Posted on 09/25/2014 7:22:21 AM PDT by FlipWilson
Law360, Los Angeles (September 24, 2014, 8:44 PM ET) -- The Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that it is up to Wisconsin state courts to decide whether an investigation into potential campaign finance violations involving Gov. Scott Walker and a host of conservative groups should proceed, overturning a lower court injunction that halted the probe on First Amendment grounds.
A three-judge panel called the injunction issued in May by U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa an "abuse of discretion," saying that "this case does not present a situation in which state proceedings may be displaced."
The panel directed the lower court to dismiss a suit filed by Wisconsin Club for Growth and political strategist Eric O’Keefe, "leaving all further proceedings to the courts of Wisconsin."
However, the decision doesn't allow prosecutors to immediately restart the once-secret "John Doe" investigation, as Wisconsin state Judge Gregory Peterson in January quashed several subpoenas issued at the behest of special prosecutor Francis Schmitz. Judge Peterson ruled that the evidence isn't necessary to the investigation, in part because Schmitz didn't establish a solid basis to show that a violation of state law occurred, according to court documents. That ruling is currently being appealed at the state level.
Think the Wisconsin liberals are gonna let this Christmas gift go unwrapped? The whole month of October will be filled with this crap as the Dems in that state will do any and everything to beat Walker and get their power and control to the state treasury back. Liberals are pieces of garbage. The only way we get this country back is defeating every last one of them.
7th Circuit lifts John Doe injunction.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
But I don’t know what the word “defeat” even means anymore in post-coup America. If by defeat, you mean defeat them at the polls, then that is pretty much useless. The old tricks of having the judiciary and an entrenched bureaucracy have now matured into having local “prosecutors” who raise bogus investigations to enforce laws that are re-written at a whim by the courts. When the opposition is criminalized, there is no opposition.
I fear we are reaching a point where we will witness why the left fears the Second Amendment.
It’s Triple Post Thursday....
The only good news here is that the State Courts also halted this investigation as well as the Federal Courts and the 7th Circuit only was able to lift the Federal Court injunction. The Republicans (via the Wisconsin Supreme Court) have the trump card in keeping it halted.
Sorry. My computer wasn’t responding, and I had to shut it off. I guess my post “took” even thought it wasn’t telling me so.
I guess if the stupid libs in Wisconsin want to give up the best economy they’ve had in decades for more of “the usual”, then I guess they’ll continue to pursue this ridiculous claim.
Oh, wait! They’re LIBERALS...never mind.....
Just funnin’ with you!!! I once had a quintuple post...not sure what the FR record is..
Well, the LibTards have got to do SOMETHING! Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is now at 5.6%, lowest it’s been since 2008!
Even the worst of the worst BLUE Counties are seeing their Unemployment numbers improve. Dammit! How are they gonna keep voters when ‘Da Man’ is actually finding them JOBS and a way OUT of those Hellholes?
*SMIRK*
* Initial weekly Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims for the first 36 weeks of 2014 dropped to the lowest point since 2000, and the annual average weekly UI claims are at their lowest levels since 2000.
* According to the most recent personal income report, Wisconsin’s 2013 per capita personal income growth was seventh highest in the nation.
* Department of Financial Institutions new business formation: up 5.5 percent during the first eight months of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.
And as an added bonus, Dane County (home to, ‘The People’s Republik of Madistan’) which has ALWAYS had low unemployment due to Big Government, Big University, Big Hospitals and Big Ag...is now the second LOWEST in the entire STATE!
“Dane County’s unemployment rate is no longer the lowest in the state, according to preliminary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ estimates released by the state Department of Workforce Development.
But it still had a significant .5 percent drop during the month.
Dane County’s August rate of 3.5 percent was lower than the 4 percent recorded in July and 4.6 percent rate recorded in August 2013.”
Take THAT, your idiot Madistan Liberals! Scott Walker is making life BETTER for you, and all you can do is spit in his face!
Love My Gov!
Yeah...who in their right mind would want success for goodness sake!
“Stupid is as stupid does”...it’s sooo libtard!
They are vengeful, power-mad and they’ve got the long knives out for Governor Walker, that’s for sure.
He handily won his recall with MILLIONS more in votes the second time around. I’m pretty sure turn out is going to be HUGE here in November; not counting dead and incarcerated ‘Rat voters, of course! ;)
-PJ
We are still fighting for Scott. Unless the unionists from IA/MI/IL/MN get by the voter ID filter, and register as WI residents in order to vote, we should have a decent chance to prevail. Remember, AFSCME has a “score to settle”. Giving the power back to the people, and yet, allowing collective bargaining on wage issues only seems to be a step too far for them. I am a public employee, and I have no problem with ACT 10. We’ll see.....
I saw the current polling numbers, I forget them now and don’t want to say anything sounding overly optimistic but I think Walker is up by 5 points or more.
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