Why the third version? Because she didn’t get it right and clear the first two times. That totally inspires confidence in her legal decision-making, no?

The contentious collective bargaining law, Wisconsin Act 10, which would strip most public workers of nearly all collective bargaining rights and force them to contribute more to their pension and health plans, is not in effect, according to an amended restraining order released on Thursday morning.

Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi made the amended ruling at 8:15 a.m. She has already issued an emergency order blocking Wisconsin’s secretary of state from publishing the law. Sumi called a hearing Tuesday to weigh District Attorney Ismael Ozanne’s lawsuit alleging Republican legislative leaders violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law during debate on the proposal.

Sumi re-issued her order on Tuesday — and this time she has warned that anyone who violates it will face sanctions. She amended the ruling on Thursday to read, “Further, based on the briefs of counsel, the uncontroverted testimony, and the evidence received at the March 29 evidentiary hearing, it is hereby declared that 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 has not been published …”

Sumi is a hack judge whose son is an openly left-wing activist and former employee of the SEIU and AFL-CIO — both of which obviously have interests in stopping the common sense union law from going into effect.

Left-wing extremists lost at the ballot box and so now they intend to win in the court room. They’re counting upon activist judges who care more about scoring victories for the far-left than honestly interpreting law.

This is a good time to bring up a related subject: Unions are spending millions to get a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court judge tossed from the court. He went from being a respected former prosecutor to being slimed overnight. The unions want him replaced with an extreme-left activist who has already been rejected from the bench multiple times and for good reason. You can donate to help fight back against the unions here.