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Not in Texas, sort of.  In other states, workers may have no such protection, at all.  See the website, Can My Boss Do That? here.

Mitt Romney has been quoted as encouraging employers to tell their employees how to vote.   See Mike Elk’s blog post.  In this time of secret ballots, it…

LCPL Benjamin Schmidt was killed in Afghanistan last year by friendly fire.  Before he joined the Marines, he was studying at Texas Christian University.  After his Marine service, he had planned to return to TCU to study history.  He enjoyed TCU so much that he designated TCU to receive one-half of his $200,000 life insurance…

Judicial interpretation is art, not science.  Judicial interpretation depends entirely on the individual judgment of the judge.  So, it is quite remarkable when a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court calls a justice on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals a "liar."  Judge Antonin Scalia recently penned a book with another author regarding judicial interpretation.

Workplace Prof Blog has penned a nice article on what to avoid in your Facebook page if you are job-hunting.  He addresses the concerns of a young law student, but the advice applies to anyone who is or may soon be looking for a job.  

First, offers the Law Professor, do not post anything…

I just do not get it.  I keep seeing and hearing stories about veterans who are not being hired.  One woman spent a year in Iraq guarding high profile prisoners.  She joined the National Guard at the age of 36 years old.  Soon, she went on her first tour in Iraq.  She was laid off…

A San Antonio warrant officer was killed in a helicopter crash in Logar Province, Afghanistan.  CW2 Thalia S. Ramirez and another soldier from the Rio Grande Valley were piloting a OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, a scout helicopter when they crashed.  CW2 Ramirez was assigned to the 82d Airborne Division.  There are indications the helicopter may…

The "fight club" at Corpus Christi State School has resulted in a settlement.  I wrote about the "fight club" scandal at CCSS here, here and here.  The Texas state school systems house the developmentally disabled, also known as mentally retarded citizens.  The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.  See Corpus Christi Caller-…

Social media has spawned new sorts of litigation.  An Assistant Attorney General in Michigan learned that the hard way.  Andrew Shirwell started a blog titled the "Chris Armstrong Watch" blog.  Chris Armstrong is a former student leader at the University of Michigan and is openly gay.  Mr. Shirwell, the former Assistant AG, describes himself as a "right-wing…

Its hard to believe there is a war on.  We are in the middle of a cantankerous presidential debate, but the war in Afghanistan never comes up.  According to a San Antonio Express News columnist, we have had the highest number of casualties since last September.  According to statistics, the number of attacks on American…