Although the Dane Country DA has stated there was Nothing Criminal during the Faux Koch phone call with Governor Walker, - which doesn't address the Illegal In Kind Campaign Contribution & Coordination which Walker accepted during the call - there are other legal issues which currently challenge the Governor in his current attempt to undermine Unions in his state.
First among these is the fact that Collective Bargaining is the Current Law of the Land and therefore by Refusing to Sit Down and Negotiate with the Unions the Governor has been violating Labor Rules during this entire showdown.
According to AFCSME, these are the legal rights (PDF) of Public Workers in Collective Bargaining. As of yesterday they have filed a complaint against Walker before the State Labor Relations Board for his violation of these rules.
Wisconsin public employees who are members of AFSCME Council 24 have filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the state labor board against Gov. Scott Walker. The complaint alleges that since he took office, Walker has violated his legal duty to bargain in good faith. The workers have agreed to all of Walker’s concessions on wages, benefits and pensions, but he is refusing to sit down to bargain a compromise to get Wisconsin moving forward again and creating jobs.
Walker may have also violated the Wisconsin Constitution by attempted to clear the Capital and Chain the Windows Shut to keep protestors out.
On this issue we already have a ruling. - or at least a restraining order.
A Dane County, Wisc., judge has issued a temporary restraining order to reopen the Wisconsin Capitol building to the public. Capitol access was restricted over the weekend and again this morning, following days in which the building had been crowded with protesters.
Even if the judge had not issued the order, it looks like the local Sheriff had already pulled his troopers out because he did't want them to become The Palace Guard.
The deputies had been told that the doors would be open at 8 a.m. yesterday, but that didn't happen and the officers didn't find out why until the afternoon, Mahoney said.
"When asked to stand guard at the doors that duty was turned over to the Wisconsin State Patrol because our deputies would not stand and be palace guards," Mahoney said. "I refused to put deputy sheriffs in a position to be palace guards."
Generally speaking it seems as though the legal walls are slowly closing in on Walker, and getting back to the first point - his direct violation of current labor practices - even if the legislature did pass his bill, wouldn't it become immediately challenged in courts with various injunctions even before the ink dried on the his signature?
Vyan