Federal judge issues injunction against Walker administration Capitol permit requirements

Yesterday federal judge William Conley, the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, issued an order preventing officials in the administration of Republican Gov. Scott Walker from “(1) distinguishing based on the content of the speech between “rallies” and other events for permitting…

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Huebsch’s Huff

Mike Huebsch, secretary of the state Department of Administration, recently wrote an op-ed attempting to defend the recent Unconstitutional Capitol access rules. While it was a poor attempt at an explanation there were some important things that he said. Recently, the state Department of Administration released an updated, much more…

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Rep. Steve Nass: not above some shameless fear-mongering!

From Republican State Rep. Steve Nass comes this gem of an email, copied without any editing: From: Rep.Nass Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:39 PM To: *Legislative Assembly Democrats; *Legislative Assembly Independents; *Legislative Assembly Republicans; *Legislative Senate Democrats; *Legislative Senate Republicans Cc: Huebsch, Mike – DOA; Jensen, Jodi – GOV…

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The capitol is open for democracy again…

“Ex Parte temporary restraining order. Resp. shall open the Wisconsin Capitol to members of the public during business hours and at times when governmental matters, such as hearings, listening sessions and court arguments are being conducted. This ex parte restraing order is in effect until the assigned trial court is…

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From Miracle on the Hudson…..

To Democracy In Madison. Wisconsin’s own hero pilot Jeff Skiles showed up at the rally this weekend to share his two cents! One of the better speeches I have heard!

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