Madison Teachers, Inc. v. Scott Walker

*246SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J. and ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

¶ 22. (dissenting). Essential to our system of justice is adherence to the rule of law. The per curiam today attempts to transform the rule of law into an untenable rule of defiance: government officials who are defendants in a case need not obey a court's declaratory judgment that precludes enforcement of a facially unconstitutional statute.

¶ 23. A novel case such as this one, involving issues of great national importance and core constitutional rights, deserves a well-reasoned and well-supported decision. Instead, the per curiam's…