All for One and One for All

From the Associated Press:

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the right of a local public employees' union to force government workers who are not union members to pay a share of legal fees.

So the court decided in this case that everyone who was going to benefit from collective bargaining must pitch in to help with the legal fees. This sounds pretty logical, but it's kinda hard to believe that this had to go all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Gitmo Military Commissions Suspended - Will Whistleblowers Come Forward?

With the new administration only one day old, Obama administration has told gitmo prosecutors to halt any military commissions for the next 120 days. According to the Washington Post the Obama Administration wants to review all pending cases.

What I wonder is if soldiers, civilians and prosecutors will be coming forward to testify against the United States government, and will they get whistle blower protection. One thing to note is that if normal civilians decided to blow the whistle on a company that we worked for they would easily be able to hire a whistleblower lawyer such as Mike Khouri, who is based in Los Angeles.

Whats more interesting is will the former prisoners and those that will be released later be able to file a class action lawsuit against the United States Government. Though there are many lawyers that deal with "normal" class actions lawsuits, this one might be a little "hairy." There are few lawfirms that will be willing to take the case, there are lawfirms out there that have plenty of experience working such difficult cases such as Ringler, Kearney, Alvarez LLP.

Read the rest of the Washington Post article here.