Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi (.pdf; 2 pgs):
[B]ased on the briefs of counsel, the uncontroverted testimony, and the evidence received at the March 29, 2011 evidentiary hearing, it is hereby DECLARED that 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 has not been published within the meaning of Wis. Stats. §§ 991.11, 35.095(1)(b) and 35.095(3)(b), and is therefore not in effect.Exactly right.
I'm telling you, this can only get worse for Fitz Van Walker — Political. Disaster. Entirely self-inflicted. Any sanctions pale by comparison.
I also guarantee you that both conservative judicial heroes Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas would affirm Judge Sumi in a heartbeat.
And next, conservative Republicans may lose control of the Supreme Court that cost them several millions of dollars only three years ago.
Fitz Van Walker, LLC could very well be persona non grata even at the next Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce kaffeeklatsch.
From what I have heard she has no jurisdiction to do this in the first place. I am beginning to think Walker is a wimp. The democrats are pretty good at sizing up a person. If they think you are weak, they come at you with a barrels blazing.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I have heard she has no jurisdiction to do this in the first place.
ReplyDeleteDon't believe everything you hear. Her jurisdiction is expressly provided for in the Wisconsin statutes. Walker isn't so much a wimp as somebody who makes calculations that have disastrous consequences and in this case he should have seen them coming from a mile away.