Today’s five-to-four Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME overturns 40 years of settled law. The decision, aiming to disempower workers in public workplaces, has nothing to do with compelled speech. It has everything to do with using the First Amendment as a weapon to deprive public employees of power. As Justice Kagan eloquently put… Continue reading Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision
Month: June 2018
Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Upholding President Trump’s Muslim Ban
Five Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Trump’s Muslim Ban to go into effect this morning, refusing to acknowledge the Order for what it plainly is: scarcely disguised Islamophobia in service of cynical political ends. The President’s contempt for those whose skin color and religion are different from his own is palpable, betrays our… Continue reading Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Upholding President Trump’s Muslim Ban
46 Years After Title IX, Girls Still Don’t Have Equal Rights on the Playing Field
Boys on Castle Park High School’s baseball team played and practiced on a well-maintained baseball field, with state-of-the-art batting cages, cinderblock dugouts, and a bullpen. But girls on the softball team didn’t have any of that. Instead, they were forced to maintain their own field (without the equipment to do so), fundraise to build their… Continue reading 46 Years After Title IX, Girls Still Don’t Have Equal Rights on the Playing Field
This Father’s Day, Don’t Just Fight for Paternity Leave—Use it!
Nearly all fathers want to be there when a new child comes into their life. But, far too often, work and financial worry can act as barriers to fathers being as involved as they would want to be. Now, new changes in California laws are making it more possible for dads to be there. Study… Continue reading This Father’s Day, Don’t Just Fight for Paternity Leave—Use it!
The Podcast “Criminal” Features Story on LAAW Client Helen James
Helen James tells her story of joining the Air Force in the 1950’s and getting discharged due to her sexual orientation, and how that crippled her throughout her life. More than 60 years later Helen finally received the honorable discharge she deserved.
Second labor trafficking lawsuit against Walter and Carolyn Schumacher and their businesses filed by former “cross-cultural exchange” workers
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (June 15, 2018) — Workers recruited from Jamaica and other countries to work in hospitality businesses in Oklahoma on the J-1 exchange visitor visa program filed a federal labor trafficking lawsuit today, alleging they were induced to pay high recruitment fees and then paid less money than they had been promised, denied… Continue reading Second labor trafficking lawsuit against Walter and Carolyn Schumacher and their businesses filed by former “cross-cultural exchange” workers