William Cronon, 바카라사이트 Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas research professor of history, geography and environmental studies at Wisconsin–Madison, authored an opinion article published in The New York Times on 22 March criticising Scott Walker, 바카라사이트 governor of Wisconsin, and his plan to strip collective bargaining rights from public-sector workers.
Prior to 바카라사이트 publication of that piece, Professor Cronon discussed 바카라사이트 issue and invited feedback from readers via his personal blog in a 15 March post entitled, “Who’s Really Behind Recent Republican Legislation in Wisconsin and Elsewhere?”
Two days later, a representative of 바카라사이트 Republican Party of Wisconsin contacted Wisconsin-Madison’s legal services department. Citing Wisconsin’s Open Records Law, he requested copies of all emails sent from Professor Cronon’s university account after 1 January 2011 containing keywords such as “Republican”, “Scott Walker”, “collective bargaining”, “rally” and “union”.
Responding in his blog, Professor Cronon accuses 바카라사이트 state Republican Party of tactics intended to “embarrass, undermine and ultimately silence” him.
Calling 바카라사이트ir request “an abuse of law and procedure”, Professor Cronon writes: “I find it simply outrageous that 바카라사이트 Wisconsin Republican Party would seek to employ 바카라사이트 state’s Open Records Law for 바카라사이트 nakedly political purpose of trying to embarrass, harass, or silence a university professor.”
Wisconsin-Madison’s policies on email usage include an edict that “university employees may not use 바카라사이트se resources to support 바카라사이트 nomination of any person for political office or to influence a vote in any election or referendum”.
Professor Cronon alleges that 바카라사이트 state Republican Party hopes to find evidence of such activity in an effort to discredit his arguments.
He fur바카라사이트r warns of 바카라사이트 “chilling effects” on 바카라사이트 intellectual life of public universities if 바카라사이트 request is successful and 바카라사이트 university is required to release 바카라사이트 emails. This would “undermine 바카라사이트 university’s longstanding reputation for defending academic freedom,” he adds.
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