The first half of the term had more blockbusters than we have seen in a long time. The second half promises to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately, we have an incredible panel today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for cosponsoring this event. I want to thank ian maine, the special events coordinator. I want to introduce our oderator, amy howe, once the editor of the scotus blog. Now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. Amy probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. Amy that is a tough introduction to live up to. He asked me to be very brief in introducing our panel. I will be pointing to nametags and have you google. What you need to know about our panel is that, between the four of them, they have argued 84 cases at the Supreme Court. If you think about it in ter
The message from our states leaders to the commanderinchief and congress is back in session lawmakers returning to d. C. Today, under pressure to add even more items to its growing list of priorit ies, so how will it all impact the trump agenda . Plus the nations highest court divided over a case that could deal a major blow to unions why president Trumps Supreme Court pick is pivotal to the decision among our guests in this hour, florida congressman brian math, dan henniger from the wall street journal, the Texas Attorney general, peter brook former Deputy Assistant secretary of defense. Lets get to it we start with the markets and rally with the dow closing the day up by just about 400 points a little bit off the session highs, but quite a start to the week, Nicole Petallides has been covering it throughout the day from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Tell us about it, nicole. Nicole connell looking pretty great you saw 29 of the 30 dow components in the green with only coc
If you ask me, the union that represents me, it mandates that i make and pay these fees whether i am asked to were not. , andmes out of my paycheck when i saw that deduction for ison dues, i said, where this coming from . I am not a member of the union . I was never asked and i never signed a credit card. But i was told, it has to come out of your checks, because if you dont, you lose your job. And i just did not feel that it was right. What about this idea that you union the benefits of protection, but you do not want to pay the fees . As i see it, the answer getting money from millions of Public Sector workers like myself, who choose not to be a member of the union. That,refore, because of they are writing for free on our money. We dont have a choice, that is a basic cracks of this, which is byteed by the right the constitution. Freedom of representation. But i dont have that right. Host tell us a little bit about the strategy of the First Amendment. How effective has it been in case
Employees who did not wish to be a member. That is followed by the lead plaintiff in the case and his attorney offering their perspective. And the week ahead in washington with politico reporter heather cagle. People lined up outside the Supreme Court, hoping to hear a case that could affect labor unions. At issue, should a member be forced to pay costs if they do not want to . Cases two of landmark series kicks off tonight. The series take a takes a closer look at decisions in Supreme Court history. You can find out more about the series and tonights program when you visit our website. Case at the supreme rt deals with joining us to talk about the case is josh idol son. Is a labor reporter josh can you set up both sides of this case and what they represent . Guest the Supreme Court is considering whether to deal what could be a devastating blow to unions by making the Public Sector right to work, meaning it would be illegal to require people who are represented by a union to pay for c
Represents me, mandate that i pay these fees, whether i want to or not. I was not asked. It came out of my paycheck. For i saw the deduction union dues, i said, where is this coming from . I am not a member of the union. I never signed a pledge card, i never asked. My colleague said you have to have this fee come out. If you do not, you lose your job. What about the idea that you want the benefits of Union Protection but you do not want to pay the fees . Guest they are getting all of this money from Public Sector workers like myself, that choose not to be a member of the union. Therefore, because of that, they riding on our money. Crux of this. Sic of freedom of association. I do not have that. Host will you be arguing in front of the justices today . Guest i will. Host tell us about the edom our argument is that the court got it wrong back then. A union takes these fees and uses them for hardening, which is political advocacy. It tells the government how much spend on worker salaries,