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Implement it. today, the judge ruled again, saying her earlier ruling must have been quote, either misunderstood or ignored. this time the judge said with some insistence that the union-stripping law is, in fact, not in effect in wisconsin, it is enjoined. remarkably after this second ruling, the scott walker administration still declared they're going ahead with implementing the new union-stripping law, which maybe makes we think we should stop calling it a law, because it doesn't seem legal. joining us, wisconsin secretary of state, doug la follette. >> good to be here, rachel, to talk to yo...

To raise 100 grand to run it, and next time i checked, they got their $100,000. their thermometer was up to the top. you need a bigger thermometer. in wisconsin, public opinion is very, very strongly against that union-stripping bill. the fight is not just electoral, it is legal. republicans passed that bill by taking the unusual step by stripping it out of the budget, even though they called it the budget repair bill. they relabeled the thing nonfiscal, said it did not therefore require a quorum to pass it. and though democrats said what they were doing was illegal, republicans noted on their...

Legs tours in all these states all over the country are stretching the power of government to try to end that right of yours. a history professor at the university of wisconsin published a long study guide online earlier this month, looking at what might explain this policy push not just in wisconsin but in all these other states all at once. the professor's name is william cronon. he is not only not a liberal activist, he is no shlub. president elect of the american historical association, mccarthy genius award winner. one of the most distinguished professors in the united states of america. ...

A history professor at the university of wisconsin published a long study guide online earlier this month, looking at what might explain this policy push not just in wisconsin but in all these other states all at once. the professor's name is william cronon. he is not only not a liberal activist, he is no shlub. president elect of the american historical association, mccarthy genius award winner. one of the most distinguished professors ia. t tehete tscami pie online aut conrvive groups using model legislation to push certain policies in the state, the republican party of the state of wisconsi...

They're going to do next? >> i don't know. they've already behaved quieter at cli, a little irresponsible to ignore the orders of the court. they seem, pardon my language, hell bent to get this passed, and from my point of view as secretary of state, there's sort of two parts of this. my responsibility to publish the law or not based on court orders and following the rules. the other part of my thinking as a many, many year statewide elected official is the substance of that law. it is wide sweeping, gives the governor 37 new political appoint ees, changes healthcare. this is a major step back...