TRENTON— A New Jersey appeals court is set to rule today on whether Gov. Chris Christie can apply the same political donation restrictions on corporations to public employee unions. New Jersey prohibits state agencies from awarding contracts worth more than $17,500 to companies that have donated more than $300 any state or county campaign within 18 months. But unions...
Gov. Chris ChristieTRENTON— A New Jersey appeals court is set to rule today on whether Gov. Chris Christie can apply the same political donation restrictions on corporations to public employee unions.
New Jersey prohibits state agencies from awarding contracts worth more than $17,500 to companies that have donated more than $300 any state or county campaign within 18 months.
But unions — which donate heavily to Democrats — had been exempt.
The Republican governor on his first day in office ordered the pay-to-play ban to apply to unions.
The unions argued in court that violated free speech. They also said it was wrong to equate a collective bargaining agreement with a corporate contract.