Comments on: Reuters investigates police union contracts https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/01/reuters-investigates-police-union-contracts/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hugo S Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/01/reuters-investigates-police-union-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-343866 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:30:58 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=62784#comment-343866 Congress could invoke its civil rights power under the Fourteenth Amendment to void police contract provisions and local laws that cover up and protect police misconduct. But I suspect the new Administration will not be interested in taking on police unions.

For good reason we do not allow unionization in our Armed forces. Police forces should be looked at in a similar light.

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