“A week after Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that was meant to delay the publication and implementation of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's anti-union, pro-corporate power grab, Walker's legislative allies pressured state bureaucrats to publish the measure and then claimed they were free to implement it.
But the law does not work that way. Governors are not kings. They do not get to violate the law at will. And they do not get to dismiss orders from judges…” The Nation
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is not only stupid but he is scary. If he will not obey a court order just how far will he go?
“…Referring to the TRO, Sumi said Tuesday afternoon: "Apparently that language was either misunderstood or ignored, but what I said was 'the further implementation of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 is enjoined. That's what I now want to make crystal clear."
With that, Sumi barred state officials from implementing Walker's law and added, "Now that I've made my earlier order as clear as it possibly can be, I must state that those who act in open and willful defiance of the court order place not only themselves at peril of sanctions, they also jeopardize the financial and the governmental stability of the state of Wisconsin."
Earlier in the day, state Court of Appeals judges rejected a request from Attorney General JB Van Hollen's office to remove barriers to implementation of the law.
So Sumi does not stand alone. She's being backed up by other jurists…” The Nation
I was going to wait a year to see if Governor Walker would be removed from office. But now I am wondering what the state law is in Wisconsin when a Governor is arrested and is found guilty of a crime. But right now it looks like the Attorney General of the state is the one with his head on the chopping block.
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