Tuesday, June 14, 2011

WI Supreme Court Re-Institutes Collective Bargaining Law

Oh, irony is sweet indeed. Just a few weeks after JoAnne Kloppenburg was forced to concede in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race and Judge Maryann Sumi attempted to strike down the state's new collective bargaining law-- the court finds it... constitutional.
The court found a committee of lawmakers was not subject to the state's open meetings law, and so did not violate that law when they hastily approved the measure and made it possible for the Senate to take it up. In doing so, the Supreme Court overruled a Dane County judge who had struck down the legislation, ending one challenge to the law even as new challenges are likely to emerge.

The majority opinion was by Justices Michael Gableman, David Prosser, Patience Roggensack and Annette Ziegler. The other three justices - Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Justices Ann Walsh Bradley and N. Patrick Crooks - concurred in part and dissented in part.

Shazam!

Hat tip: HotAir.

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