Marriage traps in the workplace: nepotism rules make it harder for spouses to be colleagues in public sector

Article Abstract:

Three federal circuit court decisions in 1995 affirm the constitutionality of anti-nepotism rules created for and applied to public-sector employers. The US Supreme Court has rejected petitions for certiorari for similar cases in recent years, further strengthening the employers' position. Roughly 19.3 million people in the US work for some level of government, and many meet their spouses at work, especially as women continue to enter the workforce. In one of the three cases discussed one spouse worked for another employer.

Laws, regulations and rules, Employment, Husband and wife, Husband-wife relations, Public employees, Government employees, Nepotism

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Internet regulation, round three; Reno was only one step in determining government's role, panelists say

Article Abstract:

Various ABA sections sponsored the ABA Forum on Communications Law in Jan 1998, and the extent of government regulation of attorneys' activities under the First Amendment is of great interest to the legal profession. No one on the conference panel suggested that Reno v. ACLU, which struck down portions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it a crime to use the Internet for indecent or patently offensive communication with minors, closed the issue of Internet regulation.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Freedom of speech, A.B.A.

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Greetings from independent Hawaii

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Native Hawaiians are seeking some measure of self-governance. Native islanders number about 200,000, which amounts to about 20% of the state's population. Their movement, being based on racial preferences which would give native Hawaiians special rights, is inherently divisive. Most movement leaders agree that native Hawaiians must control at least some of the public lands.

Social aspects, Political activity, Political aspects, Native Americans, National liberation movements, Native North Americans, Hawaii

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