[Cowboy Bob]

Republicans refused to hold hearings on the nomination or bring Mr. Garland to a vote. Unusual, but also lawful, as the Constitution requires that the U.S. Senate consent to the nominee.

LOL! Can we say that Garland got "Borked?" Or is there a new term - he got "Garlanded." Sucks to be Democrats. The Republicans were just following the "Biden Rule."

[rockrr]

“A recent survey by AFSCME of its 1.6?million members found that only 35?percent of them would definitely pay dues if not required to do so.”

And that would quickly drop to zero once they discovered their "brothers" weren't paying the tributes.

I work in a "mixed shop" meaning that there are both represented (union) and unrepresented employees there (I'm proudly non-union). I've seen several contract cycles and the increasing irritation of union shills getting screwed by their reps. They are slowly catching on to the fraud and racketeering that has been perpetrated against them.

Non-public sector unions are dying a well-deserved death. I wish the public-sector unions would die even faster!

[faithhopecharity]

nobody should be forced by law to pay money to any private organization or business

especially when...
1. many of them provide precious little real representation assistance to their “members”
2. there’s no effective check or balance or control to make sure they do
3. they can be very coercive at the work site
4. some of the largest unions especially use the extracted monies for patently political propaganda, political contributions, and political lobbying.
5. some of the worst corruption cases are in unions

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forcing a person to give his/her money to any private (and highly political, often) organization violates his Free Speech and Free Association rights (First Amendment)

[Joe Boucher]

I think the unions offed Antonin Gregory Scalia so as to keep this issue from being determined against unionists.

[Lysandru]

Sooooo, Liberals keep saying that ruling in favor of Janus will bring union unrest and perhaps violence. Isn’t this first order thuggery? This is essentially threatening the Supreme Court.