From Pine View Farm

On! Wisconsin 0

Oh, look!

One-party rule.

Yet another shoe has dropped in the battle over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) anti-public employee union law — with state Republican leaders now apparently defying or attempting to circumvent a court order that temporarily blocked implementation of the law.

Details at the link.

Also, Angry Black Lady’s post at Balloon Juice is worth a read. The excerpts from the opinion of the court order mentioned above are gems.

As Atrios points out, an executive that is determined to a court can finds a way.

I think it was Andrew Jackson who said, of a Supreme Court ruling, “They made the decision. Let them enforce it.”

Democracy is ultimately a contract among the governed and those who govern about how those who govern shall conduct themselves. If one party breaks the contract, they break democracy.

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