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September 14, 2012
Oh, God: Dane County Judge Invalidates (For Now) Bulk Of Scott Walker's Bargaining Law
Fixed/Corrected: My headline said "federal court." That's wrong. It's a Dane County judge.
Via Jammie Wearin' Fool, They. Do. Not. Stop.
Gov. Scott Walker's law repealing most collective bargaining for local and school employees was struck down by a Dane County judge Friday, yet another dramatic twist in a year and a half saga that likely sets up another showdown in the Supreme Court.
The law remains largely in force for state workers, though a federal judge struck down part of that section of the law as well earlier this year. But for city, county, and school workers the decision by Dane County Judge Juan Colas returns the law to its status before Walker signed his law in March 2011.
Colas ruled that the law violated workers' constitutional rights by denying to union workers certain powers available to their nonunion counterparts. The decision could still be overturned on appeal - the Supreme Court has already restored the law once in June 2011 after it was blocked by a different Dane County judge earlier that year.