Gay rights group’s FOIA request for professor’s research pits privacy vs. academic freedom

Noted: One such case is that of William J. Cronon, a pro-labor professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 2011, during battles over the future of organized labor in that state, the Republican Party of Wisconsin requested copies of Cronon?s email correspondence containing various terms, including Gov. Scott Walker, who pursued legislation cracking down on unions.