Update: Wisconsin Judge blocks implementation of ‘budget-repair’ law – again

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Wisconsin Tea-Publicans' disregard for the lawful court order of Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi pissed off the judge. "What part of my order did you not understand?" The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel rfeports on today's copurt hearing. Judge again blocks implementation of collective bargaining law – JSOnline: "Further implementation of the act is enjoined," … Read more

Supreme Court arguments on Arizona Clean Elections: It’s Not About First Amendment Speech, It’s All About Money

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "What the first amendment protects is freedom of speech, not freedom from rebuttal. What the plaintiffs are really complaining about is that somebody else gets to speak in addition to them." – Todd Lang, Executive Director of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission "[T]he 'burden' created by the Act is that Plaintiffs’ speech … Read more