First Legal Challenge to Walker Anti-Union Bill in Wisconsin Denied, But Case Will Continue

[kpete]

First Legal Challenge to Walker Anti-Union Bill in Wisconsin Denied, But Case Will Continue
By: David Dayen Friday March 11, 2011 2:21 pm

Wisconsin’s anti-public employee bill is signed, but the Secretary of State will take the maximum 10 days to publish the legislation, which means it won’t officially become law until March 25 at the earliest, and probably not until the following Monday, March 28. So there are a couple weeks of legal efforts to go here before we see if the bill will become law immediately.

The first attempt at this was blocked by a judge in Dane County court.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117814293.html

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Amy Smith on Friday denied a Dane County request to grant a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Gov. Scott Walker’s collective-bargaining bill <...>

Smith ruled that Dane County did not meet the standard for a temporary restraining order, which calls for the plaintiff to show there would be irreparable harm if the bill is published and becomes law.

“The court is not satisfied that irreparable harm will result,” Smith said.

Smith, however, ordered the county and the state to come back to court on March 16. At the time, the burden of proof will be on Dane County lawyers to make its case.

THE REST & SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS CASE GOING FORWARD:

http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/11/first-legal-challenge-to-walker-anti-union-bill-in-wisconsin-denied-but-case-will-continue/
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7044/did_the_wisconsin_senate_break_states_open_meetings_law/
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117814293.html

[bluesbassman]

1. Not satisfied that irreparable harm will result?!!

We are living in bizarre times my friends. :crazy:

[kpete]

2. ahhhhhhhhhh

yes, but
revolution IS in the air,
peace, kpete

[MedleyMisty]

3. Maybe when the attempts to fix it within the system fail

and there's no reason to believe they won't, maybe then people will finally realize that the entire system is corrupt?

I mean - if you get the recalls, good luck on winning the subsequent elections when Republicans own the voting machines.

[elocs]

4. I live in WI and you're barking up the wrong state if you're crying voting machine fraud here.

You want to know what lies at the heart of the problem? It came as a result of inaction here last November: