Aren’t most, if not all, state records of private citizens, subject to privacy laws in every state? For instance, if I subpoena the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in my state to determine a party’s employment status in a civil/personal injury case, am I not seeking private information protected by the state? Yet, I have NEVER had the state object to my subpoenas. If an objection is raised, it invariably comes from the opposing party.
Employment status is not equivalent to a birth certificate. Hawaii has very strict privacy laws to protect their vital records. They have a duty to protect those vital records unless they’re compelled to release them by a court order. Taitz v. Astrue is a FOIA case out of D.C. that hasn’t yet progressed to discovery. Orly can’t prove she’s entitled to inspect Hawaii’s vital records simply because she filed a complaint in D.C.