Cries of "judicial tyranny" in three, two, one...

Dane County (Madison) Judge Maryann Sumi—who had previously blocked Wisconsin's controversial anti-union law from taking effect, pending litigation—has now formally ruled that the manner in which the bill was passed violated the state's Open Meetings law, and that the law itself is therefore not valid. "This case is the exemplar of values protected by the Open Meetings Law: transparency in government, the right of citizens to participate in their government, and respect for the rule of law," Sumi wrote in her decision, WisPolitics reports. "It is not the court's business to determine whether 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 is good public policy or bad public policy; that is the business of the Legislature. It is this court's responsibility, however, to apply the rule of law to the facts before it."

Christ, judges! It's like they think they're a third and co-equal branch of government or something.