Resumen de District Court Opinions That Remain Hidden Despite a Long-standing Congressional Mandate of Transparency: The Result of Judicial Autonomy and Systemic Indifference

Peter W. Martin

• The E-Government Act of 2002 directed the federal district courts to provide online access to all written opinions. Over fifteen years later, the promise of that legislation remains unfulfilled. Using the large volume of district court Social Security litigation, this article examines the dimensions, consequences, and causes of that failure.