DanteEstonia

By banning a method, it's telling a State what they can and can't do. I'll offer up a compromise- State legislatures can draw congressional districts, but 1/3rd of their districts have to be elected at-large using the additional member system. https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/additional-member-system/

Other than "no at-large districts", and that is a dictate on how districts can be drawn.

Also- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/2c

Current federal law already dictates how States can apportion representatives. https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/39/more-at-large-districts/

Based on what evidence? Why not just have the federal courts draw the districts? Or, even better, why not abolish districts altogether?

Of course, @Muda69 didn't respond. I wonder if @sr1 seriously still thinks Texas could survive as an independent country.

... just like North Dakota.

In my opinion, it's time to start enforcing Section 2 of the 14th Amendment and apportion representatives based on the number of people registered to vote in a State.

Quite the contrary; it ensures any districts are done in a non-partisan fashion. In my opinion, a certain percentage of a State's congressional districts would be elected at-large as compensatory districts.

Indiana's Constitution bans the same thing.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

When and how can that contract be changed?

I really want to know if the Terre Hautes will be in 4A. That could result in a major realignment.

How so?

Because “with cause” and pensions are never extended, unless they are negotiated in a CBA. If you don’t believe me, look at the DPAC handbook I posted.

BNL basketball, at least on the boys side, isn't what it used to be. I would also argue that the reason why basketball was so successful in Bedford, and football was not, was due to single-class sports and the structure of BNL's feeder system. BNL was a giant among midgets in the single-class era, but in football they always had to play against similar-sized schools. Likewise, having multiple junior highs produced a large pool of basketball players but created a staffing problem in football.

@Irishman, when you can, please read the DPAC Handbook. It's everything you fight against 🙂

Also, I found ABF's Master Freight Agreement. Pages 4, 169, and 106 are relevant just to start. ABF18MASTERFINAL.pdf

Because those benefits are things like a pension and a "with cause" clause.

It would be far easier to charge a "service fee" equivalent to dues. Since no one in a private business would opt out anyway of a CBA, they might as well pay for the negotiation of that contract.

... but they also don't opt out of the CBA.

... but union people provided the work to negotiate for it, correct?

...but non-members have the protection of the CBA, correct?

@Bobref could you explain how a collective bargaining agreement works? Maybe we can also get @Irishman in on this?

Work as in negotiating and writing a contract. People as in attorneys or their clients.