Former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker spoke out after a county choose in Madison struck down main elements of a 2011 regulation geared towards public worker unions.
Dane County Decide Jacob Frost dominated that the provisions of a regulation often known as Act 10, which selectively exempt sure public staff from its restrictions on unionization and collective bargaining, are unconstitutional. The controversial regulation sought to shut a finances deficit by limiting collective bargaining, thereby moderating public staff’ advantages that Walker stated on the time helped clear up a fiscal scenario he was required to handle.
The unique passage in 2011 led to weekslong protests contained in the state Capitol, and even noticed legislative Democrats flee to neighboring Illinois to forestall Republicans from reaching a quorum to vote on it. Walker later survived a 2012 recall election over the regulation’s passage and rode his success into a good exhibiting within the 2016 presidential race, the place he finally bowed out of the first that finally went to Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, Walker, who at present leads the conservative-training nonprofit Younger America’s Basis (YAF), stated his regulation merely took energy “out of the hands of the big union bosses and put it firmly into the hands of the hardworking taxpayers…”
“And what this court decision did as brazen political action was to throw that out and put power back in the hands of those union bosses,” he stated in an interview, calling collective bargaining not a proper however an “expensive entitlement.”
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Requested about Frost’s assertion that disparate remedy of collective bargaining rights of sure “public safety” staff and different public staff was unconstitutional, Walker stated it was a “bogus political argument.”
Frost stripped greater than 60 sections of the regulation from the books.
The regulation was upheld a number of occasions on the state and federal ranges, Walker replied, including a brand new difficulty is that of a potentially-growing “liberal activist majority” on the formally nonpartisan Wisconsin Supreme Court docket that will hear any enchantment of the ruling.
Walker stated that if appealed, the primary place the case will land is in Waukesha court docket, which he predicted would overturn Frost. However a subsequent enchantment by the left would carry it earlier than the state’s excessive bench.
“It’s all the more reason why the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin this spring (2025) is more important than ever,” he stated.
Walker went on to debate the roots of Act 10, and the way it was his manner of abiding by Wisconsin’s balanced-budget requirement. He famous the unique title was the “Budget Repair Act” and {that a} prior Democratic administration as a substitute selected to chop funding for municipalities, which as a substitute resulted in layoffs.
As an alternative of risking job loss or Medicare cuts, Walker opted to require public staff to contribute extra to their entitlements in return for retaining their pensions solvent.
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Demonstrators protest the place Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was delivering his finances tackle. (Scott Olson/Getty Pictures)
As well as, Wisconsin Senate President Chris Kapenga echoed Walker’s declare that partisan politics performed a job within the ruling:
“[I]t’s proof there is very little justice left in our justice system. Wisconsin’s legislature should be discussing impeachment, as we are the only check on their power,” stated Kapenga, R-Oconomowoc.
“Believing Dane County judges and the liberal majority in our state Supreme Court are independent jurists is almost as far-fetched as believing the border is secure, inflation’s not a problem, or [President Biden] won’t pardon his son.”
“The left keeps telling us, ‘Don’t believe what you see’ — Wisconsinites see right through it,” he stated.
As for Walker’s present position as president of YAF, he stated his group is making ready for conservative management to return to Washington as he introduced it to Madison in 2010.
Walker stated he’s thrilled by the prospect of seeing many YAF alumni within the new Trump administration, together with Stephen Miller, a prime aide to Trump and previously ex-Sen. Jeff Classes, R-Ala.
Sergio Gor, a longtime aide to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was named Trump’s head of presidential personnel final month. Walker praised Gor’s prior work main YAF’s George Washington College chapter.
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Members of Code Pink maintain indicators to protest Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. (Alex Wong/Getty Pictures)
“Four years ago, younger voters sided with Biden by 25 points,” Walker stated. “This election, that shrunk right down to 5 or 6 points. And most interestingly, young men four years ago went with Biden by 15 points. In this election, they shifted to Trump by 14. What we need to do is lock that in.”
