The Indianapolis Star is reporting that in an unprecedented move, Governor Mike Pence—and soon to possibly be the guy running the show while the Donald speaks at rallies of racists—is trying very hard to pull his email communications out of the public’s access. Democratic labor lawyer William Groth has been trying to get access to the Pence administration emails in order to expose possible financial waste under the governor’s watch. The Pence administration is fighting to make those communications very private.
But legal experts fear the stakes may be much higher than mere politics because the decision could remove a judicial branch check on executive power and limit a citizen's right to know what the government is doing and how it spends taxpayer dollars.
"It comes down to this — the court is giving up its ability to check another branch of government, and that should worry people," said Gerry Lanosga, an Indiana University media professor specializing in public records law.
This all came about because of Gov. Pence’s involvement with Texas Gov. and fellow homophobic bigot, Greg Abbot, and their attempts to litigate and thwart the Obama administration’s executive actions on immigration. Pence hired outside legal teams and Groth is trying to find out how much that cost.