It's not often that a college campus a thousand miles away can affect students in Madison, but that is not to say that we shouldn't be concerned with what other students are doing outside of our little bubble. Two weeks ago, an issue arose on the Louisiana State University campus that really should demand our attention.
This Monday, the state Supreme Court reviewed a petition from the State Bar of Wisconsin to grant judges more power to erase online court records wherein either the case was dismissed or the suspect acquitted. Ultimately, the court decided it should be up to lawmakers in the state legislature, not the court. We feel any erasure is an unnecessary measure that would only diminish the transparency of the courts.
It is a rare occurrence that a person of my age would watch C-SPAN and laugh (unless it's at the old representatives who like to nod off on the job). Quite honestly it's rare that I would go out of my way to watch C-SPAN at all. Yet on Friday, Sept. 24th pseudo-GOP pundit, Stephen Colbert got my attention along with thousands of others both young and old when he spoke in front of the House Judiciary Committee in support of the AgJobs bill.
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