Posted on 09/11/2013 1:22:35 PM PDT by markomalley
A federal judge has ruled Republican Gov. Scott Walker's controversial law stripping most public workers of nearly all their union rights is constitutional.
U.S. District Judge William Conley's decision Wednesday comes in a lawsuit Madison and Dane County workers filed in July 2011 alleging the law violated their constitutional right to freely assemble and equal protection because it imposes wage limits on union employees but none on non-union workers.
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I actually hope not, too much frigging compromise occurs and then the inevitable beltway bubble crap occurs, on the national stage. It’s bad enough how the compromise is at the state level.
No relationship to Janet. Note that Judge Napolitano lost his Fx News Show for being too honest about the unconstitutionally big federal government. Here's a video of him reading the Constitution's Section 8 of Article I to clarify that the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for healthcare purposes.
Judge Napolitano & the Constitution
Private sector unions negotiate with the actual payers of their wages, so it is a true give and take negotiation, instead of a collusion to rob the taxpayers and scratch each others backs.
Public workers should not be allowed to form unions, period. If I am not mistaken, even FDR agreed with that--anyone?
vaudine
Sounds like a fine candidate. I wonder if the name would hold him back with voters who don’t look too closely at the candidates; there are a lot of them.
Not all. Police and fire unions were excluded from the restrictions. That's why I'm a bit surprised they didn't try the equal protections gambit. If teachers lose their bargaining rights but police do not then wouldn't that fall under equal protection?
That should have read "union privileges".
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