Posted on 03/31/2011 8:33:07 AM PDT by tobyhill
A judge in Madison, Wis., on Thursday ruled a controversial law severely limiting the collective bargaining powers of public employee unions in the state was not in effect.
Following a court hearing on March 29, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi issued a declaration on Thursday morning stating that the state officials had not followed correct procedures when they published the law "and is therefore not in effect."
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Yes. Apparently, legislatures and governors are now advisory only...
The next Walker budget could just slash judicial salaries to the sacred minimum wage...
Yep, the federal g should be stripped of its right to raise funds totally, not even the right to borrow, the states should be the tenders of all such taxes , but be held accountable by a mandate for balanced budgets yearly w/o the right to borrow funds, all allocated funds for projects may not be used for other projects, no shell games..this would provide a trustworthy system.Then the citizens could hold the government accountable...
Any system that puts government rights above the peoples is not a worthy form of government..
It’s a stall till tuesdays election when the Rats hope to snatch control of the state supreme court. If the people of Wisconsin let that happen the game will be over.
And we need help...the union is relentlessly throwing money and soldiers into the State. The Demo, Joanna Kloppenberg has no judicial experience at all, and yet with union help, is close to unseating a 12+ year justice.
Following a court hearing on March 29, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi issued a declaration on Thursday morning stating that the state officials had not followed correct procedures when they published the law "and is therefore not in effect."
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