A Dane County Circuit Court judge dismissed a law enforcement union case Wednesday challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial Act 10 legislation, which limited many state workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Circuit Court Judge John Markson delivered the opinion in the case brought by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association, which represents law enforcement workers in the state. The failed case argued the law violated officers’ First Amendment rights.
Wednesday’s decision is the fourth time an Act 10 challenge has failed in court.
Many of the union challenges argued the law, which stops the most unions from having access to collective bargaining rights, was in direct violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of a person’s freedom of association. The WLEA also argued Act 10 was unfair because the law still left some state law enforcement officials, such as state troopers, with bargaining rights.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal Nov. 11 in another case challenging the law.
