How dare you consider self defense. The reeducation classes have started, you just need to...
Utter nonsense. Why would the Second Amendment work differently than the First? My right to free speech is seriously curtailed while I'm at work. I could go to the mall and use abusive language or bad-mouth my company's products. Can't do that at work and remain employed. It's that simple.
Second amendment rights trump private property rights? I don't think so, but it'd be nice if it were so (for 1st amendment too!).
This sounds nice, but is not the practice. Most states have laws that your guns must be disassembled during transportation. In Massachusetts, they will jail you if you even think about having a gun in your car. (Slight hyperbole there, but check out the laws in that ACLU-run state.)
Most universities ban all guns. That is quite diferent from the way things were in my youth, when my high school had a rifle team, and the members carried their rifles to school on the bus on days when they had meets. The bus driver would wish them good luck in the competitions as they borded. It was a different world then — and in most ways a better one.
This is actually an important article. I've heard lots of incidences where cases were made that took the point of view if you are in somebody's business, their rules trump your rights (Yes, I know the article said business parking lot, not "business" but I think the principle applies. Don't property rights convey with the person, not with the property?).
Two questions I would have for any prospective employer would be:
1) Do you yourself carry a firearm on your person or close at hand while restricting that same right to your empployees?
2) Are you prepared to incur potential liability if anything should occur as a result of your restrictive policies?
It is an interesting decision but only a District Court..
Well employers certainly have been able to curtail the right of free speech. I think the constitution refers to the government not abridging the rights.
Yes, they can. A non-disclosure agreement -- a condition of many jobs -- asks you to waive your right to speak freely. A government security clearance does the same. A binding arbitration agreement waives your right to a trial by jury. Certain jobs require you to submit to a search without a warrant to access the workspace such as airline pilot. And so forth.
Apparently it's not all that clear.
"Simply put, business property rights do not trump the Constitution or the law."
Some might argue that businesses don't have rights, property or otherwise, anymore than governments have rights and there are some on FR who argue that governments have powers not rights. In any case, businesses don't do anything on their own. They are artificial constructs, which can be considered a form of property and are owned and operated by people. At bottom it's a matter of the rights of some people against the rights of other people. That at least one set of people owns a business is not necessarily central.
"Nor can employers require you to waive your protected rights."
If true that would mean an employer could not require a level of silence (total or about certain subjects) even if work conditions required it. On the other hand, I can't think of a reason to include in such a requirement a prohibition on calling for an ambulance in the event of a heart attack.
This article appeals to the emotions, but that's about it.
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
As of Susan Bieke Neilson's death on January 25, 2006, the judges on the court are:
| # | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
| 49 | Chief Judge | Danny Julian Boggs | Louisville, KY | 1944 | 1986–present | 2003–present | — | Reagan |
| 40 | Circuit Judge | Boyce F. Martin, Jr. | Louisville, KY | 1935 | 1979–present | 1996–2003 | — | Carter |
| 53 | Circuit Judge | Alice M. Batchelder | Medina, OH | 1944 | 1991–present | — | — | G.H.W. Bush |
| 54 | Circuit Judge | Martha Craig Daughtrey | Nashville, TN | 1942 | 1993–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 55 | Circuit Judge | Karen Nelson Moore | Cleveland, OH | 1948 | 1995–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 56 | Circuit Judge | R. Guy Cole, Jr. | Columbus, OH | 1951 | 1995–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 57 | Circuit Judge | Eric L. Clay | Detroit, MI | 1948 | 1997–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 58 | Circuit Judge | Ronald Lee Gilman | Memphis, TN | 1942 | 1997–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 59 | Circuit Judge | Julia Smith Gibbons | Memphis, TN | 1950 | 2002–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 60 | Circuit Judge | John M. Rogers | Lexington, KY | 1948 | 2002–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 61 | Circuit Judge | Jeffrey S. Sutton | Columbus, OH | 1960 | 2003–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 62 | Circuit Judge | Deborah L. Cook | Akron, OH | 1952 | 2003–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 63 | Circuit Judge | David W. McKeague | Lansing, MI | 1946 | 2005–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 64 | Circuit Judge | Richard Allen Griffin | Traverse City, MI | 1952 | 2005–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| — | Circuit Judge | (vacant - seat 5) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) |
| — | Circuit Judge | (vacant - seat 10) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) |
I think it time to start taking our business somewhere else and to let UPS know why we are. If they get enough complaints and enough business lost, they will see the light.
I think it time to start taking our business somewhere else and to let UPS know why we are. If they get enough complaints and enough business lost, they will see the light.
Ummm...yes they do.