Scott Walker calls nixing of landmark WI law that led to mass protests in 2011 a 'brazen political action'

Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, now at the nonprofit Young America's Foundation, sounded off after a Dane County, Wisconsin, judge struck down much of his trademark Act 10 collective bargaining and budget law.

The original passage in 2011 led to weekslong protests inside the state Capitol, and even saw legislative Democrats flee to neighboring Illinois to prevent Republicans from reaching a quorum to vote on it. Walker later survived a 2012 recall election over the law's passage and rode his success into a decent showing in the 2016 presidential race, where he eventually bowed out of the primary that ultimately went to Donald Trump.  Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. 

On Tuesday, Walker, who currently leads the conservative-training nonprofit Young America's Foundation (YAF), said his law simply took power "out of the hands of the big union bosses and put it firmly into the hands of the hardworking taxpayers…" He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant. 

"And what this court decision did as brazen political action was to throw that out and put power back in the hands of those union bosses," he said in an interview, calling collective bargaining not a right but an "expensive entitlement." Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.