Wisconsin judge says union law not in effect
ASSOCIATED PRESS March 30, 2011 8:20AM
The Hon. Maryann Sumi reiterates her temporary restraining order barring further implementation of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 at the Dane County Courthouse in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Sumi said Tuesday that her earlier restraining order saying the law shouldnt be enacted had either been ignored or misinterpreted. Sumi stopped short of saying the law was not already in effect. She says she will take more testimony on that issue. (AP Photo/Michael P. King, Pool)
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Updated: March 31, 2011 11:35AM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled the state’s explosive new collective bargaining law is not in effect.
Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a restraining order earlier this month preventing the secretary of state from publishing the law, typically the last step before it takes effect. Republicans pushing the bill convinced another state office to publish it and declared the law was in effect.
Sumi issued a declaration on Thursday morning saying the law wasn’t properly published and isn’t in effect.
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