Fiscal sanity triumphs: Wisconsin Supreme Court green lights budget/union reform law
Big Labor mob chants in 3, 2, 1…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair/union reform law — and rebuked a county judge for interfering in the legislative process.
Breaking this afternoon from the Wisconsin State Journal:
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Dane County judge’s rulings that voided a state law limiting collective bargaining rights of public workers, finding that the judge overstepped her authority in making her decision.
In a nine-page decision with about 60 pages of concurring and dissenting opinions, the court said that Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi stepped into the legislative process when she ruled that the collective bargaining law was void.
“This court has granted the petition for an original action because one of the courts that we are charged with supervising has usurped the legislative power which the Wisconsin constitution grants exclusively to the legislature,” the court wrote.
“We’ve been saying since day one that Republicans passed the budget repair bill correctly, so frankly this isn’t much of a surprise,” state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said. “We followed the law when the bill was passed, simple as that.”
You can read the ruling here.
Snort: Here’s the SEIU-Wisconsin chapter bemoaning lawlessness.
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Woot!!!
Now if we can go about scolding all of the other judges who have stepped into the legislative process when they ruled that a law legally passed by a Legislature was void…
Marxist unionista heads are exploding!!
When will the U.S. Supreme Court address the usurpation of the Executive Branch?
As Lawrence Welk would’ve said, this is worth a “Voop-de-doo.”
Talk about your oh-so-polite slap-downs; that’s gotta sting…
This will all become moot when our Precident-in-chief issues an executive order supporting the unions.
/sarcasm, but I wouldn’t be suprised to see him try it.
Wow…. I figure the union thugs will resort to streams of 4-letter words and slapping female camera-operators… Probably get some students to occupy the captial building… The county judge should sneak away to Illinois in protest…..
Obama can be — and by rights should be — trounced on the basis of his own sorry record in office.
There’s no need to pine away for some magical “Silver Bullet” to defeat him, which is a good thing seeing how the Supremes have consistently shown zero interest in “usurper/Manchurian Candidate” arguments whenever they have been raised.
Wait ’til you see his pardon list on Jan. 19, 2013!
Love the legal way of saying that the county judge was legislating from the bench.
Utter brilliance. A great definition of judicial activism, commonly known as the tactic of choice by which the loony left gets laws “passed”, or in this case set aside, by-passing the democratic process.
Hey hey, Ho Ho, I don’t think this will work no mo.
SWEET!
SEIU and other unions will be able to show up to protests in droves since their kids are on summer vacation. It always helps to have your kids carrying stupid signs and chanting.
Here comes another 7 mil worth of damage to The Capitol Building in Madison.
On one hand, I am appalled by your nutjob theories being played out in the real world. On the other hand, voters are catching on how extreme you really are, and Walker and Scott and Kasich are as popular as mosquitoes. So thanks for the lesson.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!! RIGHT prevails!
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My wife and I toured the Capitol Building in Madison 12 years ago when our 2 sons were at med school in Milwaukee. A beautiful rose colored marble replica of the U.S. Capitol. In a beautiful tree covered plaza.
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It hurt to see the trashing of the area and building by the many union thugs bussed in to derail Governor Walker’s necessary financial changes to preserve the state’s economy. I couldn’t believe that their legislature had to try to conduct business while a thousand protesters disrupted the sessions.
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And I expect to see a rerun of the same civil disturbances soon. Like the old legal maxim states, “When the facts are on your side–pound the facts! When the law is on your side–pound the law! When neither is on your side, pound the table!”
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Or trash the capitol, disrupt the proceedings, and have some corruptocrats flee to the next state. Leg iron them to their desks when the next session opens.
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John Bibb
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Mmmm mmm mmm…..BOOM!
And YOU, Red State, couldn’t be more WRONG! So go out and do the zombie, eh, when you protest, because that’s what you are—Zombies are pretty extreme in the real world.
On June 14th, 2011 at 6:32 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
Help me out here since I am not a lawyer or legal expert. I suspect the SCOTUS would rule that only Congress has legal standing to take such a legal action through the courts. We know Congress won’t take up that issue so it is a moot point.
On June 14th, 2011 at 6:32 pm, Regulus said:
As Joe Biden would say, “This is a Big F—in’ Deal!”
