The state Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Dane County judge's rulings that voided a state law limiting collective bargaining rights of public workers, finding that the judge overstepped her authority in making her decision.More from Instapundit.
In a nine-page decision with about 60 pages of concurring and dissenting opinions, the court said that Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi stepped into the legislative process when she ruled that the collective bargaining law was void.
"This court has granted the petition for an original action because one of the courts that we are charged with supervising has usurped the legislative power which the Wisconsin constitution grants exclusively to the legislature," the court wrote.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court clears way for collective bargaining law to take effect
The Wisconsin State Journal reports:
