"Sunlight is the best disinfectant." ~ Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (pronounced /ˈbrændaɪs/; November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Europe. He enrolled at Harvard Law School, graduating at the age of twenty with the highest grade average in the college’s history.
The following was excerpted from a 3/16/2006 article witten by Blair Horner on the New York Public Interest Research Group's website. For full article, click on: http://www.nypirg.org/goodgov/blair/blair31306.html .
"When the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he was of course referring to the development of public polices, not opining on health practices. This week [2nd week in March] celebrates “Sunshine Week” – the national effort to ensure that American democracy conducts its business openly. Brandeis’s sentiments are the cornerstone of the federal government’s Freedom of Information Act as well as versions of it at the state level. Simply put, it was Brandeis’s view that an open government is a more accountable, and less easily corrupted, government.
Americans support open government, but their enthusiasm is often eroded by politicians’ claims that openness can help the nation’s enemies. Clearly one good example is the effort by the Bush Administration to conduct its activities in secret and then justifying such secrecy as due to the threat posed by terrorists. While there can be no doubt that the nation should debate just how open society should be, there can also be no doubt that there is simply no way to be an informed citizen unless you have access to important governmental information.
An ignorant citizenry is easily manipulated by powerful special interests that seek to manipulate public opinion based on emotional, poll-tested, reactions, since there is no real way for voters to check the facts.
Secrecy also creates a breeding ground for corruption; openness is an important part of ensuring that governmental officials are acting in the best interests of the public.
But openness is not enough either. Someone must be empowered to take a stand against wrongdoers."
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