FREEDOM LINE BLOG: So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That…
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So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That Does Nothing to Improve Safety At All

America as we know it was built largely upon and because of our rail industry, and today it remains a pillar of our economy.

Unfortunately, a destructive proposal before Congress misleadingly named the "Railway Safety Act" (RSA), part of broader surface transportation reauthorization, threatens great harm to our railroads.

Simply put, the bill has nothing to do with improving safety, but has a lot to do with advancing the political agenda of Big Labor.  At a moment when inflation burdens American families and fragile supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption, the last thing our economy or rail sector need is another costly federal mandate imposed upon one of the nation’s most important transportation sectors.

As an initial matter, as noted by The Wall Street Journal, the…[more]

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Judge Rules Delay of Trial, not Game Print
Friday, January 11 2008

A state judge in Louisiana agreed to postpone the start of trial because lawyers for both parties had tickets to the BCS national championship game, which was played between Louisiana State University and Ohio State University on January 7th, the same day the trial was supposed to begin.

West Baton Rouge Parish District Judge Alvin Batiste granted defense attorney Stephen Babcock’s request. “All counsel to this matter unequivocally agree that the presence of LSU in the aforementioned contest of pigskin skill unquestionably constitutes good grounds therefore,” Babcock wrote in his written request. “In fact we have been unable through much imagination and hypothetical scenarios to think of a better reason.”

According to news reports, in addition to having tickets to the game, Babcock and other LSU fans had rented out the second floor of a Bourbon Street bar for a pre-game tailgate party. In noting that the lawyers for the plaintiff also had tickets and didn’t oppose the motion, Babcock stated “we might disagree on the merits of the case, but everyone was in agreement on this, for sure.”

—Source: Pensacola News Journal

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