I’m waiting for the death threats to start against the 4 justices that delivered the majority opinion.
How will the press handle that?
On June 14th, 2011 at 7:12 pm, ChapBix said:
I’m working on that…
The Court adopted the argument I had made here many times, that the Courts had no business questioning the legislatures interpretation of its own rules.
This is a sweeping victory for Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker. (And for my prior legal anaylsis, but that’s another matter. I’ll be spiking the football, for sure.)
This also is a vindication for the legal strategy of not backing down to the unjust, unwise, uncalled-for, unlawful rulings of Judge Sumi, who engaged in clearly unsound legal reasoning which — whether intended or not — took on the appearance of political posturing.
Legal Insurrection
On June 14th, 2011 at 7:04 pm, Red State Skeptic said:
… the lesson that WI voters still chose Prosser over Kloppenburg?!
We are still dealing with the unions against the right for boeing suit. If we let the union thugs get away with this, no business who has union thugs will be here in America and all these little darling union thugs members are sol!
L
About friggin’ time this union parasites are put in their place!!! They MUST be made to understand:
YOU WORK FOR US, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
YOU ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS, NOT THE PUBLIC’S OVERLORDS.
WE PAY YOUR SALARIES. YOU ARE NOT ENTTLED TO THEM.
IF WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS, SO DO YOU!!!!!
More to the point – legal and ethical sanity. From the ruling
¶18 This case is an offshoot of the turbulent political times that presently consume Wisconsin. In turbulent times, courts are expected to act with fairness and objectivity. They should serve as the impartial arbiters of legitimate legal issues. They should not insert themselves into controversies or exacerbate existing tensions. In the present dispute, different parties claim to speak for the State. It is the inescapable responsibility of this court to determine the law to facilitate a resolution of the dispute.
Good on ya! There is still some semblence of reality and common sense in government. I was beginning to wonder.
WALKER 1- UNION THUGS 0
If it was against the law for Unions to contribute money to political campaigns and campaigners, then their political clout would disappear overnight.
If the unions R E A L L Y thought about it, they would be contributing most of their money to Republican lawmakers.
Kleenex?
I won.
It is sad and hilarious at the same time to view the moonbat’s “lawlessness” charge. It is only “lawlessness” when liberal stuff is not in lockstep with their beliefs, and judges don’t agree with them. Legal process does not matter. The format of laws passed in this country, as the Founding Fathers planned, does not matter to them.
Yet when ACORN tampers with the voting process, illegal aliens vote, the dead vote, and some states refuse to force voter ID, that is ok, as those votes are for Democrats and their liberal agenda.
EAT IT, libs! You want some tobasco sauce with that?? Here, let me shove it down your throat!
Did you feel that?
It is as if millions of greasy communist union thugs cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
well I wonder what kind of leftist union thug riots we’ll be seeing now?
remember, when Socialism dies, it’s really ugly.
I wish that all of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices could transfer to the Ninth Circuit Court of Schlemiels in California.
The fact that an election for an incumbent judge was even close should give you an idea of how popular it is to oppose teachers, but if it doesn’t do a google search for those governors’ approval ratings. I can’t think of anything dumber than making teachers your enemy… oh but wait, I can… privatizing Medicare. What the hell is wrong with Wisconsin?
jrgdds # 36:
The Force is strong in you, youngling. Your insights will serve you well. But beware of the Dark Side. Passion, hatred, liberalism, the path to the Dark Side they are.
Even if Walker is unpopular at the moment, he will likely become more popular in time with the State employees who are no longer having their union dues deducted from their paychecks. Their take home pay will be greater, and soon they’ll wonder why they got so worked up about the entire situation…
Just received an e-mail from my friend Jolene who is a staffer in the Wisconsin Legislature. She says they are ecstatic there even though they expected it to go their way. Now it’s time to turn attention to recalling the “runaway Senators” The Libs just cannot stand living under the rule of law as they are so used to “mob rule”. Expect some repercussions, but they too will pass.
Jerry USMC (Ret)
I just pray seiu and the other union thugs don’t come out in force in WI to crater things. They have done this before, so WI citizens please be safe. From what happened before, I’m not sure you can count on the police(union things there).
