A county judge in Wisconsin has issued a Temporary Restraining Order delaying the effectiveness of the recent law removing a part of the collective bargaining rights of the public employee unions. This has to be one of the most futile moves possible.
Here is the reason for the TRO: The Democrat district attorney who filed the lawsuit contends that the legislative committee that broke the stalemate that had kept the law in limbo for weeks met without the 24-hour notice required by Wisconsin's open meetings law. What this means is that all that is needed to fix the supposed problem with the law is for that same committee to announce a new meeting, wait 24 hours and then pass the same bill again. That would be followed by the same senators and representatives voting in favor of the same law again. Then the governor signs it again. So nothing will change except that there will be a lot of costs associated with the do over.
It also seems from my review that the process followed by the legislature was proper. Since I am not a wisconsin lawyer, however, I will leave that decision to the court.
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