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I believe in California you only need to pass the bar to become a lawyer, no expensive degree required.

I’m sure both of the attorneys who have done an apprenticeship are happy about that.

The happiness of lawyers is something I am quite happy to not care about. :)

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

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Today I learned that my boss has a lead foot. 15 speeding tickets in six states, all over 85 MPH.

Sounds like a privacy nightmare, though.

Why? There's no private information being shared right?

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

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I have a speeding ticket listed as "Criminal" in here... That's news to me

Hmm, sounds like a broad classification associated with the record. In the broadest sense, I think all cases are defined as either civil or criminal.

I see another speeding ticket listed as "Non Criminal".

I've got another ticket not listed as anything and actually it has my full DOB and previous address, cool

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Today I learned that my boss has a lead foot. 15 speeding tickets in six states, all over 85 MPH.

Sounds like a privacy nightmare, though.

That would be more of a problem with the legal system, not this search page.

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

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post #132

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Sounds like a privacy nightmare, though.

Why? There's no private information being shared right?

Technically no but it makes a difference if you have all that information available easily through the internet vs having to put some effort into obtaining the records one by one. Same goes for surveillance: technically you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public spaces but once it becomes feasible that somebody can plaster a whole state/country with cameras and can analyze the data automatically it gets a little scary. I think a lot of privacy rules need to be revised in the context of current and future technological capabilities.

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

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Sounds like a privacy nightmare, though.

That would be more of a problem with the legal system, not this search page.

Very true. We have to rethink a lot of the rules around privacy considering the scale technology has made mass surveillance possible. .

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

#139
Cool, I guess. I'm not really a fan of anything that can be used to further persecute people who have already paid their debts to society. I know this is public information, but the information itself has been relatively opaque for generations.

Beyond mild curiosity, the only paying customers for a service like this will be groups like employers, schools, creditors, landlords etc. It removes the pain around paid background checks, and it includes data that was already legally expunged.

The fact that it includes data that was legally expunged actually makes this service more valuable than traditional background checks to certain types of people.

Re: Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, sounds like a broad classification associated with the record. In the broadest sense, I think all cases are defined as either civil or criminal.

I see another speeding ticket listed as "Non Criminal". I've got another ticket not listed as anything and actually it has my full DOB and previous address, cool

> I've got another ticket not listed as anything and actually it has my full DOB and previous address, cool

If it's a street you grew up on, what banks do you use? ;)

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