A law professor writes a paper (link to abstract provided) arguing that open government laws such as the Open Public Meetings Act "chill" the free speech rights of elected officials by prohibiting them from conducting public business in secret.
Apparently the professor advocates government's constitutional right to rule people in secret.
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