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Virginia becomes first Southern state to mandate paid family and medical leave for workers
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Wudi feddit.uk Wudi@feddit.uk
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Fredselfish lemmy.world Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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How long until Supreme Court rules this unconstitutional?

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JasonDJ lemmy.zip JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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So universal healthcare, except not universal (only people employed by a company with more than 10 employees)...

Gotta keep the means checking. If you can't work because you're sick with cancer, where is your employer funded insurance?

Fucking idiots can't see the whole picture. Don't understand economies of scale. Probably don't know how much of their employers total compensation package is your insurance (my employer splits costs 60/40. They pay 30k/yr and I pay 20k, family plan).

They just want to set up benefits so that the indigent don't get any support. How very Christian of them.

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Rentlar lemmy.ca Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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Elections have consequences, Virginia. As you can see, sometimes good consequences too.

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dan upvote.au dan@upvote.au
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How long until Supreme Court rules this unconstitutional?

California has had paid medical leave since 1946 and paid family leave since 2002, so there's already precedents.

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dan upvote.au dan@upvote.au
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So universal healthcare, except not universal (only people employed by a company with more than 10 employees)... Gotta keep the means checking. If you can't work because you're sick with cancer, where is your employer funded insurance? Fucking idiots can't see the whole picture. Don't understand economies of scale. Probably don't know how much of their employers total compensation package is yo...

It's not universal health care at all though. It just means you still get paid some portion of your regular salary when you take sick leave. The health care costs are still there.

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Davel23 fedia.io Davel23@fedia.io
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California has had paid medical leave since 1946 and paid family leave since 2002, so there's already precedents.

SCROTUS has already established that precedent means nothing to them.

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surewhynotlem lemmy.world surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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SCROTUS has already established that precedent means nothing to them.

Fun fact: the only reason the supreme court has authority is because they said they do. And people have followed the norm of listening.

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mycodesucks lemmy.world mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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How long until Supreme Court rules this unconstitutional?

Just long enough for Virginia to spend a significant part of their budget on implementing it.

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timbuck2themoon sh.itjust.works timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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SCROTUS has already established that precedent means nothing to them.

Or standing for that matter.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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So universal healthcare, except not universal (only people employed by a company with more than 10 employees)... Gotta keep the means checking. If you can't work because you're sick with cancer, where is your employer funded insurance? Fucking idiots can't see the whole picture. Don't understand economies of scale. Probably don't know how much of their employers total compensation package is yo...

Fucking idiots can’t see the whole picture. Don’t understand economies of scale.

From what I've been reading about it in "dying of whiteness" it's not that they don't understand. They understand. Conservatives just don't want the outgroups (eg: black people) to benefit. That's it. They'd rather die themselves.

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arrow74 lemmy.zip arrow74@lemmy.zip
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California has had paid medical leave since 1946 and paid family leave since 2002, so there's already precedents.

They may have meant the state Supreme Court since that's who struck down the redistricting so California law or precedent doesn't matter.

Unless it goes federal, but SCOTUS is rouge so who knows

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frongt lemmy.zip frongt@lemmy.zip
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Fun fact: the only reason the supreme court has authority is because they said they do. And people have followed the norm of listening.

Sort of. Marbury v. Madison did establish "judicial review", but the Constitution did already specify that "The judicial Power shall extend to [...] the Laws of the United States". Marbury was really the test case that demonstrated this power.

And yes, people followed the norm, which is how all of society operates, on norms and trust.

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surewhynotlem lemmy.world surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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Sort of. Marbury v. Madison did establish "judicial review", but the Constitution did already specify that "The judicial Power shall extend to [...] the Laws of the United States". Marbury was really the test case that demonstrated this power. And yes, people followed the norm, which is how all of society operates, on norms and trust.

I'm pretty sure the current president did away with following norms.

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😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 lemmy.world MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world
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SCROTUS has already established that precedent means nothing to them.

Correct. Those POS are doing whatever the fuck they want. They should meet with a guillotine.

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moistclump lemmy.world moistclump@lemmy.world
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SCROTUS has already established that precedent means nothing to them.

President over precedent, they rule.

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