Posted on 03/31/2011 1:56:49 PM PDT by Jean S
Madison — A state law to sharply curb union bargaining by public employees is not in effect, a Dane County judge ruled Thursday, continuing the turmoil over a measure that sparked massive protests and prompted Democrats to boycott the Senate for three weeks.
Gov. Scott Walker's administration said it would comply and discontinue the implementation of the law.
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If that happens, We the People have no longer any say in government. Elections are just theater for geeks.
Absolutely.
If the lefties think that they won in court, they will spend the 5th indoors, because it is predicted to be cold and windy.
Her son's union affiliation has NEVER been mentioned in any Wisconsin median reports. Sickening!
Er, media.
Forget the media. Why hasn’t the GOP brought it up? They better wake up and smell the reality that if they keep playing Mr. Nice Guy, they’ll keep losing to the dirty tactics of the left.
What's stopping anyone? I'm sure there are tons of libertarian candidates running in every election.
Some hold office, but they tend not to win much.
Indeed. This should have been done today. Why wasn't it?
True. And the results are obvious.
You got that right! And isn’t ‘Tosa right next to ‘Stallis?
The Constitution is very clear. Only the SCOTUS has jurisdiction over a sovereign state.
I’ll give him through tomorrow to qualify as “mucho pronto.”
If everyone behaves like Obama and ignores judges rulings we no longer have a country worth keeping.
The injunction has NOTHING to do with the constitutionallity of the law, but rather the fact that the Wisconsin State Senate voted on the bill with two hours notice to the senators. Since the Senate was in special session, under the existing State Senate rules ( interestingly written by two of the RAT Senators who were at the time “vacationing” in Illinois) this was a proper and legal procedure. According to the Marxist judge (whose son, by the way is a union organizer for the State Teachers Union) issued the injunction “because the Senate didn’t follow the State’s open meetings statute which says that all “meetings” must be given 24 hours notice.” Personally, I’m sorry that Walker has capitulated. I’d like to see him place the judge under arrest and put her in jail.
I just spotted a citation in an online copy of the state constitution to the effect that the court cannot invalidate a law for any reason except that it violates the constitution. Did Sumi find a constitutional violation?
See my message 75. The citation’s near the top of page 55 here: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/wisconst.pdf
In a situation where the court would have no power to invalidate the law, wouldn’t it also have no power to enjoin its operation?
One would think that because they actually did.
How does a county judge over rule a state law?
If I understand it correctly Governor Walker does not need a law to stop collecting union dues. He can do that by executive order.
This is the point that the unions are really fighting about. Who cares about collective bargaining rights if they are still able to enslave the workers via involuntary collection of dues. They certainly don’t
I am sick with disappointment.
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