The Pennslyvania Senate Majority Policy Committee recently held a hearing on the recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees (AFSCME) to gather information about the decision’s impact on public employee unions and potential state legislative responses.
Read More →Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Janus v. AFSCME case this summer, there’s been much debate in Harrisburg about how Pennsylvania should adjust its laws in response. Some Democratic legislators have proposed bills that would tend to blunt the impact of the decision, while Republicans have favored efforts
Read More →Sen. David G. Argall (R-29) chaired a Senate Majority Policy Committee hearing with experts on the recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v AFSCME at the state Capitol on Oct. 25 to learn more about the court decision’s impact on public employee unions and potential state legislative responses.
Read More →Gov. Eddie Calvo and Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson voiced optimism that the government of Guam quest for a political-status plebiscite that limits voting to “native inhabitants of Guam” will get a federal appeals court’s approval.
Read More →Case: Davis v. Guam
In recent years, some states and municipalities have expanded their civil rights laws to make it illegal for employers to discriminate against someone on the basis of a “reproductive health decision.” In effect, these laws make women who have received, performed, or advocated for abortion or other reproductive choices a
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The government of Guam argued Wednesday before a Ninth Circuit panel at the University of Hawaii that it is not unlawful to limit non-native residents from voting on the territory’s future political ties with the United States.
Read More →Case: Davis v. Guam
The question before a panel of U.S. appeals court judges: Should non-native residents of Guam have a say in the territory’s future relationship with the United States?…
Read More →Case: Davis v. Guam
Workers at Dan Gerawan’s third-generation family farm in Fresno, Calif., voted five long years ago to decertify the United Farm Workers. Their ballots were finally counted this week following a tortuous battle that illustrates how liberal government often subjugates individual worker rights to union politics.
Read More →Case: Gerawan Farming v. ALRB
In the weeks ahead, we’re going to spend a lot of time going over the biography of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick. But that’s not the most important way to understand the person.
Read More →On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a heavy blow to teachers’ unions with their ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 31.
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