Access to Wisconsin’s online court records database soon could be limited.  Meanwhile, the Minnesota Supreme Court is deciding whether to start an inter branch constitutional fight as a result of opposition within the Minnesota judiciary to a statute that was passed in Minnesota which inhibits access to juvenile records on line.

The Wisconsin legislature is considering a bill that would prevent online access to court records in cases resulting in dropped charges or not guilty verdicts.  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:  Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said the approach of the Wisconsin bill was “‘fundamentally wrongheaded’ because the solution to some people misusing information should not be to cut off access to that information for all people.”

During argument before the Minnesota Supreme Court, that was essentially the argument advanced by those who advocated that the Minnesota Judiciary ignore or refuse to implement the statute inhibiting electronic access to juvenile records.

So, how easy should it be to access court records?