Wisconsin's High Court Says Controversial Union Law Can Take Effect

It's about damn time. This law should have gone into effect as soon as it was passed. Maybe now Gov. Walker and the State of Wisconsin can get back to the business of fixing the financial issues that have been troubling them. 

Asking public employees to pay more for their own upkeep shouldn't have been this big of an issue to begin with. Even with the increased participation they still pay less than most private sector workers. And non-union, private sector workers aren't able to hold their employer hostage when they don't get an extra coffee break or a cost of living increase. Most of us live in the real world, it's time some of these public sector people had a taste of it. Maybe it will make them a little more humble about the jobs they keep at the tax payers expense...

From FoxNews

The Wisconsin Supreme Court narrowly ruled Tuesday that the state's contentious union rights law can go into effect, giving Republican Gov. Scott Walker a major victory after a long and dramatic battle.

The high court upheld Walker's law in a 4-3 vote, reflecting the partisan divide of the members.

Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of public employees' collective bargaining rights and forces them to pay more for their health and pension benefits. He says it's needed for the state to address its budget problems.

"The Supreme Court's ruling provides our state the opportunity to move forward together and focus on getting Wisconsin working again," Walker said in a statement.

The law passed in March after weeks of protests that drew tens of thousands of people to the state Capitol. But the law has been tied up in the courts since a Democrat filed a lawsuit accusing Republicans of violating the state open meetings law during the run-up to passage.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court said the judge had no authority to interfere with the legislative process.

The court ruled Tuesday just hours before the Republican-controlled Assembly was planning to start debating the state budget and possibly adding the collective bargaining provisions since the case was tied up in the court.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson wrote a blistering dissent of the court's ruling, accusing Justice David Prosser of appearing to have a "partisan slant" with his concurring opinion.

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As Day of Prayer Nears, Group Picks Fight in Arizona to Eliminate It

You know, as you go through life you meet all kinds of people with all kinds of beliefs. Other than those Jesus freaks that show up at your door once in a while, most of the those people don't try to force what they believe on to you. The people who wish to observe a Day of Prayer are the same way. They want to be left alone to pray in the way that they choose without interference from a bunch of scum bag athiest assholes.

How is it ok for these athiest dumbasses to try and change the system to their way of thinking? They are a VERY small minority with more money than brain cells. If they don't want to participate in a prayer, more power to them, but to attempt to deny someone else the right is just wrong and stupid.

There is a whole bunch of stuff I don't like, for example, hippies. But you don't see me rushing down to file a lawsuit to ban hippies. democrats is another one, I actually have thought about getting them outlawed.

The judge that hears this case should find for the State of Arizona, make the athiest dumbasses pay the court costs and fine them for being stupid and filing a frivolous lawsuit...

From FoxNews

Gov. Jan Brewer is the latest official to try to stamp out a lawsuit filed by an atheist group suing to stop the annual Day of Prayer celebrated nationally and among the states.

The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has made elimination of the Day of Prayer a central cause of its existence, filed the suit last month to prevent Brewer from declaring May 5 this year's "Day of Prayer" in Arizona.

Filing the suit on behalf of four Arizonans identified of nonbelievers in religion, the foundation has also questioned the constitutionality of Brewer's proclamation in 2009 and 2010 as well as her Day of Prayer proclamation for the state budget on Jan. 17, 2010.

On Thursday, the governor told a court in Phoenix that she is in compliance with federal and state constitutional provisions. She also addressed the lawsuit during a prayer breakfast in which she said proclaiming a day of prayer is an American tradition dating back to George Washington's presidency.

"The lawsuit to stop our prayer proclamations is nothing more than an attempt to drive religious expression from the public square," she said. "I intend to fight that lawsuit -- vigorously -- every step of the way."

The group tried a similar tack against President obamato prevent a national celebration of the day, but a three-judge panel on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed the case last week, ruling that the Freedom From Religion Foundation lacked standing. Brewer said she's confident of a similar outcome in the Arizona case.

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