We believe the judge fell victim to the anti-union, anti-teacher rhetoric and one of American’s finest corporate law firms that set out to scapegoat teachers for the real problems that exist in public education… There are real problems in our schools, but this decision in no way helps us move the ball forward.
— Joshua Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers, condemning a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s decision striking down teacher tenure laws as unconstitutional (with the California Constitution).