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| Wisconsin Unions Get (Temporary?) Reprieve |
| 2011-03-21 |
| A Wisconsin judge has temporarily blocked a controversial law from going into effect that would severely restrict collective-bargaining rights for most public employees in the state. The judgeÂ’s order came after Dane CountyÂ’s Democratic District Attorney Ismael Ozanne filed a suit alleging that a joint committee of the legislature violated the stateÂ’s open meeting law when it abruptly called a session to get the measure passed last week. The judgeÂ’s ruling does not speak to the legal merits of the law but says that the suit over the session has to be completed before the law can move forward. Since the lawÂ’s enactment, protesters have made fervent efforts to recall Republican state senators who supported it, while proponents have mounted recall efforts against the Democratic senators who left Wisconsin to block the vote. Ahhh, democracy at work! Maybe it's better to go the Costa Mesa route and lay off half the union workers to balance the budget. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #11 So which recall campaigns are ahead? Inquiring minds want to know. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-21 18:55 |
#10 Today Walker moved to stay the TROWisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette asked a state judge to stay the temporary restraining order that prohibits the state from publishing its law stripping public employees of their right to collective bargaining. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-03-21 17:27 |
| #9 Thank you Frank G for finding that. Looks like it is up to Walker now to go after that Judge. He should go after her with an "affidavit of prejudice for a change of venue by conflict of interest". Leaving on vacation till the end of the month gives the unions time to sign contracts. I understand due also at the end of the month. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-03-21 15:16 |
| #8 “Judge Sumi confirmed today what we knew all along — that the bill stripping hundreds of thousands of hard-working Wisconsinites of their voice on the job was rammed through illegally in the dark of the night,” Neuenfeldt said. So one Democrat county judge strips the State voters of their rights in one decree from the bench? "The Legislature and the Governor, not a single Dane County Circuit Court Judge, are responsible for the enactment of laws, says the State Attorney General. Apparently, there is no consideration of the separation of powers by this judge. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-21 14:55 |
| #7 Thank you FrankG for digging up the political Nepotism at its most disgusting. She should be disbarred and thrown out of the court for the blatant conflict of interests. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-03-21 13:36 |
| #6 apparently they shopped for the right Judge: 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 [see page nine here], runs a company called Left Field Strategies, a firm that works on political campaigns. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-03-21 13:08 |
| #5 Collective Bargaining/Striking = Collective Sacking. Someone needs to make a point. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-03-21 12:41 |
| #4 Standard liberal procedure. If you can't get your way at the ballot box, go to court. That way you can stall and stall and stall while costing your opposition millions of dollars in legal fees. If your lucky, like they have been numerous times in Kaliphornia, the governor will refuse to support the will of the people by representing them in court against the liberal lawsuit. That way the case never even gets to the Supreme Court. It'll get as far as the Ninth Circus and the liberal will win. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-21 12:02 |
| #3 #1 This is lefty judge activism at work. Nahhh. The Judge is just giving herslef time to beef up security and change her vacation calander before she rules. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-03-21 11:20 |
| #2 It's a travesty. That judge needs to be purged from the Justice system ASAP. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-03-21 10:32 |
| #1 This is lefty judge activism at work. "JudgeÂ’s ruling does not speak to the legal merits of the law". According to Wisconsin law the process was legal just a stall tactic. Several requests were made for them to be there for the vote but they chose not to represent their constituents (unions). |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-03-21 09:31 |