FOIA’s limitations challenge the assumption it can provide constitutional-like rights.

Evidence

Perhaps the underlying transparency project that Cross, Emerson, and current advocates have undertaken misunderstands the state and its potential for being opened. … FOIA might only have limited utility as a means to achieve an effective or accessible state, and as such it might work best if recognized as an administrative, essentially bureaucratic apparatus rather than as a provider of transcendent, constitutional-ish rights. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 304

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 304
• XREF: connects to: FOIA’s status affects its effectiveness in promoting transparency. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 299; Constitutional protection has strengthened rights to access information. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1327; Transparency is viewed as a secondary value despite FOIA’s existence. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 267 (+4 more)

Library Connections

• Constitutional protection has strengthened rights to access information. #complicates (0.75) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1327

Broader Connections

• Commercial requester prevalence limits FOIA’s intended use for democratic oversight. #expands (0.80)
• FOIA’s current impact on government democracy is increasingly questioned. #corroborates (0.75)