Wisconsin GOP Abuses Open Records Act to Intimidate UW-Madison Professor (Littlegreenfootballs.com)
In a thuggish attempt at intimidation, the Wisconsin Republican Party has
launched a legal effort to gain access to all of the emails written by UW-
Madison history professor William Cronon, after he wrote a blog post titled
"Who's Really Behind Recent Republican Legislation in Wisconsin and
Elsewhere?" and an op-ed for the New York Times.
Cronon has a detailed and passionate response to the Wisconsin GOP's attempt
to silence him: Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom.
This isn't the first time Republicans have abused their power in order to
bully and intimidate academics or scientists; similar tactics have been used
against climate scientist Michael Mann, to try to discredit his work on
climate change.
Related:
'Have You No Sense of Decency?' The Wm. Cronon Story
My Worlds Collide | Talking Points Memo
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