Scott Walker Rule that barred Solidarity Singers was unconstitutional, appeals panel agrees
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Rule that barred Solidarity Singers was unconstitutional, appeals panel agrees
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2 hours ago • By Ed Treleven | Wisconsin State Journal
In a long-awaited ruling that will affect similar cases, a state appeals court ruled Thursday that a lower court properly dismissed citations against a participant in the daily noontime Solidarity Singalong at the state Capitol, because the rule that he violated was unconstitutional.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the state 4th District Court of Appeals will affect numerous cases involving dozens of people that have been in limbo, some of them also being heard by the appeals court, others still in awaiting decisions in Dane County Circuit Court.
This case involved a citation issued on July 24, 2013, to Singalong participant Michael Crute for participating in an unpermitted event. He challenged the state administrative code that imposed a permit requirement on gatherings of even small groups in public areas of state buildings, including the Capitol rotunda.
But Madison lawyer Robert Jambois, who has represented other Solidarity Singers who have been cited, said the Crute decision will affect cases he has pending in circuit court and many others, because judges have been waiting to see how the appeals court would rule in the Crute case......................
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Solidarity Sing Along
January 24 at 9:21am ·
Well, what do have here? An article in The Guardian about the GovernEr's delusional ambitions that begins with three paragraphs about the Solidarity Sing Along. He must be pulling his hair out over this one. smile emoticon
Could Scott Walker be the elusive 2016 contender Republicans are looking for?
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theguardian.com|By Ed Pilkington
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Republicans want you ... to believe Scott Walker can be the hero they need. Photograph: Darrenn Hauck/Reuters
Ed Pilkington in Madison, Wisconsin
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Friday 23 January 2015 10.28 EST
It’s midday in the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison, and that means it’s time for a Solidarity Singalong. A circle of protesters have filled the central rotunda of the venerable building and are singing lustily to the tune of I’ll Fly Away, their voices spiralling up into the dome overhead.
We’re not going away, oh Scotty!
Until the day when justice holds sway.
You might think our mighty cause is lost, but
We’re not going away.
The singers aren’t here just for the harmonies – they really mean it. They aren’t going away. Though their numbers are down to a meagre 15 from the thousands that overran the capitol at the height of Wisconsin’s union battles almost four years ago, they have stuck it out. Every weekday since 11 March 2011, without a break – 1,006 days and counting – they have turned out to sing songs of defiance against the man they call “Scotty”.
That’s Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin. His office is just a few paces from the rotunda and he must surely hear the chorus, though it doesn’t seem to bother him. In his new book, Unintimidated, he recalls protesters chanting at him: “We’re still here!”, to which he gives the dismissive riposte: “Yes, but so am I.”.........
