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DESCRIPTION:With the appointment of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, the 
 United States Supreme Court accelerates the federal courts’ return to 
 early 20th century jurisprudence on legal disputes long considered settled 
 concerning labor rights, women’s rights, minority rights, and 
 proportional electoral power. For example, last year’s Janus vs. AFSCME 
 decision overturned over four decades of precedent that public employees 
 must pay fees to unions to cover the costs of collective 
 bargaining.\n\nEduard Meleshinsky will discuss several key cases from the 
 last two Supreme Court terms and potentially a few lower court decisions to 
 illustrate the troubling jurisprudential trends developing in the federal 
 courts, and will leave plenty of time to discuss the implications of these 
 trends for the health of our democracy so please bring your questions, 
 concerns, etc.\n\nEduard is a Senior Associate Attorney at Bryan Schwartz 
 Law, an Oakland-based employment civil rights firm, and represents workers 
 in class actions against private and public employers who have engaged in 
 systematic wage theft and discrimination. Eduard also represents individual 
 workers in asserting whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, and 
 harassment claims. Eduard is an active member of the California Employment 
 Lawyers Association (CELA), has co-authored amici briefs on behalf of CELA 
 in cases pending at the California Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of 
 Appeals, and regularly writes and discusses practical issues arising in 
 employment law litigation.\n\nSPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free 
 programs & discussions sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and 
 are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Snacks are potluck. Vegetarian 
 and vegan snacks are always welcome, but we appreciate whatever you can 
 bring! The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green 
 Party of Alameda County follows at 6:45 pm. Please visit our website: 
 https://acgreens.wordpress.com/ \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/11/18823387.php
SUMMARY:What is the state of rule of law and the role of precedent in our federal courts?
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North 
 Oakland\n\nDIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of 
 Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is 
 approximately 7 blocks away.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/11/18823387.php
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