Mike Pence's redacted emails could head to Indiana Supreme Court [View all]

An area labor attorney has petitioned the Indiana Supreme Court to take up his case against Vice President Mike Pence in hopes that the court will reveal the contents of a political white paper the former governor has fought to keep secret for nearly three years.

If successful, the communications could reveal a slew of Republican political strategies that Pence and dozens of other U.S. governors devised against former President Barack Obama and an executive order issued on immigration during his time as president.

William Groth's petition for transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court is part of a more than two-year legal battle between the Democratic attorney and the current vice president, who was acting in his role as Republican governor of Indiana during the events in question.

"The petition we filed today raises important issues regarding the scope and application of certain exceptions to Indiana's public transparency law," Groth told IndyStar.

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