R. Henry Weaver

Workers' rights lawyer @ILAttyGeneral. Yale Law School '18. Tweets are personal views.

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

@WalkingNPR Glad I’m not the only one! Completely anecdotal, but I feel like people were better at this before losing practice during the pandemic. Two people can and should fit back to back in the aisle!

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

Illinois law prohibits pay deductions as a method of employee discipline. If you or someone you know has witnessed this practice, call the Workplace Rights Hotline at 844-740-5076.

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

Today the Illinois Attorney General reached a settlement with a medical staffing company that charged employees fees if they missed work. The company agrees to pay $950k in back wages and interest. https://t.co/Ppigb3ybaq

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

@RMFifthCircuit Yes! And this is why CJ Roberts’s recent claim in his letter to Senator Durbin that Taft testified on a mundane matter back in 1922 is, whatever else one might say, wrong on the facts. It was part of a judicial lobbying effort to alter their own jurisdiction! Not banal.

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

@ddayen Totally agree on standing here, but I want to point out that in other contexts it is good that governments are not bound by waivers signed by private parties. It’s what allows Attorneys General to ignore arbitration clauses and enforce employment protections, for instance.

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

For background on this, see Edward Harnett's brilliant "Questioning Certiorari," among other sources. None of what I've said above is obscure in the legal academy. 7/7 https://t.co/fgEFNXXCJd

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

Many things to say here, but one thing is that CJ Roberts is totally wrong about Taft's testimony to Congress being "mundane." Taft testified before Congress as part of a massive power grab by the court to abolish its mandatory jurisdiction. 1/x

[Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley]

Chief Justice's letter declining to testify before Congress:

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

But Taft won. The "Judges Bill" passed in 1925 and eliminated mandatory jurisdiction over wide swaths of cases--the details aren't super important here. Today, the Court has total power to "decide what to decide," an awesome power that fits uneasily with the judicial role. 6/x

[R. Henry Weaver @RHenryWeaver]

@MattBruenig Also, Taft’s unabashed lobbying efforts to free the Court from mandatory appeals were not mundane! It was a huge power grab! This is well trod ground among legal historians. https://t.co/TCJ5JbR4HN