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As a result of the Epic Systems decision, it’s likely that more employers will start using class-action waivers in hiring, and fewer workers will wind up in large wage-and-hour lawsuits like the one Chipotle is facing. In Williams’ estimation, “Every employer out there is going to require mandatory arbitration.” … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Is Already Screwing Thousands Of Chipotle Workers

The U.S. Justice Department had argued that probable cause should not be required to obtain customer records under a 1986 federal law called the Stored Communications Act. Instead, it argued for a lower standard - that prosecutors show only that there are “reasonable grounds” for the records and that they are “relevant and material” to an investigation. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Rules Police Must Have A Warrant To Get Cellphone Location Data

“The probing discovery of the kind ordered in the Census case is just the kind of intrusion Hamilton warned against,” Sessions said, according to prepared remarks. “And we are seeing it in case after case. When a hot-button policy issue ends up in litigation, judges are starting to believe their role is to examine the entire process that led to the policy decision — to redo the entire political debate in their courtrooms.” … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Blocks Deposition Of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross In Census Citizenship Question Suit

This decade has seen more extreme gerrymandering, particularly in battleground states such as Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Republicans won sweeping victories in the 2010 midterm elections, and they used their power to redraw election maps so as to maintain control of the House of Representatives. Ohio, for example, has 12 Republicans and four Democrats in the House. North Carolina has a 10 Republicans and three Democrats. A three-judge federal court struck down North Carolina’s map as unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court in January put that decision on hold. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court justices troubled by partisan gerrymandering, but unsure how to control it

It was also observed that under Article 63-A of the Constitution, the position of a party head of a political party has a central role in the performance of duties by the Members of the Parliament. For rendering such a role, a party head must necessarily possess the qualifications and be free of the disqualifications contemplated in Articles 62 & 63 of the Constitution. Therefore, it was held that the Election Act 2017 was subject to the constitutional provisions in Articles 62 and 63. Hence, a person who was disqualified from being a Member of Parliament under Articles 62 and 63 was debarred from holding the position of party head. … [Read more...] about India, Pak Supreme Courts In Sync On Disqualification Of Convicts From Heading Political Parties