ACLU Madison: Tweeting live in judge Sumi's court, on collective bargaining complaint

Hat tip to Uppity Wisconsin

http://twitter.com/ACLUMadison

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The second witness was the LRB deputy cheif of staff, Cathlene Hanaman, who painted a troubling picture of what happened last Friday, including these points:

* In here time at LRB, the LRB has never independently made-up a date of publication and has always gotten the date of publication from the Secretary of State.
* That she saw the 3/18 TRO rescinding publication. She said that in compliance of that order, they removed the date of publication from all of their records.
* Said that they got a letter from Sen. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, requesting publication.


http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/sumi-court-hearing-lrb-deputy-cheif-staff-paints-troubling-pictu-0





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appx 4:45pm Monday March 29
HOORAY !! THis seems to be going WELL!!!

@ACLUMadison: Sumi says she dismayed that even with simple fix for this conflict (open mtgs issue), parties are pursuing litigation at taxpayers' expense

Sumi: language on stopping publication was either misunderstood or ignored, further implementation of Act 10 is enjoined for now

@ACLUMadison: Sumi chastises anyone acting in "willful defiance" of a TRO. Could face punishments. Further implementation of Act 10 is enjoined.

Will continue at 8:30am Friday. Will try to live-tweet if possible, but Friday is packed. Will defer to other rockstar...

I've been following the tweets off and on all day via ACLU-Madson and @sarablackthorne. Wish I could have been there in person.

8:30am House hearing on #SB5 to start shortly. Stay tuned
Overflow room: Lower Level 1. Take elevator down at Dane County Courthouse, turn left

Court denies Attorney General's attempt to withdraw the appeal. That means the case moves forward
Withdrawal motion denied - Let the case go forward!

bailiff just confirmed he won't kick out tweeters unless we ring or take pics

Faux News is at the courthouse. Lets give them a show!

And that ends our super quick summary of what has happened since the first 3/18 hearing. Court hearing for today is about to start (8:42am)

People are sitting on the floor! This is fantastic!

Judge Sumi enters courtroom, we are about to begin
Legitimacy of union-busting laws is still to be decided in the courts. We don't know exactly what happens today. Overflow room nearly full.
Link to the court order denying of the state Justice Department's motion to withdraw its appeal http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/March11/0329

(I'll spare you the rest - I documented several hours of it)