(Wisconsin Gov.) Walker gets power to block administrative rules

[Newsjock]

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Gov. Scott Walker gained the power to block rules written by state agencies and other elected state officials, under legislation he signed Monday.

... The rules measure, which cleared the Legislature this month, allows the governor to reject proposed administrative rules used to implement state laws.

Previously, the administrative rules were written by state agencies and reviewed by the Legislature. Under the measure - put forward as part of a special legislative session on jobs that Walker called in January - the governor will sign off on rules before sending them to the lawmakers.

... But Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) said the law weakens the Legislature and gives Walker "unprecedented authority" while doing little to boost businesses.

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/122452604.html

[Sportsguy]

1. Oh My God. Would Someone (Anyone) Please Help?

Wow

[murielm99]

2. I think help will be coming...

in the form of a recall.

He's a bold little dictator, isn't he? Or should I say king?

[bonnieS]

28. what good will recalls do?

Laws are now in place in Wisconsin severely cutting the ability of Democrats to vote at all. Rachel had a segment on with one of the Wisconsin 14, who admitted that the Democratic vote is going to be limited. He said nothing about doing anything about it.

[AndyTiedye]

30. A Recall Only Works if All the Votes Get Counted

I don't see Walker allowing that to happen.

[murielm99]

36. Don't despair yet.

The recall could happen. If he does not know his days are numbered, at least the repubbies around him know it. That is why they are passing all these repressive laws now. They want to loot and steal as much as they can while they still have the time.

Hubris, anyone?

If the recalls fail, or the elections are tainted, then it will be time for massive civil disobedience and general strikes. Don't underestimate the badger. It is fierce.

[AndyTiedye]

38. The Election is Tainted Already

The new voter ID law will disenfranchise thousands of the urban poor, mostly Democrats.
It is effectively a poll tax, given the cost of obtaining a certified copy of one's
birth certificate, getting to the DMV, waiting in line, and paying for the ID.

It doesn't really impose any cost on rural or suburban people (who are more likely to be Republican)
because they almost always have driver's licenses anyway.

That is only the beginning, of course.

I am not despairing, but we will need a monster landslide to win this.
Anything less they will steal.

[hlthe2b]

4. I can no longer even hint at what I'd like to see as his karmic "reward"

I know he's damned 'deserving', so what's taking so long? :mad:

[Sportsguy]

6. Same Here

[Snoutport]

29. i wish for one day we could talk on here about what this fascist deserves

for what he is doing to democracy.

[999998th word]

10. Every day brings a fresh hell.

This used to be a decent place to live.We have to boot his sorry ass out.

Performing power porn for his plutocrat pimps.:puke:

[iwishiwas]

21. YES, come next January we really HAVE TO get Walker recalled!!

[Old and In the Way]

3. Sounds more like a Czar than a Governor.

I guess the legislature wants him to get all the glory or the blame for running the State.

[msongs]

5. maybe some federal officer will put his boots and investigate all this nonsense. Don't know of ONE

who would actually go there and do it though.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Dictator Walker will meet his end the same way most

dictators do...........

He says his lord tells him what to do ...... too bad his lord is called 'Satan'
Dictator Walker is a Satan worshiper, no other way to explain it

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[PatSeg]

9. The man is unbelievable

He must have a Napoleon complex. He's not even subtle about what he's doing.

[JDPriestly]

11. Now if Obama assumed this power at the federal level (which he could not do)

the Republicans would be beside themselves with outrage.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Sieg Heil...

"Never Again" your ass!

[Evasporque]

13. THis is the face of the new GOP Horde

Get ready America...they are coming to your town in droves.

THe GOP Horde eating brains and leaving destruction across america.

[mwb970]

14. And the lockstep march toward fascism continues.....

I wonder if the rubes who vote republican realize what they are doing to their country. Somehow I doubt it.

[elocs]

22. Not only the rubes who vote Republican, but the Democrats who didn't bother to vote last November.

Choosing not to vote as consequences also, but I reckon that if they knew then what they know now they might have voted. The result has been pretty sad though.

[mwb970]

27. You're right about that.

I hope our voters come back to the polls. I would hate for us to lose America "by default".

[LynneSin]

15. What a nice little mini-dictatorship you folks have going on in Wisconsin

:grr:

I feel bad for the people that live there although this should be a warning to those who elect crazies to office.

