State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. City of Akron

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), an Eighteenth Century English satirist, poet and Anglican clergyman, once said: “Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.” International Dictionary of Thoughts (1969) 405. Today, by inventing a social security number exception to the Public Records Law, R.C. 149.43, a majority of this court has glorified the talent of youth — invention—and has scorned the talent of age — judgment. Those who would decry judicial activism take heed. Today’s decision is judicial activism at its best. Being troubled that a person’s social security number might become…