Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Unions

As state officials try to plug budget shortfalls, many are looking at legislation to scale back the power of labor unions, especially those that represent state workers.

Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Unions

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Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions

As state officials try to plug budget shortfalls, many are looking at legislation to scale back the power of labor unions, especially those that represent state workers.

Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions

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Strained States Turning to Laws To Curb Unions

As state officials try to plug budget shortfalls, many are looking at legislation to scale back the power of labor unions, especially those that represent state workers.

Strained States Turning to Laws To Curb Unions

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House Passes Overhaul of Food Laws

The Food and Drug Administration will be able to order a recall rather than relying on the cooperation of the company.

House Passes Overhaul of Food Laws

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Wikileaks: Manning's attorney on the laws he'll use to fight inhumane treatment

David E. Coombs, the attorney representing Bradley Manning, discusses the laws that apply for attempting to secure more humane treatment for the young man in the Marine brig in Quantico:

The defense has raised the conditions of PFC Bradley Manning's confinement conditions on multiple occasions with the Quantico confinement facility and the Army Staff Judge Advocate's (SJA) Office assigned to handle this case. Our efforts, unfortunately, have not resulted any in positive results. To its credit, the SJA office is attempting to correct this situation. However, given the fact that Quantico is a Marine Corps facility, it has similarly had no success.

PFC Bradley Manning, unlike his civilian counterpart, is afforded no civil remedy for illegal restraint under either the Federal Civil Rights Act or the Federal Tort Claims Act. Similarly, the protection from cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment and Article 55 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) does not generally apply prior to a court-martial. Thus, the only judicial recourse that is available is under Article 13 of the UCMJ. Article 13 safeguards against unlawful pretrial punishment and embodies the precept that an accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Article 13 provides that:

No person, while being held for trial, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against him, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him be any more rigorous than the circumstances required to insure his presence, but he may be subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.

Wikileaks: Manning's attorney on the laws he'll use to fight inhumane treatment

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If Only Laws Were Like Sausages

A single cook, a specific recipe, quality control and uniform production — a visit to a real sausage factory suggests Congress could learn from the wurst.

If Only Laws Were Like Sausages

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