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Last november, had control of both houses of the state legislature, and yet more than three months after he proposed this assault on labor unions he still hasn't been able to implement it. and there's two key things to think about here. first, a very respected jurist has said they violated the law. that's a big deal. an equally big deal is the reinforcement of the message here that these republicans seem to be so determined to get this through that they'll stop at nothing. that's a significant concern and a significant issue going into the recall elections. >> john, as you say, stopping at not...

Here you have a governor who won last november, had control of both houses of the state legislature, and yet more than three months after he proposed this assault on labor unions he still hasn't been able to implement it. and there's two key things to think about here. first, a very respected jurist has said they violated the law. that's a big deal. an equally big deal is the reinforcement of the message here that these republicans seem to be so determined to get this through that they'll stop at nothing. that's a significant concern and a significant issue going into the recall elections. >> ...

So everybody wants to do it. it's not illegal but not well supervised. speeding over the speed limit, i mean, if the cop doesn't stop you you'll continue to do it. >> he is basically saying we can't blame the banks for doing this. but the blame going to our government for not reinforcing what's really already established? >> well that's true. we have the dodd frank bill which actually mandated that the cftc have rules in place for these speculation additives to come out of the market by february. they haven't done that because they've had pushback from obviously a lot of the industry, the fia,...

The law and that was brought up by senator senators, not enforcing the frank/dodd law and they can get away with it, how? is everybody shrugging their shoulders in d.c. saying who cares? >> the problem is they're an organization that tries to do the right thing so they've opened up these rule making ideas for commentary. now they've been buried by the comments from industry sources so they say that they have to go through all the commentary in order to write a rule. the truth is that what happens is the bottom line is it gets watered down and watered down and in the end he also made the point ...

Accountability board certified justice david prosser's win over joann kloppenberg earlier this week. wisconsin republicans might not wait for a supreme court ruling. the nation's john nichols has learned the wisconsin legislature might take up walker's bill and try to pass it again. meanwhile, the wisconsin government accountability board cleared the way for recall elections of three senate republicans on july 12th. the recall elections will look different from any vote in the history of the badger state after governor walker signed a voter i.d. bill earlier today. this new law will require wi...