--- description: Howard, a lawyer and civic leader, is author most recently of Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions (Rodin Books, 2023). title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Philip K. Howard ## Philip K. Howard Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Howard, a lawyer and civic leader, is author most recently of [Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions ](https://www.amazon.com/Not-Accountable-Rethinking-Constitutionality-Employee/dp/1957588128)(Rodin Books, 2023). ## Philip K. Howard Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Apr 4, 2023 ### [Why Government Unions—Unlike Trade Unions—Corrupt Democracy](https://time.com/6267979/government-unions-corrupt-democracy/) No wonder democracy is working so badly. Elected leaders come and go, but public unions just say no. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/philip-k-howard/","name":"Philip K. Howard"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/philip-k-howard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/philip-k-howard/"},"name":"Philip K. Howard","jobTitle":null,"description":"Howard, a lawyer and civic leader, is author most recently of Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions (Rodin Books, 2023).","url":"https://time.com/author/philip-k-howard/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```