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Indiana Voter Purge Law Remains Blocked per 7th Circuit Ruling
The three-judge appeals court panel upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of voter rights groups, barring a law allowing sweeping purges of voter lists, but vacated portions of the lower court’s “too broad” injunction.
Voters lined up to participate in early voting in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Nov. 2018. On Monday, July 19, 2021, a federal appeals court upheld a block on an Indiana law that would have permitted the state to remove certain voters from the rolls without notifying them. (Austen Leake/Tribune-Star via AP)
CHICAGO (CN) A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a decision blocking enforcement of an Indiana law that voter rights advocates say illegally purges voters from the rolls without adhering to federally mandated election law safeguards.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Employers particularly those in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin should revisit their military leave policies in light of the Seventh Circuit’s holding in
White v. United Airlines Inc., No. 19-2546 (Feb. 3, 2021), that failure to provide paid military leave, while simultaneously offering paid time off for other absences such as for jury duty or sick leave, might violate the Uniformed Services Employee and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Judge Diane Wood wrote the opinion, which addressed this issue of first impression; she was joined by Judges Michael Brennan and Michael Scudder. On February 17, 2021, United Airlines filed a petition for rehearing en banc on the ground that the panel’s ruling was a “sudden and dramatic change in USERRA’s interpretation” since “virtually nobody thought the statute imposed a paid military leave requirement in any circumstances.”
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Employers particularly those in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin should revisit their military leave policies in light of the Seventh Circuit’s holding in
White v. United Airlines Inc., No. 19-2546 (Feb. 3, 2021), that failure to provide paid military leave, while simultaneously offering paid time off for other absences such as for jury duty or sick leave, might violate the Uniformed Services Employee and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Judge Diane Wood wrote the opinion, which addressed this issue of first impression; she was joined by Judges Michael Brennan and Michael Scudder. On February 17, 2021, United Airlines filed a petition for rehearing en banc on the ground that the panel’s ruling was a “sudden and dramatic change in USERRA’s interpretation” since “virtually nobody thought the statute imposed a paid military leave requirement in any circumstances.”