Hundreds of Law Professors, Students Oppose Labor Nominee

By Jon Steingart, Bloomberg BNA

Hundreds of law professors and students signed a letter urging senators to reject President Donald Trump’s nomination of fast-food CEO Andy Puzder for secretary of labor.

“We started this because we were so appalled by how out of step Puzder is with working people,” Hugh Baran, who conceived of and is circulating the letter with classmates, told Bloomberg BNA Jan. 25. “He represents a fundamental break from what people would expect a Department of Labor leader to uphold.” Baran is a third-year student at the New York University School of Law and a member of ...