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the senate makes it’s own rules, not the judiciary.

the judge is wrong. the law is on the side of the legislature.

I think more states will be copying Walker. ( if they have any serious interest in remaining solvent.)

I recall one article where they said the Senate got advice from several non-partisan sources, and they agreed that there was no need for a 24 hour open meeting notice because of the existing situation.

>the senate makes it’s own rules, not the judiciary.

I wish that were true; but the sad truth is that it’s not.
The Judiciary is, IMO, the single most lawless branch of government.
For example, in my State (NM) there is no law against taking a firearm (or other weapon) into a courthouse; such would violate the State Constitution which says:
Art II, Sec. 6. [Right to bear arms.]
No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms. (As amended November 2, 1971 and November 2, 1986.)

Any such law must violate the first portion of the first sentence there and, as the US Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that law enforcement have no positive obligation to ensure the safety of a private citizen against any other private citizen, *ANY* claim that the court’s “security” provides the necessary security for the citizen so that ‘weapons are not necessary in the courthouse’ is null and void.

Yet there is, posted on every courthouse from municipal to state, “No Weapons; violators will be prosecuted”-style signs.
It is particularly disturbing that some action which is not prohibited by an actual law might be prosecuted in a court of law.
After *months* of searching I finally found *something* in the way of official documents regarding the prohibition of arms in the courthouses; the Local Rules for the court’s district: http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll?f=FifLink&t=document-frame.htm&l=query&iid=1ce95e25.7bd11288.0.0&q=%5BGroup%20%27LR3-113%27%5D **

** Interestingly enough this affirms the Court’s responsibility to protect the accused, who has at this point been disarmed to stand trial, but makes no mention of the law-abiding citizens: The Jury.