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Dori: Supreme Court’s union decision is monumental for workers
Jun 27, 2018, 4:21 PM
Supreme Court justices June 1, 2017, seated, from left are, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing, from left are, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
There was big news Wednesday coming from the United States Supreme Court.
First off, the court voted 5-4 that public sector employees no longer have to pay union dues. If you are paying dues and you don’t like your union’s politics — you don’t like seeing the money that they forcibly take from you — you do not have to pay union dues. You can voluntarily withdraw.
The unions are purely political operatives. They are very far to the left. Some people don’t want their hard-earned money going to what is essentially a political action committee. They’ve been forced to give their money to political causes they disagree with. But this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court said that it is unconstitutional to force you to pay union dues if you are a government employee.
Of course, there is likely going to be tremendous pressure and intimidation on people who choose to opt out of paying union dues. That will be really interesting to watch.
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And then, in even bigger news, 81-year-old Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court. The new search for a Supreme Court justice is going to be the bloodiest fight in Washington, D.C.’s history. Can you imagine what those hearings are going to sound like?
Trump has vowed that he will put constitutional justices on the court who will abide by the Constitution, who will make every decision based on the Constitution. For me, this is one of the most important reasons why we should vote for president. It is rather extraordinary Trump has already got two Supreme Court nominees and he may have another — Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 85 and must be thinking about retiring.
After all, I am living proof that the human mind starts to fail at age 56. We need age limits.
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