Reality check on legal challenge to vetoes

Before anyone gets too excited that some legal challenge will overturn Gov. Jim Doyle's vetoes, consider this observation from Matt Pommer, "dean" of the State Capitol press corps, in a column in the Daily Reporter:

Republican leaders hinted they would challenge Doyle's vetoes with a court suit. With less than five weeks before the start of school, Senate Majority Leader Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, suggested school districts think about not spending the additional money. A court may force them to repay the money, he hinted darkly.

It's unlikely that the state Supreme Court --- which would decide such a legal challenge --- would take less than eight months to render a decision. It's also unlikely that an elected state Supreme Court would order school districts to return the money to the state.