Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
No. That’s key. The Federal Bankruptcy Code trumps the state constitution. That has never gone up on appeal but it’s now widely accepted to be fact now, based on the express ruling of the Federal court in Detroit and dicta in CA.
If bankruptcy diminished or impaired pensions wouldn’t that violate the Illinois State Constitution?
Another question to ask is a constitutional protection of pensions preferential to a contractual secured creditor in the eyes of a Federal bankrupty “real” Judge. Wouldnt a State constitution trump a contract? One would think so. And it has in prior Bankruptcies.
No. Secured debt comes first, and no court has said otherwise.
Then why did the Detroit bondholders do worse than the pesioners?
Pensioners that is, did much better than bondholders, in the detroit bankruptcy.