And government accountability.
Mendelson 15 – Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, J.D. from Yale University.
Nina Mendelson, “Public Access to the Law Must Be Taken More Seriously,” The Regulatory Review, 01-28-2015, https://www.theregreview.org/2015/01/28/mendelson-public-access/
In an earlier The Regulatory Review essay, I wrote that not only do regulated entities need to know the law with which they must comply, but the public needs to know the law to make informed decisions about where to live, what medical treatments to choose, and whether to buy particular products. Perhaps most importantly, the public must also be able to hold government accountable for making regulatory decisions in a reasoned and democratically responsive manner. Requiring a significant payment or travel to read these standards stands in tension with constitutional values of fair notice and the public’s ability to debate government policy.