Reuters
5:56 p.m. CST, January 18, 2013
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a controversial Wisconsin law that restricts the power of public-sector unions, the passage of which sparked an unsuccessful effort to recall the state’s Republican Governor, Scott Walker.
By a 2-1 vote, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago found that the 2011 law is constitutional, rejecting claims that it violated the equal protection and First Amendment rights of union members.
It reversed part of a March 2012 ruling by U.S. District Judge William Conley in Madison, Wisconsin.
Thank you for providing the link. Obviously, who appointed these judges seems to be unimportant background, when in fact it is the entire story.
A 2-1 win, with the two majority judges appointed by Reagan and Ford; the dissent from an asshole Obama judge.
With 4 more years of Obama stacking the judiciary, it is going to take decades to unravel the damage he will inflict on the courts.
And it’s journalistic malpatrice to not even report who appointed the judges.