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Federal appeals court gives Walker win on Act 10 (Wisconsin)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 4/18/2014 | Jason Stein

Posted on 04/18/2014 9:27:04 AM PDT by UB355

Madison — Dealing unions their latest loss in court, a federal appeals court Friday upheld Gov. Scott Walker's tight limits on collective bargaining for most public employees. The ruling by the three-judge panel upheld a September decision by U.S. District Judge William Conley in Madison that the law known as Act 10 does not infringe on the rights of government workers. "Act 10 does not violate the First or Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. We therefore affirm the district court's judgment in favor of the state," the ruling reads. .

(Excerpt) Read more at jsonline.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: act10; scottwalker; unionthugs; wisconsin

1 posted on 04/18/2014 9:27:04 AM PDT by UB355
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To: UB355

Ohhh,... that gave the SEIU a Bloody Nose.


2 posted on 04/18/2014 9:30:41 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
quick, deploy the hazmat teams.

3 posted on 04/18/2014 9:32:23 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Cattlegate..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: SandRat

Maybe the “bloody nose” given to the SEIU can help cure the “bloody nose” previously given to the taxpayers of Wisconsin.
A lot of other states could do well with such an “injury”.


4 posted on 04/18/2014 9:34:23 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (NY TIMES: We print the news as it fits our views.)
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To: UB355

From the Ruling:

“This difference is likely of no comfort to plaintiffs, but the First Amendment does not require an affirmative response from governmental entities; it simply requires the absence of a negative restriction,” Conley wrote in his own decision last year. “Under Act 10, general employees remain free to associate and represent employees and their unions remain free to speak; municipal employers are simply not allowed to listen.”

How do others feel about this interpretation of the first amendment. I like it.

While you may have the freedom of speech and association, nobody is forced to listen or ASSOCIATE WITH YOU. [Emphasis mine].

That is unless you are gay/lesbian. That’s today’s current standing.


5 posted on 04/18/2014 9:34:29 AM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo
"...but the First Amendment does not require an affirmative response from governmental entities; it simply requires the absence of a negative restriction,”

Brilliant! That is precisely what the BoR does. There is nothing in the BoR that requires an affirmative response from the Federal Gov, they all restrict the Fed. Another point that Roberts neglected in ruling the ACA to be Constitutional.

6 posted on 04/18/2014 9:41:13 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

I am sure that the govt union workers in Wisconsin are far better off today than they were a few years ago...and isn’t that what we all want?....and that is what they have to tell themselves....”this govt treats me well...I pay less tax..my state is in good shape and there are jobs here...”


7 posted on 04/18/2014 9:47:55 AM PDT by cherry
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To: UB355

Hopefully the unions spend another $250,000 from their dwindling coffers to appeal this decision. LOL.


8 posted on 04/18/2014 10:19:32 AM PDT by proudpapa (Scott Walker - 2016)
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To: UB355

Judicial reasoning as it should be.

The “occupation” of the State Capital by the unions was copied by OWS subsequently, and look how that ended - with a whimper. The stupid leftists (especially the young ones) think they are being idealists - but they are just being used as footstools to maintain the power of dirty players like pelosi and reid and obama. I’m glad Gov.Walker held on thru it. It was great being supported in person by Breitbart and Palin when the thugs were doing their worst. So much violence came from the unions and the goons they trucked in. Talk about “domestic terrorists”.


9 posted on 04/18/2014 10:45:14 AM PDT by februus
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To: SandRat
No, they knew the law suit was bs; they will just file another one in Dane County with a far left wing judge. These law suits serve 2 purposes.

1) Harassment and
2) Wasting tax dollars, they can't waste them on public salaries and benefits, so they will waste them on lawyer fees. This will still feed one of their prime constituencies.

10 posted on 04/18/2014 10:46:55 AM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun control?)
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To: Usagi_yo
While you may have the freedom of speech and association, nobody is forced to listen

"The right to swing your fist stops at the tip of my nose."

11 posted on 04/18/2014 10:59:40 AM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks UB355.
12 posted on 04/18/2014 11:58:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: rjsimmon; All
"brilliant"
the Founding Fathers (Constitution/BoR :) were.

13 posted on 04/18/2014 12:13:25 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Cattlegate..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: UB355

bump


14 posted on 04/20/2014 8:56:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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