Are not legal rights derived from past
political constitutions, legislative enactments, and case law? Do teachers have
a fundamental right to oppose a General Assembly that imposes a violation of
their constitutional rights and earned benefits? “Any statute which [is]
imposed upon [teachers]… in order to redistribute resources and thus benefit
some persons at the expense of others [extends] beyond the implicit boundaries
of legislative authority. Such laws…violate natural rights of property and
contract, rights lying at the very core of the private domain” (Laurence H.
Tribe, American Constitutional Law).
Are teachers’ rights to a promised pension and benefits like property with which they hold? The state “government must respect ‘vested rights’ in property and contract – that certain settled expectations of a focused and crystallized sort should be secure against governmental disruption… [There is an] “undisputed condemnation of any law attempting to ‘take property’ [from anyone]… General principles of law, enforceable in a proper forum, had settled that no form of legislative authority could be employed to serve private ends…” (Tribe). The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution bans uncompensated takings of property.
Do Illinois legislators understand the concept of justice and that lawfulness demands that people keep their covenants with one another? Where is the justice in subordinating teachers’ rights when it was legislators’ negligence, irresponsibility, and corruption that created the present problem? The fifth and fourteenth amendments of the U.S. Constitution protect due process of law. Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution protects a teacher’s contract from “improvident majoritarian impairment” (Tribe). How can some legislators of the General Assembly justify pension reform in accordance with fundamental, constitutional principles of reason and morality? They can’t.
Are teachers’ rights to a promised pension and benefits like property with which they hold? The state “government must respect ‘vested rights’ in property and contract – that certain settled expectations of a focused and crystallized sort should be secure against governmental disruption… [There is an] “undisputed condemnation of any law attempting to ‘take property’ [from anyone]… General principles of law, enforceable in a proper forum, had settled that no form of legislative authority could be employed to serve private ends…” (Tribe). The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution bans uncompensated takings of property.
Do Illinois legislators understand the concept of justice and that lawfulness demands that people keep their covenants with one another? Where is the justice in subordinating teachers’ rights when it was legislators’ negligence, irresponsibility, and corruption that created the present problem? The fifth and fourteenth amendments of the U.S. Constitution protect due process of law. Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution protects a teacher’s contract from “improvident majoritarian impairment” (Tribe). How can some legislators of the General Assembly justify pension reform in accordance with fundamental, constitutional principles of reason and morality? They can’t.
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