Supreme Court OKs Longer Arguments in High-Stakes Union Case

[Omaha Steve]

Source: WSJ

By JESS BRAVIN

Reflecting the high stakes in an upcoming union case, the Supreme Court on Monday accepted a request from government lawyers to expand arguments on whether public employees can be required to contribute funds to a public-sector union.

The court added time to the Jan. 11 argument, which was set to last one hour, giving an additional 10 minutes to accommodate lawyers representing the Obama administration and California’s attorney general.

The case has strong partisan implications.

States which permit agreements compelling contributions to a public-sector union are largely in the Northeast, Upper Midwest and Pacific Coast, and typically lean toward Democrats. Public employee unions, which generally support Democratic candidates, have been powerful political forces in several of those states.

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1. Wasn't that nice......................

a whole ten minutes so that Alito can write the majority opinion.

I think Ian Millhiser book should be entered into evidence about the U.S. Supreme court


This election is about the U.S. Supreme court