What will Neil Gorsuch do?
The Supreme Court Justice was mum Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court debated an Illinois case that will likely affect organized labor for decades to come.
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What will Neil Gorsuch do?
The Supreme Court Justice was mum Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court debated an Illinois case that will likely affect organized labor for decades to come.
The case is Janus vs. AFSCME and it originated with an Illinois state worker.
At stake is whether government workers should, as a condition of employment, be compelled to pay money to a union.
Illinois is one of 22 states that allows this to happen.
Mark Janus, a 65-year-old child support specialist, lives in Springfield and thinks this is wrong. He filed the lawsuit that is now being considered by the high court.
Lawyers like to make things complicated.
But here is the bottom line: should anyone be forced to fund political activity they don’t agree with?
Let’s say you support gun control, would you want to have money taken out of your paycheck every week to fund the National Rifle Association?
I didn’t think so.