Critics say Judge Maryann Sumi deserves ouster, imprisonment, even death - Isthmus | The Daily Page

Critics say Judge Maryann Sumi deserves ouster, imprisonment, even death - Isthmus | The Daily Page

Held in contempt | Bill Lueders on Thursday 04/14/2011,

"Conservatives from all over, taking their cue from the harsh rhetoric of Wisconsin legislative leaders like Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, have unleashed a torrent of abuse on Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi, who has confounded Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union agenda.

"You should be impeached," declares a letter addressed "Dear Comrade" from Richard McKee of Phoenix, Ariz. "Your alliance with large labor thugs and bullies is treasonous. Your salary should be confiscated, your pension cancelled, and you should be jailed as an enemy of democracy."

Judge Sumi, an Isthmus review found, has drawn more than 70 letters, postcards and emails since March 18. That's when she issued a restraining order against Walker's bill to gut public employee union rights, slash Medicaid payments and tighten his grip over state agencies, saying its passage likely violated the state's Open Meetings Law. She later extended her order indefinitely, until the named defendants show up in court.

The Republicans have responded by attacking Sumi (originally appointed by GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson) as a liberal activist judge and asking the state Supreme Court to rule that the judiciary has no business telling the Legislature what to do (not that the bill was passed legally)."
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Posted on Facebook by:540,000 To See Scott Walker out of WI, January 2012
Judge Sumi is expected to issue a decision in a day or two about whether to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the process the senate used to pass 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 (the union busting bill).
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The Maddow Blog - #Wisconsin GOP has lost its cool

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Posted on Facebook by: 540,000 To See Scott Walker out of WI, January 2012
"Wow! We actually managed to get the GOP to apologize for their attacks on Judge Sumi's reputation. That's 1 down; and about 5,699,999 apologies left to go. On second thought, maybe the GOP should go back to not apologizing for anything, they're really bad at it...
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Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi blocked Wisconsin's union-busting law for a second time yesterday, saying that it's not in effect and threatening sanctions against anyone who tries to enforce it."