NEWS, INCLUDING THE RETIREMENT
OF U.S. SYSTEM PRESIDENT RAY
CROSS.
CROSS HAS LED THE UW SYSTEM
SINCE 2014.
BEFORE THAT, HE WAS CHANCELLOR
AT UW COLLEGES.
HE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL A
SEARCH COMMITTEE DETERMINES HIS
REPLACEMENT.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE WISCONSIN
SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS IN
A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING LAME DUCK
LAWS.
THE CASE WAS FILED BY A
COALITION OF UNIONS THIS PAST
FEBRUARY, INCLUDING THE SERVICE
EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL.
THE UNIONS CONTEND THAT THE
STATE'S LAME DUCK LAWS ARE
SHIFTING POWERS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND THEREFORE
ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
MUCH OF THE HEARING FOCUSED ON
THE REDUCED POWER OF ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOSH KAUL, WHO UNDER THE
NEW LAW MUST CONFER WITH
LAWMAKERS BEFORE LEAVING FEDERAL
LAWSUITS OR SETTLING CASES FOR
THE STATE.