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Religious Discrimination vs. Free Speech

By Patrick Smith on August 24, 2009
Posted in Religion, Title VII

Late August means it’s time for the Iowa State Fair, one of the Top 100 Events in North America, home of corn dogs, the butter cow, and over one million visitors.  One of the interesting side-shows at this year’s fair involved the Des Moines Regional Transit Authority (DART), an atheist organization, and a Christian bus driver. …

EFCA and Free Speech

By Patrick Smith on August 10, 2009
Posted in Labor, Uncategorized

John Irving, former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, published a thoughtful opinion piece last week entitled "Don’t Employer’s Deserve Free Speech?" .  The article addresses  an important, but less well publicized, aspect of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act.  That is, stiff penalties and liquidated damages for employers found guilty of…

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