The Wisconsin Supreme Court Crisis – Far More Serious Than The Ruling On Walker’s Anti-Collective Ba

[Pharaoh]

Yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, overturned the lower court decision that had barred implementation of Scott Walker’s anti-collective bargaining law on procedural grounds.

While Walker’s law will now take effect, this is the least of the problems revealed by the high court’s ruling.

After all, the anti-collective bargaining legislation was going to become law, one way or another. Had the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ban and struck down the law, Walker would have simply included the legislation in his new budget and pushed it through once again. Only this time, there would not have been the procedural snafu that has left the legislation hanging in limbo as it worked its way through the state court system.

However, the decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court revealed something far more shocking than the ruling which went against the supporters of collective bargaining. It revealed, by way of written opinion, a now ‘out in the open’ battle between the members of the court wherein the minority opinion bluntly and directly accused the majority of fudging the facts to reach the decision they had already determined they wanted to reach. The minority opinion further alleged that the majority was driven by political motives rather than the desire to deliver a fair and judicious opinion.

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/06/15/the-wisconsin-supreme-court-crisis-far-more-serious-than-the-ruling-on-walkers-anti-collective-bargaining-law/

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[n2doc]

2. Since they know their jobs depend on rigged elections

They will do whatever it takes to please their masters....

[malaise]

3. K & R

Unless there is a radical clean-up across the board, any pretense of a democracy is over

[robinlynne]

4. shit. Is the new republican already on the court?

[Mister Ed]

7. He's been there all along. He was an incumbent up for re-election. n/t

[robinlynne]

8. So that was the vote that decided, in essence, from a stolen election.......

[999998th word]

5. Just what I was afraid of

I did what I could to help JoKlo get in.When that shit turned up-it made me sick.

That, along with what has/is going on now is beyond disturbing.

It's about time we do something else as well.Let them know we are serious,we will not forget.

We are paying attention.

Our kids deserve better.

[Name removed]

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