Members for a Better Union v. Bevona

The essence of my disagreement with my colleagues is found in the following excerpt from the majority opinion:

The district court found that a previous vote conducted by the local had violated members’ rights under § 101(a)(1) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”), 29 U.S.C. § 411(a)(1) (1985), and that there was a genuine threat of future violations. We conclude that the complaint does not allege a violation of § 101(a)(1), which bars unequal treatment of union members in the exercise of their voting rights, and that any exception to that scope of the statute is…