L
SEIU Rep (channeling RSS) @#$%@#$%^&* @#$%^&&*&*^%$*&%#3^$# activist judges!
FIFY. You’re welcome.
Hat Tip JRD
Wonderful news!
So I guess “nutjob” means someone who doesn’t think Milwaukee bus drivers should be getting paid $100K+, or that thinks that gov’t employees should pay for at least some of their retirement & health care.
P.S. Walker campaigned on all of this and got elected anyway.
P.P.S. Can a liberal ever debate without name-calling and insults? In my experience, the answer is “no” and you continue to prove it with every post.
a reality check would be more like it.
There are too much greed in union leaderships which brought by high union fees. I am glad that I live in a right to work state.
As long as someone else is paying for it.
Time for Wisconsin to IMPEACH Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi. Throw her off the bench. Wisconsin set the stage to dismantle part of Union Thug collective bargaining. Now they need to set national precedence by impeaching this liberal judge.
ITookTheRedPill, All the scolding in the world won’t do any good until these activist judges are held accountable and given consequences. Perhaps a leave of absence without pay or even removal when warranted (as in the Indiana Supreme Court police state ruling). Wrist slaps mean nothing and won’t stop or even slow these libs down.
On June 14, 2011 at 03:31 pm, bicentennialguy said:
Ah-a wonderful vision to behold
For the first time in my adult life, I’m really proud of my (home) state.
No, the lesson is yet to come. Rest assured, there’s a very sharp learning curve ahead for you and many other liberals.
Now if we could only fix that judicial affront in California, where a gay judge in a long-time relationship ruled that the ban was unconstitutional, even though he should have withdrawn from the case for an obvious conflict of interest.
On June 14th, 2011 at 10:20 pm, AmericanGirl30 said:
Solution: Impeach the judge.
#57 Ron fix a faggot liberal judge? Oh let me count the ways-snip.
I guess that is harsh and crude but then……..
Wondrous. Flipped the State, last November; overturned the ‘twit’ obstructing the legislative process; now we can ‘get on’ with recalling the deNOcrats’…….
Better yet, we may be able to ‘reign in’ our revenue problem, as this unfolds.
TIP:
Down Jones surged morning after GOP Debate
Graph at
http://scottthong.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/down-jones-surges-after-2011-gop-debate/
Yeah, I guess since it is a “gay vs. straight” issue only a androgynous judge could work. Or perhaps a celibate judge. Focusing on social issues will cost votes from the fiscal conservative agenda – while energizing the social agenda vote. Guess it depends on what you consider more important… living on your high moral ground for what little time we have left or living in a stable county that you can persuade people to adopt/accept your beliefs. Just my opinion… but, it does seem prevalent in todays America.
At least he didn’t say, I would hope that a wise old Mary with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life….. LOL
There was a time when what these unions demanded and received was done without regard to the rule of law and just principles. As the topic suggests, sanity has returned to Wisconsin, and hopefully it will be the first of many states that will recover their bearings.
#40 conservative hispanic said:
Passion, hatred, liberalism of these three liberalism causes ‘ilovethesoundofstupid’ so be careful youngins’
Works for me.
“Nutjob theories” meaning a simple recognizing that we have limited quantities of money, and therefore some sort of cutback to a totally gamed public sector system of graft and payoff has to take place? Cry more…
http://cheezburger.com/fangsupitshalie/lolz/View/628661504
I don’t mean to be a buzz kill folks, however Dick Morris reminded Fox and Friends this morning that recall elections are July 12th in Cheese Land and the dynamic can be changed by only replacing 3 Republican senators with Dems, so a big battle won, but not the war.
Exactly which theories do you consider nutjob? Free market economics?
Save some of that sauce for RSS. What a creep. I want RSS to sit down and compose a really good, long post about WHY it is that wanting prosperity, freedom, small government, energy independance, morality in Congress, truthfullness from our leaders, justice for lawbreakers, etc. etc. makes us “nutjobs”. RSS apparently really thinks that all of that doesn’t matter and none of that affects him or his lifestyle. That is the sad delusional fact of all this.
SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS!!
“Attention please, attention please.
The Gimmie-gimmie-gimmie Lib Plan to annihilate the US economy in the name of Perpetually Unsustainable Entitlements has temporarilly been put on hold, due to some craven, venal capitalist judges who’ve decided to destroy the middle class.
