been available in this format.

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