This is actually a very smart idea no matter how this comes down. If there is one definitive source that anyone can go to, there is diminished opportunity for the media to cherry pick the pieces of the information they want to publish and ignore what does not support their agenda. Anyone with internet access will be able to fact check what the networks and newspapers publish.
Man is that ever needed.
See this:
James Moore: The Most Important Criminal Case in American History (stunning hyperbole!)
Groklaw is doing that with the documents in SCO v. IBM. Every item on the dockett was scanned from originals or downloaded from the courts, indexed and posted on the site. But journalists still get it wrong and indeed many FReepers won't believe it.