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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by tinus_hn on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:57AM (#26739555)
How is it legal to vote to disband a union? Could you vote to disband the Screen Actors Guild?
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by unethical_ban on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:01AM (#26739627)
Short version: Texas state law establishes the right for cities to decide whether their police can engage in collective bargaining.

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.174.htm

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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by mtnGoat on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:00AM (#26739616)
The same way you change any other service provider. You find another vendor or renegotiate. The people will vote to instruct their officials to do so. Pretty straightforward.
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by Can_Not on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:02PM (#26743711)
It happens all too often: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Un...
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