The Wisconsin Supreme Court narrowly ruled Tuesday that the state's contentious union rights law can go into effect, giving Republican Gov. Scott Walker a major victory after a long and dramatic battle.
The high court upheld Walker's law in a 4-3 vote, reflecting the partisan divide of the members.
Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of public employees' collective bargaining rights and forces them to pay more for their health and pension benefits. He says it's needed for the state to address its budget problems.
"The Supreme Court's ruling provides our state the opportunity to move forward together and focus on getting Wisconsin working again," Walker said in a statement.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said the judge had no authority to interfere with the legislative process.
The court ruled Tuesday just hours before the Republican-controlled Assembly was planning to start debating the state budget and possibly adding the collective bargaining provisions since the case was tied up in the court.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson wrote a blistering dissent of the court's ruling, accusing Justice David Prosser of appearing to have a "partisan slant" with his concurring opinion.
Democrats who walked away from their job surely had 'Partisan Slant'.
Big Victory of Scott Walker!
7 comments:
Had that leftwing loonie beat the sitting judge, it would have gone the other way.
They dodged a close one...
The ruling is as it should be.
Activist judges need to get off the bench.
No question about it Silver. Good things come in small packages, like, what was it, 7000 votes?
Unfortunately, AP, we have a lot for work ahead of us to clean out, not only Washington, but activist judges currently sitting on the bench in our nation.
This is great news. I'm sure the unions will show how violent they can become now that they lost big time.
Thats the other shoe I am waiting to drop, Chris. Right now, seem Eerily quiet...
woohoo some good news for a change eh!
At least Wisconsin got it right, WHT.
Now America needs to get it right. :)
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