Ironically, it was a judge appointed by a Republican governor who on Friday gave Wisconsin’s embattled government workers a small victory.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/118242814.html
In Madison, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order that put a hold on GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial new law, which takes away many collective bargaining rights from state employees.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the judge’s temporary order bars Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the law, which would then become effective. Sumi wants some time to decide if she should issue a permanent injunction, and there will be hearings on the matter March 29 and April Fool’s Day, April 1.
The motion for an injunction was filed by Democrat Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne. He alleges that a state legislative committee was in violation of Wisconsin’s open meetings act when it passed the collective-bargaining law March 9. Walker signed it two days later.
Any way you slice it, this battle is going to wind up before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. How many Republicans versus Democrats are on it?
