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Wile_EHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:05am
Yeah, real shame if people had the right to choose what organizations they do and do not want to be a part of. Real shame if they don’t want to contribute money to a union that supports politicians and political stances they personally object to. Real shame if people want to hold a certain job, but can’t do so without joining a union.

Let’s continue to march forward to the day when EVERY job is a UNION job. When the Unions can control the votes of the majority of Americans and finally wrest total control of the government.
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  Old GreggWile_E
  3/29/16 11:15am
  No one forces you to apply for a union job.
  
  That said, I’d be fine with people having the right to opt out of the union, if the union no longer has the obligation to collectively bargain on non-members’ behalfs. If you opt out, you can revert to minimum wage with no benefits, and negotiate upwards on your own.
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  RobNYCWile_E
  3/29/16 11:23am
  The money does not go to political purposes. I mean honestly, don’t comment if you have no idea what you’re talking about. Or go back to The Blaze.
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AuntEggmaBlowtorchHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:01am
And yet the abortion cases are still to come and will end up the same way, in conservatives’ favor. Which is the real reason the GOP is delaying an appointment.
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  ReverandRichardWayneGaryWayneAuntEggmaBlowtorch
  3/29/16 11:02am
  Which will suck, but in the long term things are going to swing back left. Unless, of course, once Hillary or Bernie are elected the GOP keeps the Senate and elects to keep the vacancy permanent.
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  lena dunhams boobsReverandRichardWayneGaryWayne
  3/29/16 11:06am
  Ain’t no way they could pull that off. Even if they got it for a year, many of them are up in 2 years following the election, meaning they would be beyond vulnerable to being thrown out.
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benjaminalloverHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 10:58am
He would have hated this!

GIF

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Icecold DavisHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:00am
Former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Rolls Over In Grave
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  Old GreggIcecold Davis
  3/29/16 11:13am
  “Wesley, get mama’s pryin’ bar.”
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  tag007Icecold Davis
  3/29/16 11:26am
  we should wrap a copper wire around his grave. That way we can get some free energy from all of that spinning.
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cepalgHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:01am
It’s a special cynical level of endearing to see how quickly a host of cases headed to the Supreme Court brought by giant businesses have been quietly settled.

Turns out that without Captain von Mere Factual Innocence they weren’t all that confident about their chances.
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BobbySeriousHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 10:59am

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ArdenHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:16am
It keeps the lower court ruling, but that ruling doesn’t become law of the land, right? Meaning it’s just waiting to get sent back up again, or for Conservatives to find some creative way around it?
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  GeorgeGeoffersonLivesArden
  3/29/16 11:18am
  Yes, it can eventually make its way back up to the court, and if it’s able to do that, hopefully under a more liberal court.
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  SkeveArden
  3/29/16 11:40am
  Yes, which is why it is so bad when this happens. It can leads to split laws in various parts of the country until it goes back before the SCOTUS again. For example, in the case that was recently heard about the ACA exception for religious objection to birth control, if it ends up with a split SCOTUS, most of the country will follow the law as stands (they have to file with the government to tell them they are taking the exemption) but is some parts of the country when there appeals court ruled the law unconstitutional, companies will not have to files with the government to tell them. That means basically, in those places, women will not have access to birth control is their employer objects to it because there is nothing in place to handle that situation. It is the worst possible outcome because it leaves people without a resolution since there are competing rulings
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MockingbirdHillHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:18am
Worst justice since Justice Taney told Dredd Scott he was someone else’s property. His death is the gift that keeps on giving. Now we can not only save unions, but we can consider restoring equity to the political system by getting rid of Citizen’s United, and maybe even find gerrymandering unconstitutional. What a world that would be overnight. It’s wouldn’t be a reshuffling of a loaded deck, but a new deck altogether. Instant viability for a third party. We could cast new way centrists into their own lot.
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norbiznessHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:00am

Just think of nearly eight decades of decadent reactionary sloth as the equivalent of an exposed warp core.
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Nick CliniteHamilton Nolan
3/29/16 11:04am
So are labor legitimately helping the working class in this day and age? Or are they just running a protection racket while struggling to justify their own existence? Or does that shift depending on what industry you’re in?
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  helgaperezNick Clinite
  3/29/16 11:17am
  I’d say it probably shifts depending on the industry, and at times the answer will be, “Both!”. I think a world with unions is better than a world without them, because there has to be some advocate for the workers. The solution to corrupt unions is not to get rid of unions; it is to reform unions.
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  FKAKatesNick Clinite
  3/29/16 11:31am
  Oh, stop. Work forces with unions consistently have higher wage scales. Just cause protection is nothing to sneeze at. And simply having someone dedicated that you can talk with about workplace problems, like a union rep, is a real advantage. So yeah, unions help workers every damn day.
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Former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Rolls Over In Grave