Scott Walker Kills His Wisconsin Union Busting Bill By Publishing It

Ruh oh...somebody done messed up...

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The sign in the picture was classic "I voted for Walker, and I'm sorry!"

I think the GOP has in almost every case far overplayed their hand, and highly energized the Democratic base as well as alienating independents, just like the Dems did with health insurance reform.

2012 will be a VERY big brew-ha-ha election year. I can easily see some pretty high voter participation rates.

That doesn't bode well for my local state Republican representative. Us Dems stayed home and we lost our Democratic representative, and that won't happen next time, that's for damn sure.

So much generalizing in that post it makes my head hurt.

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Originally Posted by Obama

We won. Get over it.

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Originally Posted by RandomGuy

The sign in the picture was classic "I voted for Walker, and I'm sorry!"

I think the GOP has in almost every case far overplayed their hand, and highly energized the Democratic base as well as alienating independents, just like the Dems did with health insurance reform.

2012 will be a VERY big brew-ha-ha election year. I can easily see some pretty high voter participation rates.

That doesn't bode well for my local state Republican representative. Us Dems stayed home and we lost our Democratic representative, and that won't happen next time, that's for damn sure.

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:cheer

The repugs passed the bill. If they need to do a re-vote they will.

Only mystery will be if they have to re-vote is where will the dems hide this time?

Obama didn't violate any restraining orders. Thats for sure.

Say what you will about the bill but its quite obvious this move was a completely foolish one and its not going to help them at all.

lol fleeing the state

One thing not mentioned is how this action will probably do a lot to help the efforts to collect signatures for the recall elections.

I say no ones really gives a shit. Either you want the bill of not. Obviously they want the bill.

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

I say no ones really gives a shit. Either you want the bill of not. Obviously they want the bill.

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Who? The constituents of WI very much do not want this bill. Thats been apparent for quite some time.

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

I say no ones really gives a shit. Either you want the bill of not. Obviously they want the bill.

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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...that is unless you actually live in Wisconsin...

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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod

Who? The constituents of WI very much do not want this bill. Thats been apparent for quite some time.

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Too bad

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

Too bad

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We'll see.

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Originally Posted by fraga

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...that is unless you actually live in Wisconsin...

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Son, this sort of bill will be passed all over the USA. That is why it's making all the headlines.

who the hell still argues along party lines anymore? What an archaic approach to politics.

Neither party represents the will of voters.

Wake. The . Fuck. Up. Spurstalk. Regulars.

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Too bad

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but Obama's going against the will of the people... Polls say America is against him..

It's gonna be fun watching Scott Walker and other tea-baggers crash and burn.... and the states where they were elected?

:lmao

First they came for the unions, then they came for the professors.

Vee vant alles kaput!

http://www.politicususa.com/en/wisco...king-questions

We will wait and see now won't we...

Love to see you guys wrong on this, and I think I'll get my wish!

Comment thread at Volokh:

http://volokh.com/2011/03/25/wi-coll...-tro/#comments

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But publication itself is not the responsibility of the Secretary of State. It is the responsibility of the Legislative Reference Bureau. It is obligated to "publish every act and every portion of an act which is enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto within 10 working days after its date of enactment." This would presumably be on the date designated by the Secretary of State, although it is not clear that this obligation is contingent upon the designation of a date by the Secretary.

The order in Ozanne was directed to the Secretary of State. Judge Sumi held that "[t]he next step in implementation of the law would be publication of that law by the Secretary of State." That assumption was incorrect. She then ordered that "[h]e is restrained and enjoined from such publication until further order of this court."

Secretary of LaFollette has complied with that order.

But, the thing is, he had no responsibility for the law's publication. The Legislative Reference Bureau was obligated to publish the law. It's duty is mandatory and not something that the Governor- or the Secretary of State - can either mandate or stop. The LRB did this because the LRB had to do it. If District Attorney Ozanne wanted to stop it, he should have sued the LRB. He didn't.

Now I understand that people will say that the LRB should have figured out what Judge Sumi wanted and did what the DA did not ask for and she did not order and that it was not obligated to do. The law doesn't work that way. It doesn't allow state agencies to do whatever they think is right or whatever they think a judge in a case to which they were not a party would have ordered them to do had they been a party. The LRB had a clear legal obligation that was not altered by any court order and it followed it.

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http://sharkandshepherd.blogspot.com...ollective.html

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Originally Posted by hemann82

crofl backtracking and scrambling

this law's toast

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I disagree.