About 50 pro-union protesters peacefully left the state Capitol late Thursday after a judge ruled they could no longer spend the night to show their opposition to Gov. Scott Walker?s proposal to eliminate nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers.The judge also ruled the state had violated the public?s free speech and assembly rights by restricting access to the building. University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling read the order to the crowd, eliciting cheers when she read the judge?s determination that the state had unconstitutionally restricted access to the building.
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