Catherine Fisk quoted by ThinkProgress, Jan. 18, 2018
“There are a few examples of unions in different states — in right-to-work states — that I believe have experimented with not handling individual grievances,” Fisk told ThinkProgress. Whether unions could (or should) also negotiate contracts exclusively on behalf of dues-paying members is a “harder question.”
Prerna Lal quoted by Berkeleyside, Jan. 17, 2018
“Law and justice prevailed today,” Lal tweeted. “Luis Mora has been granted the absolute minimum bond and we’re heading to [Immigration Customs and Enforcement] to pay it now so he is released today.” Later in the morning, she said the attorney overseeing Mora’s case was in court, so the release might be postponed.
Leti Volpp quoted by The Daily Californian, Jan. 17, 2018
For those who may be affected by the raid, Volpp recommends that they remain silent, ask to speak with a lawyer and not sign any documents before first speaking to a lawyer, among other things.
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by McClatchyDC.com, Jan. 16, 2018
“Trump is going to have an enormous effect on the 9th Circuit,” said Erwin Chemerinsky. … “Trump right now can fill about 20 percent of the seats on the court, and he still has at least three years left in his term. He could dramatically alter the composition of the court.”
Tejas Narechania quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 16, 2018
The states filed a brief protective petition … said Tejas N. Narechania. … “This is just to make sure that the suing states don’t miss their opportunity to challenge the rules, and to make sure that they have some say over where the case will be heard. It looks like the court of appeals that hears this case will be determined by lottery.”
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Jan. 16, 2018
Court records should be public documents open to public inspection. This obviously is important in cases involving a public danger, such as a defective consumer product or environmental hazard. … Secrecy in litigation is not appropriate if it keeps evidence of a public danger from public scrutiny.
Burt Neuborne quoted by AlterNet, Jan. 13, 2018
“Real democracies do not label disfavored political activity as crazy, and then move against it legally. That’s how totalitarian regimes deal with ‘aberrational’ political behavior. … The 25th Amendment is not a vehicle for buyer’s remorse.”
Daniel Farber cited by Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jan. 11, 2018
Daniel Farber … said in an email that he hadn’t reviewed the filing in detail but that at first blush it didn’t appear as if Exxon had a strong case.
Eric Biber and Holly Doremus quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 10, 2018
Biber: “If a state doesn’t want something happening, even on federal lands within their borders, they can make it really hard for the federal government to effectively do it,” he said. “I would be surprised in eight years if any of this is leased in California.”
Doremus: “It is clearly not within the secretary of interior’s authority to reward the administration’s political friends with a continued moratorium while punishing its political enemies with (oil) leasing,” she said.
Pamela Samuelson cited by Project DisCo, Jan. 9, 2018
Professor Pam Samuelson … argued that the scenes a faire doctrine was more robust than suggested by Cisco. … Further, Professor Samuelson argued that Cisco’s argument that it had a copyright in the compilation of commands was incoherent given that there was no free-standing work constituting a compilation of commands.