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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Collective Bargaining Law
The court voted 4-3 to uphold the law and was very critical of the lower court ruling.
This particular case centered on whether the legislature violated the open meetings law which requires 24 hours notice of votes on a law. This law was passed with only 2 hours notice. The court based the decision on the fact that the 24 hour law is held to apply to regular committee meetings but not to conference committee meetings. There was a specific exemption written into the law for this purpose.
Needless to say reaction generally depends on your partisan viewpoint.
Let the flaming begin…..
6 Responses to “Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Collective Bargaining Law”
As did the Justice’s reasoning to a degree as well, although I think the majority got it correct.
You cannot have the Courts exercising prior restraint against the Legislative branch.
This law was passed with only 2 hours notice.
No, it wasn’t. It was passed with 1 hour 50 minutes notice, as was revealed at trial. And there is no exemption in any legislative rule for less than 2 hours notice.
This is exactly the problem noted by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson in the dissent. The majority rashly decided to act on a writ and preclude an appeal, which would have provided the facts of the case.
“The majority rashly decided to act on a writ and preclude an appeal, which would have provided the facts of the case.”
I have two years of law school and a decent GPA. I have no idea what that sentence is supposed to mean, other than that the author almost certainly is a Democrat.
Can Sumi be recalled? I’m writing this partially in jest, at the expense of the joke, the farther Left’s behavior in this state. No doubt lib Dem militants would bristle at any serious recall-Sumi effort or public cry, and show their contempt and a faux (unmerited) elitist touch by saying that would be “democracy run rampant” and “mob rule,” but it would appear much more grown-up than the recall-Walker effort (about which I care little, too).
Logan, your gratuitous bashing of Democrats was uncalled for. If you don’t understand what the commenter said, then state it…period or ask for clarification. You can’t constantly complain about Republican bashing and then do it yourself to the other side. I’m not a psychiatrist but I believe that is passive/aggressive behavior. (Note: see, I used the same thing to judge/bash you the way you did Quiet Canard…now you can commence with calling me a “hater”
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I have two years of law school and a decent GPA. I have no idea what that sentence is supposed to mean
It means the Court does not have access to the trial record, because there hasn’t been an appeal.
Can Sumi be recalled?
In about 10 months. She was re-elected in April.