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Protesters packed themselves so tightly into the Capitol on February 17, 2011, that moving through the crowd was often a struggle. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Tom Lynn, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) Demonstrators bang on the metal bars over the doors of the state Senate chamber on February 17, 2011—the same day plans to vote on the collective bargaining limits were abandoned when Senate Democrats fled to Illinois. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Mark Ho¤man, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) Demonstrator Jenni Dye (center) stands with her friend Shayla Dvorak on the second floor of the statehouse overlooking the rotunda during the protests on the afternoon of February 20, 2011. Dye, a social media addict, holds a sign with a slogan and a Twitter hashtag. (Photo by Ed Knutson, reproduced with permission) Governor Scott Walker discusses his legislation to repeal collective bargaining for most public employees with reporters on February 21, 2011, four days after Senate Democrats’ departure from Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Rick Wood, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) [100.26.35.111] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 11:29 GMT) During the February 26, 2011, rally, Governor Scott Walker’s opponents decked out the Forward statute on the Capitol lawn with a blindfold and “For Sale” sign. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Tom Lynn, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, standing, unsuccessfully urges Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald that a hastily convened conference committee violates the state’s open meetings law. Barca is holding a copy of a memo on the open meetings law at the meeting on March 9, 2011, in the Senate parlor. (Wisconsin State Journal, photo by Michael P. King, © 2012 Wisconsin State Journal, reproduced with permission) Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs urges protesters to leave the state Capitol after the building closes on March 10, 2011, the day the Assembly sent what would become known as Act 10 to Governor Scott Walker for his signature. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Kristyna Wentz-Gra¤, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) Protesters swarm the Capitol on March 12, 2011, a day after Governor Scott Walker signed the collective bargaining limits into law. That rally saw the return of the fourteen Democratic senators after they left the state for three weeks in a failed e¤ort to block the bill. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Michael Sears, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) [100.26.35.111] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 11:29 GMT) Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett celebrates winning the May 8, 2012, Democratic primary for governor, giving him the chance to take on Scott Walker in the state’s first recall election for governor. Barrett had lost to Walker in the 2010 race for governor, and he would do so again on June 5, 2012. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Gary Porter, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi makes a point as she listens to arguments on March 18, 2011, on whether Republican lawmakers violated the state’s open meetings law in passing Act 10. Later that day Sumi issued her first restraining order in the case, putting the union bargaining law on hold for months. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Mark Ho¤man, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) An exultant Scott Walker greets his backers at the Waukesha Expo Center on June 5, 2012, the night he became the first governor in the nation’s history to survive a recall election. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, photo by Rick Wood, © 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc., reproduced with permission) ...