It's exactly at times like this when it is particularly
appropriate to remind you stupid Freepers of The Rule!
Posted on 03/21/2011 6:14:24 AM PDT by Libloather
Wisconsin Judge Maryann Sumi & Her (SEIU, AFL-CIO) Political Operative Son
There's nothing like a judge's love for her son to cloud her otherwise-cloudy judgement.
Posted by LaborUnionReport
Monday, March 21st at 12:30AM EDT
On Friday, unions scored a temporary victory to maintain their ability to collect union dues from Wisconsin public employees when Judge Maryann Sumi (the same judge who refused to order striking teachers back to work in February) issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the implementation of Wisconsin’s new law governing public-sector unions.
Via the Wall Street Journal:
Judge Maryann Sumi said a lawsuit filed by the Dane County district attorney had enough merit for her to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the bill while she reviews the case.
This is a problem. Judge Maryann Sumi should have recused herself entirely from the Wisconsin battle due to her inability to be neutral in this case. You see, Maryann Sumi has a clear conflict of interest. Her son is a political operative who also happens to be a former lead field manager with the AFL-CIO and data manager for the SEIU State Council. Both the SEIU and the AFL-CIO have members who are public-sector employees in Wisconsin. In fact, as a federation, the AFL-CIO can boast of several member-unions that represent public-sector employees. Maryann Sumi is hardly an unbiased judge in the matter.
Jacob “Jake” Sinderbrand, Sumi’s son [see page nine here], runs a company called Left Field Strategies, a firm that works on political campaigns.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
BUMP!
And I would have thought that Fox, a news network that purports to be “conservative,” would have unearthed this blatant conflict of interest on the liberal judge’s part.
Paging Rush, Beck, Hannity, Boortz, Savage et al. You are asleep in the limo.
I have had enough of rogue judges imposing their viewpoints unchecked on the masses. The house has authority over the judiciary. Time to bring charges and start impeaching judges, not only in wisconsin, but on a national level as well
Period.
Is a judge failing to recuse herself due to a clear conflict of interest actionable? Sounds like grounds for impeachment.
It's exactly at times like this when it is particularly
appropriate to remind you stupid Freepers of The Rule!
LMAO...BUSTED! The left has no shame
People, people - this is Madison. Union activism is proof of your moderateness and neutrality there.
Shocking!!!!
Not really. It is how they operate.
Impeach the bitch.
LLS
Any curious media types at the networks or in the Wisconsin media?
Maybe Sumi should have recused herself....this is a definite conflict of interest.
LLS
Jacob Sinderbrand and Josh Wise of Left Field Strategies bump fists (for some reason) as a show of solidarity for, well, you figure it out.
(my caption of pic from their website....
A lifelong political activist, Jake Sinderbrand got his start as a volunteer doorknocker, and has years of experience training both volunteers and canvassing staff. Jake graduated from Macalester College cum laude with a degree in political science, specializing in American political structures. He has developed his professional political experience serving as a lead field manager with the AFL-CIO and as data manager for the SEIU State Council through the 2008 election cycle. Jake's expertise in canvass planning and turf strategy helped these organizations to have among the most successful field operations in Minnesota.
And if they knew about it, why did they hold back on the info?
I'm getting sick of the GOP apparatus everywhere, including DC elected conservative representatives, depending on conservative talk show hosts, the consdervative blogosphere and conservative forums such as FR to do the investigations and revelations THEY and their paid staffs should be doing.
Why doesn’t the legislature just pass the law again? Seems to me it would be quicker than waiting for this to get through the courts, especially since unions may be busily inking outrageous deals in the meantime.
America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution
The above explains a lot.
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