Joy Ramsingh

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

Try.

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@thebonnfire Thank you!

@mjoyramsingh Great job. Interesting to see ripples in other states.

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. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

@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.

I’m so obsessed with the idea of trying some of these fancy fine dining restaurants with the famous chefs and the tasting menus and the drama, but I never will because I will never ever ever ever be convinced to spend like $300 per person on a meal.

Lol this is hilarious. The Phillies had a kiss cam and had the Phillie Phanatic re-enact the Coldplay affair😂

@FOIANate Appeal.

Butler County, PA District Attorney's Office confirms it is in possession of an after action report on 7/13/24 assassination attempt of Donald Trump. Refuses to release it.

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).

This is pure evil. And don’t come at me about what is and isn’t “illegal.” I’ve read Dred Scott v. Sanford. apple.news/AMVBvx4UoQAGeh…

"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States . . . ." U.S. Const. Art I, Sec. 9, cl. 8.

Great law review article by Frank LoMonte on the devastating effect of legislative failure re: records retention. digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol48/iss…

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.

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.

Big news today out of Georgia— ramsinghlegal.com/post/new-legal…

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?” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

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

“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.”

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. apple.news/Ak_2_tHpDSEyTs…

“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.” nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/…