Unpacking the Supreme Court's Pension Ruling
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We discuss the pension decision with a panel of lawmakers.
On Friday, May 8, the Illinois Supreme Court found the state’s 2013 pension reform law unconstitutional, affirming the ruling made six months earlier by a lower court. In its ruling, the Supreme Court said “crisis is not an excuse to abandon the rule of the law.” We discuss the decision with a panel of lawmakers.
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Unpacking the Supreme Court's Pension Ruling
Clip: 5/10/2015 | 15m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
On Friday, May 8, the Illinois Supreme Court found the state’s 2013 pension reform law unconstitutional, affirming the ruling made six months earlier by a lower court. In its ruling, the Supreme Court said “crisis is not an excuse to abandon the rule of the law.” We discuss the decision with a panel of lawmakers.
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