About two weeks ago, under procedurally awkward circumstances, Wisconsin Republicans rammed through Gov. Scott Walker's (R) union-busting proposal. Almost immediately, critics argued, among other things, that the process violated the state's open-meeting laws.
Today, a Wisconsin judge, at least for now, agreed.
Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order Friday, barring the publication of Gov. Scott Walker's law that would sharply curtail collective bargaining for public employees.
Sumi's order will prevent Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the law -- and allowing it to take effect -- until she can rule on the merits of the case. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne is seeking to block the law because he says a legislative committee violated the state's open meetings law in passing the measure, which Walker signed on Friday.
Sumi said Ozanne was likely to succeed on the merits.
"It seems to me the public policy behind effective enforcement of the open meeting law is so strong that it does outweigh the interest, at least at this time, which may exist in favor of sustaining the validity of the (law)," she said.
In the meantime, CNN's professional moron Erick Erickson has argued, "If the judge in Wisconsin wants to play, the GOP should impeach her and up the ante."
Impeach her for what?
Different day, Republicans are still dicks.
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