In 2006, PACER for the Bankruptcy Court serving my state (pop. 3.67 mil) ran on a 386 box with analog modems running Solaris. The price was fair then; but if the Administrative Office of the US Courts has moved the files to the cloud, costs will certainly have changed. However, courts were underfunded then, and unquestionably underfunded now. Where's the money to run courts going to come from? Especially court IT? Either from all the taxpayers through taxes, or the litigious taxpayers through fees.
Either all taxpayers through taxes, or the litigious by fees
In 2006, PACER for the Bankruptcy Court serving my state (pop. 3.67 mil) ran on a 386 box with analog modems running Solaris. The price was fair then; but if the Administrative Office of the US Courts has moved the files to the cloud, costs will certainly have changed. However, courts were underfunded then, and unquestionably underfunded now. Where's the money to run courts going to come from? Especially court IT? Either from all the taxpayers through taxes, or the litigious taxpayers through fees.
Re: Demigod Judges
Horse patootie. This is only law within the Northern District of California, not the Ninth Circuit, and upon appeal, it will be airlocked.