[mac56]

16. IOKIARDI

Just sayin'

[JAnthony]

25. Sometimes, I'm just too slow to figure these initial things out!

Translation, please?

[bongbong]

26. IOKIYAR

IOKIYAR = It's OK If You're A repig (to break laws, hate Democracy, and hate America)

thus,

IOKIARDI = It's OK If You're A repig Does It (break laws, hate Democracy, and hate America)

[Luciferous]

17. They are going to have a lot to undo there once Walker is recalled.

[Samantha]

18. Is there any way of looking at IMPEACHMENT of this man

Waiting until he can be legally recalled is only extending the window of time in which he can do more damage.

I wondered about this question recently and looked up the law in Wisconsin. The only thing I could think of after reading what I found was that violation of his oath of office could be a basis for impeachment. I did a number of searches but could not find the literal text. If I lived in Wisconsin, I would be checking out this possibility as intently as possible.


Sam

[elocs]

23. Walker would never be impeached since Republicans control both legislative houses here.

Besides, impeachment does nothing without conviction. Remember Bill Clinton?

Recall is the only option we have. A better one would have been for Democrats to have voted the way Republicans did last November. Walker got 90% of the total number of votes that McCain received here in 2008 but his Democratic opponent Barrett only received 60% of the votes that went to Obama. When you choose not to vote bad things can and do happen.

[Yon_Yonson]

19. Dictators ride to and fro ...

“Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.”

[Vinca]

20. This guy is a bona fide dictator. Baby Doc Walker.

[fascisthunter]

24. He's a Fascist.... full blown fascist

and a rather dumb looking one to boot.

[alp227]

31. Walkerddafi?

Wow...and the Tea Party? Crickets. The governors of the states along the two states along Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan are screwing over the little people every day and are ripping apart local governments.

[sakabatou]

32. So... is this similar to line-item vetoes?

[Jackpine Radical]

39. No.

A line-item veto allows you to strike parts of a bill. (And as a point of trivia, WI has a letter veto! The Governor can turn "can't" into "can" by striking the T).

When a bill becomes law, the state agencies have to create detailed plans about exactly how the law is going to be carried out. The laws themselves are not this specific. So mid-level bureaucrats interpret the legislation into a set of administrative rules. A lot of lobbying happens at this level, after bills are passed. Anyway, Walker is proposing to override any administrative rules that he doesn't like, thereby controlling how a given agency goes about carrying out a given law.

[Blue Owl]

33. Who the goddamned fuck is giving him this "power"?

Fucking outrageous bullshit. Burn in hell, Walker.

[apnu]

34. The overwhelmingly GOP house and senate in WI.

They'll be squealing like pigs in a few years when the Dems swing back into control and use all these new powers to kick their asses. The fucking GOP never gets this. They always go for the massive land grab and never understand that they won't be in power forever. Someday the shoe will be on the other foot and they'll not like it then.

[bobthedrummer]

37. Koch's, Rove, Gillespie et al; the fascists that insist that political power=$$$

Here are a couple of Source Watch pages about these tax-exempt political organizations that thrive in the anti-democracy of Citizens United--note the historically proven favored technique of fascist extremist nationalism in the titles of these gruppen, Blue Owl

American Crossroads (Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie)
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Crossroads

American Action Network/AAN
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Action_Network

[bobthedrummer]

35. As most can plainly see, this is the rise of corporate fascism here in Wisconsin for real

Wisconsin is open for business, Walker is using the RW GOP/Tea Fuhrerprinzip, SEIG...

Koch Industries Toxic Gifts to Wisconsin (5-19-11 The Center for Media and Democracy/PR Watch/Rebekah Wilce)
"Koch Industries ranks in the 'top ten' of the Toxic 100 list of the Political Economy Research Institute which identifies the top U.S. air pollutersamong the world's largest corporations based on their chronic human health risk..."

http://www.prwatch.org/node/10722

IMHO massive civil disobedience, general strikes are required when the voice of we, the people are ignored by these lying fanatical fascist figureheads.

We are going to take back what has been removed from US.

[LetTimmySmoke]

40. This is not going to end well.

At some point in time within the next 10 years, Walker will be in a prison cell. Mark my words.