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Great news from the Badger State. The state Supreme Court upheld the controversial law involving the elimination of most collective bargaining "rights" passed and signed into law by the Republican legislature and Governor Scott Walker. From the Journal Sentinel Online:

Madison - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Gov. Scott Walker's plan to all but end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers.

The court found a committee of lawmakers was not subject to the state's open meetings law, and so did not violate that law when they hastily approved the measure and made it possible for the Senate to take it up. In doing so, the Supreme Court overruled a Dane County judge who had struck down the legislation, ending one challenge to the law even as new challenges are likely to emerge.