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Broadcasting, i've never seen community divided like the state of wisconsin. when we were in wisconsin i was touched by the motion of the people and how there was such a fever pitch, such a strong feeling about deefgt this. they did not defeat it. the senators, they may have gone to illinois but the senate passed it. the assembly passed it and now the governor is going to sign it into law to overturn a collective 50 years of collective bargaining in the state of wisconsin where labor was born in this country. if you think we aren't living in turbulent times, if you think we aren't living in ch...

Feeling about defeating this. they did not defeat it. the senators, they may have gone to illinois but the senate passed it. the assembly passed it and now the governor is going to sign it into law to overturn a collective 50 years of collective bargaining in the state of wisconsin where labor was born in this country. if you think we aren't living in turbulent times, if you think we aren't living in changing times you can just look at this story and think again. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. i want to know what you think. the war on teachers goes national....

Thing. the fact is our state constitution rests responsibility for oversight of wrongdoing in the capitol with the dane county district attorney. and that's the district attorney from this area in madison so there could be actions brought from here. i want to also tell you that labor lawyers have a stake in this as well. if this law is passed illegally when they ask for an injunction from the judge what they can say is you have to stop the implementation of this law because it was not passed according to the rules, laws, and regulations of the state of wisconsin. >> john nichols, doesn't this ...

Open meetings laws in wisconsin. we treat that very seriously in wisconsin. i've always been proud of our state and reputation for clean, open, and honest government and i think the courts are going to look very carefully at this and i think they're going to realize these laws were broken. the legal fight is going to take sometime. when this is signed by the governor collective bargaining is gone and the only way you'll turn that around is go through the recall, get the majority back, put it back on the table. this is going to be a long, drawn out process. the only recourse you have right now ...

They're going to continue in the courts. we'll continue at the ballot box and there is an election here on april 5th where we warm up. may 3rd the governor's top aide is in play in la crosse. we expect to have a very good chance of winning that seat. which i think will send shivers through the spines of republicans and then there will be recall elections after that. it will bring the fight to legislative bodies and we will not give up. this fight has only just begun, ed. >> good to have you with us. i appreciate your time on the ed show. this is a story we've covered for the last month that ha...