freedom of association
Supreme Court to consider ‘association rights’ of public workers
If the Court adopts the rationale of the 3rd Circuit in the Heffernan v. City of Paterson case, more than 22 million public employees nationwide could be fired or demoted merely if their bosses mistakenly perceive them to be affiliated with different political campaigns.
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Remembering 1960 civil rights victory in ‘Bates v. Little Rock’
Fifty-five years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that protected the free-association rights of the NAACP and a heroine of the civil rights movement, Daisy Bates.
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