Walker is nuts to let a County Judge overide the law passed by both houses of the WI legislature. She has no jurisdiction over the soveriegn state of Wisconsin.
You’re right. Counties are considered creatures of the State.
No, Governor Walker is going to come out of this looking like the only *sane* one. The WI Attorney General has already appealed to the WI supreme court on the jurisdiction grounds. People up here don't really like demagogues. One of the biggest complaints I heard early in the process was that Gov. Walker appeared to be 'rushing it through,' instead of taking a slow, measured approach to things. I suspect he heard that criticism too.
Well, the only thing about that is that counties, in many states, are defined so as to be administrative subdivisions of the state, in other words, they ARE the state. And as in the Federal government the lowliest US District Court judge can issue injunctions on anything, subject to appeal, so this rich can do the same on state matters. Makes little sense to me.
I think Walker would be nuts to dismiss a judge’s ruling, no matter how absurd it is, 4 days before perhaps the most important Supreme Court election in WI history.
If the lib wins Tuesday, then the Senate can reconvene, give 24 hour warning, and pass the law again. If the conservative incumbent wins, then this judge’s ruling is moot.
He could do like Obama did with ruling of Judge Vincent on Obamacare...simply ignore Federal Judge Vincents ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional and continues to implement it.
Gov of Wisconcin should do same thing and invite Judge Summi to arrest him for contempt if she so desires.