When a Dane County Judge throws out the Wisconsin collective bargaining reform law, should progressives or conservatives celebrate?

It's not obvious, though the protesters at the Capitol yesterday — they were there to support the Chicago teachers strike — exulted at the news.

If you step back for the long view — like between now and November 6th — and consider the near certainty that the decision will be reversed on appeal, the spectacle of liberal judicial activism is good for the conservative cause.

(Here's some info on the case, if you're not familiar with it.)