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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The left is pure evil. The are outright thieves. Let them get their way (for now) it's only a matter of time before reality will crush them.
If the Republicans fought has as hard for Liberty, as the left fights for tyranny, then our Republic would be saved.
The reality is likely that we are an inexorable path towards a Socialist hell.
They are not in session and they hope the Wisconsin SC will have ruled by then against the restraining order but in case they rule the law invalid because of the open meeting law then they will just do it again.
What ticks me off about this judge is that she blocked a passed law because of a non-relevant procedural issue when ultimately she can’t toss the law anyway. She can sanction the congress or AG for violating the open meeting rule if that’s her finding but that’s all she can do.
Nice summary. Typical of the juvenile Marxist mentality. There is no money, but that doesn’t matter. So they flop on the floor, kick the wall in frustration and whine.
I have a 5-year-old grandson who manifests that behavior. We call it a melt down and he knows—with has grandparents, at least—nothing good comes from the behavior. Nevertheless, he’s gotten away with it elsewhere for so long he just keeps on trying to push our buttons.
I’m optimistic the Marxists will be spanked but good in 2013.
Ignore this bitch.
Seems like a bunch of procedural red tape to me. They’re just trying to tie the law up until to see if their recall efforts bear any fruit.
Ok I believe you, but I put it in breaking and then it was removed right after. My apologies.
I think the net effect of her order is that there is no passed law! She is effectively a legislative veto power of one. The law is declared not published. It's not on the books.
In other words, she's eliminated the force of law, effectively acting as the legislature. No other judge can review "the law," because there is no law there.
My mom told me that once when I was a kid I got so mad at having to do something I held my breath until I passed out.
And I remember my elder son throwing himself down on the floor and dragging himself across a long hall screaming and crying.
Neither of us had any political motive in our behavior though.
The Open Meetings law includes a provision that specifically allows a judge to invalidate any action taken at a meeting in violation of the open meetings law. So, while this judge is likely incorrect (I think a strong argument can be made that the meeting in question did not violate the open meetings law), she has not, strictly speaking, crossed the line between separation of powers.
I understand why a town or county government can’t violate this law. But, when a state government passes a state law in a way that does not comply with another state law, isn’t it just an implied, ad hoc, repeal of that first law—the open meetings law?
She looks related to Dianne Feinstein.
Explains a lot, if it were true.
Where do they get these stupid Judges? What I read the State followed the law she just issued the restraining order to late. The Attorney General had already set a date for the law to be published and once it is published it is law!
Exactly. And the unions and left have pulled out all the stops in a negative campaign effort against Judge Prossor. They've even used unwilling pedophilia victim cases to try to paint the judge as soft of pedophiles.
They may be gaining ground in their efforts too, last I read.
I move to remove Judge Sumi from her position.
Anyone second?
Jake Sinderbrand, son of Judge Maryann Sumi, poses a bit of a problem for his mother.
Son of Sumi touts his work for the AFL-CIO and SEIU.
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.
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, runs a company called Left Field Strategies, a firm that works on political campaigns.
Just give the 24 hour notice and vote again. I know they’re trying to prove a point but just do it and it’s done despite what this POS judge says.
So, who’s more in need of being removed from office; this “judge” or that madman in Libya??
Yet another Soros-bought judge like all the usurper-eligibility judges.
Walker folded already too after galvanizing the demoralized commie-libs. Not good for 2012.
LOL!
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