We expect this evil greedy setback will be remedied soon, after we hire more goons and thugs to chant ‘We are the Victims’ in downtown Madison.
We return you now to the program ‘I’m Entitled to Other People’s Money’, already in progress.”
I think he’s referring to the viewpoint that unions ought to be held to the same antimonopoly restrictions as any other business. Apparently only nutjobs believe in equality under the law.
That was the first reaction I had, as well.
The Cancer that is Liberalism just received a direct hit of proton therapy!
Well done, “Doctor” Walker and the Wisconsin State Supremes!
Never going to happen. Swoop and Poop trolls never go beyond their initial ignorant statements…because they can’t argue facts. They spout liberal talking points and think we’re going to be impressed.
Remember LGM? Mommy apparently took his computer away.
I think you should send this to Gov. Walker. He would get a kick out of it!!
Blackstone…I don’t think RSS has the brains to understand antimonopoly restrictions or any other concept that requires education and an IQ above 30. And he is too busy figuring how to continue to get food stamps and welfare so he doesn’t have to get a job.
Answer: It is festering with Liberals.
But fortunately, adults are in charge at both the Statehouse and Courthouse.
The BEST part is that AFSCME and co put out the call to teachers to come to Madison once again to protest the bill’s passing and – get this – very few are turning out because they have to take time off from their summer vacation! Imagine that! They can protest on the taxpayers’ funded school time, but they can’t cut into their own vacation time. Anyone surprised? All together now: “It’s for the children!!!!”
A lot yet, but don’t worry – Governor Walker and crew are on it!!
It is WAAAAAY past time for the grown up rational people who pay the bills take back control from a Judiciary gone berserk. 52% of Californians voted during the 2008 Obama election, when every liberal on the planet was out voting twice, that California didn’t want gay marriage, and wanted to modify it’s constitution to state that belief. So then some gay judge finds this violates the constitution of the U.S. when the constitution specifically says that things not SPECIFICALLY deliniated as Federal Powers were to be left to the states to decide. So this judge decides that a clause which says one state can’t impose it’s laws onto another state’s people does exactly that. California can’t modify it’s constitution because a couple of states have allowed gay marriage, so all America MUST apply this rule despite the majority of states having the exact same constitution provisions, and the U.S. law stating this position on the federal books.
This is what judicial activism looks like, and it should be grounds for impeachment because this judge is too biased to read the constitution except through the prism of his/her bias.
FIFY
How exquisitely, profoundly liberal of them!
Conservatives and liberals are both greedy. The difference is Conservatives understand that any wealth they acquire is something they have to go out earn for themselves; as opposed to Liberals, who presume a right to hijack a 3rd party proxy agent (Gummint) to go out and plunder someone else’s wealth for them.
If Libs put just 50% of the effort they waste trying to confiscate other people’s money into instead working for it themselves, the poverty and “unfairness” they bitch and groan about so much would disappear.
RSS
Yes. We know that having a balanced budget is “extreme”. It’s a word that liberal bloggers use when the facts support the conservative argument as they often do no matter what the issue.
I am well aware about how several chunks of the 80+ percent of Wisconsin turned on Walker just to save face at PTA meetings and Parent-teacher conferences.
I went to school in WI back in the day and lived under Gov. Jim Doyle who gave the unions whatever they wanted. My only regret is that he wasn’t around long enough to hike the taxes sky high so that those Wisconsites who turned tail on Walker could shut-up and pay through the nose and do so with a smile.
These reforms may cost Walker his job, but that’s fine with me. I want conservative candidates to stand on their principles and if the American people want to sink this country then let them. But at least it will be done under their own umbrella with the DNC.
Regarding approval ratings, Rasmussen did a one-time survey and found Walker to be at 43%. At the time, it was within the margain of error of Barack Obama’s approval.
A more recent poll showed that over 90% of Republicans and 66% of indepedents in Wisconsin gave Walker a positive approval rating, which puts him at over 50% and stronger that Obama.
Since the left keeps saying that we can cancel the 2012 election since “Obama got Osama” and the republican field is “weak”, I’d say by their logic Walker has nothing to be concerned about.