Restore Indiana Transparency Laws and Policies. Our very First U.S. Amendment.
Restore Indiana Transparency Laws and Policies. Our very First U.S. Amendment.
The Issue
Restore Indiana transparency laws and policies and limit occurances such as the content of the following related link.
For more information about protecting our First Amendment Rights, please subscribe to the links below:
https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/
The violation of First Amendment based laws are the root of most issues with our representative government everywhere. The recognition of this is the reason it was as established as the very First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. If everybody utilized the intended purpose of these Rights, which is to oversee our representative government, our representative government would reconsider the actions described in the link above.
This is the subject matter of a Petition of Remonstrance that will be presented to the Indiana General Assembly to completely restore the Access to Public Records Act back to the ideals presented in Indiana IC 5-14-3-1 presented below.
These ideals need to be restored in other Indiana representative government policies as well. This extends especially to the Indiana State Police Department and Child Protective Services. At the present time, it is nearly impossible to overcome the many contradicting laws in the Access to Public Records Act when requesting lawful, yet atypical, publicly accessible records when the contents of which will promote accountability and probable legal action regarding the actions of the executive and judicial branches of the Indiana representative government.
The Indiana Access to Public Records Act 5-14-3-1 states:
"Sec. 1. A fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government is that the government is the servant of the people and not their master. Accordingly, it is the public policy of the state that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and employees. Providing persons with the information is an essential function of a representative government and an integral part of the routine duties of public officials and employees, whose duty it is to provide the information. This chapter shall be liberally construed to implement this policy and place the burden of proof for the nondisclosure of a public record on the public agency that would deny access to the record and not on the person seeking to inspect and copy the record."
This is part of our First Amendment Rights and the preamble to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act. The intended purpose of the Access to Public Records Act is transparency and accountability for the actions of the Indiana representative government. Yet, these laws are constantly altered with seemingly no due process, rendering Indiana public access into nearly non-existence. Each time these transparency laws are utilized to serve their intended purpose, the laws are altered to further contradict the ideals set forth in Indiana IC 5-14-3-1. There are currently many issues in Indiana that need to be redressed, and the current Access to Public Records Act "revisions" are prohibiting the exposure of these issues. Some of these issues are addressed and located in additional petitions. However, restoring the fundamental ideals of the Access to Public Records Act may alleviate the current need for many more petitions.
Laws are intended to be passed by the Indiana Legislative Branch. Many members of the Indiana Legislative Branch have no background in law otherwise. Yet, the many Access to Public Records Act statutes and revisions require interpretation to all private and Indiana State employed attorneys, including the office of the Indiana attorney general, by one Indiana State employed attorney. This attorney being the Indiana Public Access Counselor. However, the Access to Public Records Act will undoubtedly be interpreted (manipulated) to contradict the ideals set forth in Indiana IC 5-14-3-1 referenced above if at all possible. When it is not possible to deny these records, the access laws are immediately changed, seemingly with no due process, with the intention of restricting this achieved transparency in the future.
Indiana Bill of Rights
Article 4, § 20 of the Indiana Bill of Rights states that every act and joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding, as far as practicable, the use of technical terms.
Article I, § 31 states that no law shall restrain any of the inhabitants of the State from assembling together in a peaceable manner, to consult for their common good; nor from instructing their representatives; nor from applying to the General Assembly for redress of grievances.
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The Issue
Restore Indiana transparency laws and policies and limit occurances such as the content of the following related link.
For more information about protecting our First Amendment Rights, please subscribe to the links below:
https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/
The violation of First Amendment based laws are the root of most issues with our representative government everywhere. The recognition of this is the reason it was as established as the very First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. If everybody utilized the intended purpose of these Rights, which is to oversee our representative government, our representative government would reconsider the actions described in the link above.
This is the subject matter of a Petition of Remonstrance that will be presented to the Indiana General Assembly to completely restore the Access to Public Records Act back to the ideals presented in Indiana IC 5-14-3-1 presented below.
These ideals need to be restored in other Indiana representative government policies as well. This extends especially to the Indiana State Police Department and Child Protective Services. At the present time, it is nearly impossible to overcome the many contradicting laws in the Access to Public Records Act when requesting lawful, yet atypical, publicly accessible records when the contents of which will promote accountability and probable legal action regarding the actions of the executive and judicial branches of the Indiana representative government.
The Indiana Access to Public Records Act 5-14-3-1 states:
"Sec. 1. A fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government is that the government is the servant of the people and not their master. Accordingly, it is the public policy of the state that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and employees. Providing persons with the information is an essential function of a representative government and an integral part of the routine duties of public officials and employees, whose duty it is to provide the information. This chapter shall be liberally construed to implement this policy and place the burden of proof for the nondisclosure of a public record on the public agency that would deny access to the record and not on the person seeking to inspect and copy the record."
This is part of our First Amendment Rights and the preamble to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act. The intended purpose of the Access to Public Records Act is transparency and accountability for the actions of the Indiana representative government. Yet, these laws are constantly altered with seemingly no due process, rendering Indiana public access into nearly non-existence. Each time these transparency laws are utilized to serve their intended purpose, the laws are altered to further contradict the ideals set forth in Indiana IC 5-14-3-1. There are currently many issues in Indiana that need to be redressed, and the current Access to Public Records Act "revisions" are prohibiting the exposure of these issues. Some of these issues are addressed and located in additional petitions. However, restoring the fundamental ideals of the Access to Public Records Act may alleviate the current need for many more petitions.
Laws are intended to be passed by the Indiana Legislative Branch. Many members of the Indiana Legislative Branch have no background in law otherwise. Yet, the many Access to Public Records Act statutes and revisions require interpretation to all private and Indiana State employed attorneys, including the office of the Indiana attorney general, by one Indiana State employed attorney. This attorney being the Indiana Public Access Counselor. However, the Access to Public Records Act will undoubtedly be interpreted (manipulated) to contradict the ideals set forth in Indiana IC 5-14-3-1 referenced above if at all possible. When it is not possible to deny these records, the access laws are immediately changed, seemingly with no due process, with the intention of restricting this achieved transparency in the future.
Indiana Bill of Rights
Article 4, § 20 of the Indiana Bill of Rights states that every act and joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding, as far as practicable, the use of technical terms.
Article I, § 31 states that no law shall restrain any of the inhabitants of the State from assembling together in a peaceable manner, to consult for their common good; nor from instructing their representatives; nor from applying to the General Assembly for redress of grievances.
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The Decision Makers
Petition created on November 12, 2024