ask them what kevin mccaffrey has and has not done for them and why.
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-1466 | 7th Cir. | Feb 26, 2018 | TBD | TBD | TBD | OT 2017 |
Issue: Whether Abood v. Detroit Board of Education should be overruled and public-sector “agency shop” arrangements invalidated under the First Amendment.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Symposium: Agency fees benefit the workplace -- just ask the states (Xavier Becerra and Aimee Feinberg)
- Symposium: Evidence shows unions will survive without agency fees (Patrick Wright)
- Symposium: The free speech right of public employees not to pay union dues (Terry Pell)
- Symposium: Not just a workers’ rights case (Emily Martin)
- Court releases February calendar (Amy Howe)
- Symposium: The importance of respecting precedent (Michael Kimberly)
- Symposium: Hijacked riders, not free riders (Andree Blumstein)
- Symposium: A ruling for plaintiffs would revive Lochner (Catherine Fisk)
- Symposium: Overrule Abood to protect individual rights (at long last) (Deborah La Fetra)
- For the third time, justices take on union-fee issue: In Plain English (Amy Howe)
- Justices issue orders from "long conference" (UPDATED) (Amy Howe)
- Will the third time be the charm for challenge to public-sector union fees? (Amy Howe)
Trotta, Cilmi vie for Suffolk legislature GOP post
Suffolk County Legis. Tom Cilmi, left, and Robert Trotta. Photo Credit: Barry Sloan; J. Conrad Williams Jr.
A genteel, behind-the-scenes scrum is underway because two Republicans, Suffolk Legis. Robert Trotta and Legis. Tom Cilmi, want the unpaid post of GOP legislative caucus leader now held by Legis. Kevin McCaffrey.
“I’d be honored if my colleagues selected me as minority leader,” said Cilmi, of East Islip.
“I’m always interested,” said Trotta, of Fort Salonga, the most outspoken of the lawmakers. “I’ve always voted the way the rest of them should have voted. I didn’t vote to sell the Dennison building, approve the police contract or fund the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
The increased interest comes as the six-member GOP caucus becomes seven on Jan. 1 with the election of Rudolph Sunderman of Shirley, and Islip Town board member Steve Flotteron succeeds term-limited GOP Legis. Tom Barraga of West Islip.
A larger GOP caucus, if united, could block the 11-member Democratic majority from getting the two-thirds vote on bond resolutions for capital projects.
The GOP caucus put off the leadership vote until after Christmas but before the Jan. 2 reorganization meeting.
McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst), a Teamster union leader, said he would like to remain, but “I don’t begrudge anyone” from also running. “But I’ve done the heavy lifting for the last three years . . . and now we can effect change and I look forward to doing it.”
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