It's final: Law has no meaning under the iron fist of one party Republican rule.
The conservative majority of justices voted as the legislature and Scott Walker anticipated. But Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson didn't let the decision go down without a fight...or comment.
Due to the lack of a liberal radio talk host covering the story, I'm left with WISN conservative radio host Mark Belling's reading of Abrahamson's opinion:
jsonline: The court concluded that Sumi exceeded her jurisdiction, "invaded" the Legislature's constitutional powers and erred in halting the publication and implementation of the collective bargaining law. But Abrahamson wrote that the order seems to open the court unnecessarily to the charge that the majority has "reached a predetermined conclusion not based on the facts and the law, which undermines the majority's ultimate decision."
The majority justices "make their own findings of fact, mischaracterize the parties' arguments, misinterpret statutes, minimize (if not eliminate) Wisconsin constitutional guarantees, and misstate case law, appearing to silently overrule case law dating back to at least 1891," Abrahamson wrote.
"The majority of the Supreme Court is essentially saying that the Legislature is above the law. It's now clear that unless the constitution is amended, the Legislature is free to ignore any laws on the books," said a statement from Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha).
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