Cool!

Walker and his policies will bite the dust yet, just more slowly than we would like.

And it's not Wisconsin money - it's Koch money that it's coming from.

Taxpayers will not pay that $1B.

Bravo! But still more work to come.

for stupidity. The law will be ruled unconstitutional, forever. Walker will be placed under arrest, found guilty and sentenced to a long time in prison.

"A Dane County judge on Friday struck down the controversial 2011 collective bargaining law because he said it violates the Wisconsin and U.S. constitutions' guarantees of free speech and freedom of association.

Ruling in a lawsuit brought by Madison Teachers Inc. and a union representing public workers in Milwaukee, Circuit Judge Juan B. Colas said in a 27-page decision that sections of the law "single out and encumber the rights of those employees who choose union membership and representation solely because of that association and therefore infringe upon the rights of free speech and association" guaranteed by the state and federal constitutions.

Colas also ruled that the law violates the constitutional equal protection clause by creating separate classes of state workers who are treated differently and unequally under the law."

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/judge-strikes-down-walker-s-law-ending-collective-bargaining-rights/article_ded3b708-feb5-11e1-a29a-001a4bcf887a.html

(in Grumpy Old Men) "Holey Moley"!!!!

I don't doubt that Walker would take it all the way to the Supremes. He's bet everything on this abominable piece of legislation, and the people of his own state spared him during the recall even then.

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"Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said he was confident the decision will be overturned on appeal...."

Overturn this...*FINGER*

(I most likely look like one angry person all the time...well, with crap like this, I can't help feeling a bit angry...thanks for always allowing my ventings!)

The Madison NBC station has a profile of Colas, who is also a Colombian immigrant

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/15889392.html

I am going to allow myself to be happy about this one. Good for the workers!

What part of "null and void" is difficult for the AP reporter to grasp. Null? Void?

But in reality it isn't if there is an appeal. Although I think it is not in effect during appeal.

Null and void means nonexistent as a law, which is what this law currently is. It may be restated by further decisions. Therefore, it is immediately suspended.

This is HUGH! C'mon people, get kickin'!!!



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UNION!

I particularly like the ORDER at the end.

They don't even know how to write laws that are legal

The liberal activist judge wants to "take away the lawmaking responsibilities of the legislature and the governor." Last time I checked, the guv doesn't have that power .

That's why we have courts. "The will of the people" once wanted non-whites to be treated differently. If not for the courts, we'd still have segregated schools and every other once-entrenched "will of the people" approach to society.

I've always wondered why restrictions on union organizing and activity (are you listening, Walmart?) aren't challenged more often on constitutional grounds. If the second amendment can be stretched to include automatic weapons and cop-killer bullets, surely the our right to free assembly includes union membership?

It's been over a year since I sang in the rotunda and I admit to tuning out events in my home-sweet-home state since the recall went sideways. This just made my week!

Congradulations Wisconsin!!!!

Unity solidarity and

I hope this sticks, permanently.

Districts across the state are using the "tools" that Act 10 gave them to stick it to teachers. Longer days, more preps, fewer hours off to plan instruction, more duties. He's killing public ed.

This ruling will be Prossered at the earliest convenience

So, the plan is to ignore the ruling until they can get it overturned. As others have said, they know Prosser will take care of this little mess once it gets to his court. Something I don't know is, is there any chance of this going higher- to the Supreme Court of the United States?