Poor haymarket, still thinking that them being discipliend is somehow a court case.
If they were wrongfully terminated or suspended, I'm sure they'll be able to present the arguments in court since THEY will be making the accusations in court of wrongful action against them. THEY will have to prove they were wrongfully disciplined. As it stands right now, we have the employees words against the employers.
The employees (in the union) are acknowledging they did wrong, but saying its no big deal. The Government is acknowledging they did wrong, and taking action. You seem to be grabbing on to absolute bull**** that you've created from thin air to say they've done no wrong, and then when people call you on your bull**** you go "Prove they did do something wrong!".
They lied about their use of sick leave and were caught. They've admitted it, the governments stated it. We don't have to prove they lied about the use of sick leave, they've essentially admitted to it. Nor do we have to "prove" the government couldn't act to discipline public employees, employee actions are not a matter of law. However, bringing suit against the employer to suggest wrongful action could be...in which case, the person would have to prove they were wrongfully acted against.
This is not asking to prove a negative. For example, you could present their contract or the NJ code of ethics and state that no where in there does it state anything that could be applied to that situation. That could be your "proof". You of course don't do that, because you've got nothing to stand on other than your "enlightened" view point that is completely irrelevant to reality and fact.