Some department vacancies are 20% to 30%, but governments are making headway filling positions and keeping workers with signing bonuses as high as $20,0.
senator, thank you so much for coming on the show. we want to get back to the breaking news that you heard referenced there, the supreme court dealing out that blow to public sector unions on its final day of the session. ruling that state government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be forced to pay union dues. that was the last big decision that we were waiting on. but there is something else that might have national implications also, not a ruling, but possibly a retirement. joining me now is harry lippman, somebody who also clerked for justice anthony kennedy. thank you for being with you. let me start with your reaction first this union decision, this ruling by the supreme court again not a surprise. what do you make of it? it wasn t a surprise, but it was a 5-4 decision by the so-called conservative block and it overruled a liberal landmark decision. so it showed the court kind of
response as long as they could but it s important for the public to see the facts that the fbi acted appropriately in seeking a warrant in carter page. they re not part of some deep state as the president would like the public to believe. kelly: schiff adds this, will continue to investigate russian interference in 2016 campaign. by the way all members of congress return to today so we will see what takes place in the coming weeks, todd, jillian. jillian: yes, we will, today supreme court will hear arguments on labor case potentially crippling public employee unions, the justices will decide whether state government workers who choose not to join a union must still pay shared union dues to cover labor contracts, the discussion could also deliver a blow to democrats who rely on these unions for more than $100 million in contributions, the court deadlocks 4-4 on the same issue two years ago in a case brought up by group of california teachers oppose today