Kathianne
11-11-2016, 08:58 PM
Speaking of elections and consequences...
I wonder just how many people vote on resolutions and such, without a clue about them until they walk into the voting booth? In this case, it may be a good thing:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/442125/2016-election-results-right-work-wins
Banner Night for Right-to-Work by JAMES SHERK November 11, 2016 12:43 PM
Tuesday night wasn’t just an upset victory for Donald Trump. It was also a banner night for the right-to-work movement.
At least two states — possibly three — will become right-to-work next year. Kentucky Republicans campaigned on right-to-work. They won, picking up 17 seats to gain control of the state house of representatives. Gov. Matt Bevin and the state senate already support right-to-work. So Kentucky will probably become the 27th right-to-work state next year.
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Neither side spent much money campaigning on the issue. Many voters had no idea what this meant and voted “no.” Though the measure lost by seven points, Virginia’s right-to-work statute remains law.
While these victories matter, the election’s impact on the Supreme Court is the biggest right-to-work victory of all. The legal left has proposed that the courts creatively reinterpret the National Labor Relations Act to forbid right-to-work in the private sector. If Merrick Garland replaced Justice Scalia, these arguments could easily have carried the day, eliminating right-to-work across the private sector. That won’t happen now.
Instead, an originalist Justice is likely to fill the Scalia vacancy. That makes it very likely the 4-4 split in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association will become a 5-4 ruling that compulsory union dues in government violate the First Amendment. Every government employee nationwide may soon enjoy right-to-work protections. Tuesday’s election mattered.
I wonder just how many people vote on resolutions and such, without a clue about them until they walk into the voting booth? In this case, it may be a good thing:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/442125/2016-election-results-right-work-wins
Banner Night for Right-to-Work by JAMES SHERK November 11, 2016 12:43 PM
Tuesday night wasn’t just an upset victory for Donald Trump. It was also a banner night for the right-to-work movement.
At least two states — possibly three — will become right-to-work next year. Kentucky Republicans campaigned on right-to-work. They won, picking up 17 seats to gain control of the state house of representatives. Gov. Matt Bevin and the state senate already support right-to-work. So Kentucky will probably become the 27th right-to-work state next year.
...
Neither side spent much money campaigning on the issue. Many voters had no idea what this meant and voted “no.” Though the measure lost by seven points, Virginia’s right-to-work statute remains law.
While these victories matter, the election’s impact on the Supreme Court is the biggest right-to-work victory of all. The legal left has proposed that the courts creatively reinterpret the National Labor Relations Act to forbid right-to-work in the private sector. If Merrick Garland replaced Justice Scalia, these arguments could easily have carried the day, eliminating right-to-work across the private sector. That won’t happen now.
Instead, an originalist Justice is likely to fill the Scalia vacancy. That makes it very likely the 4-4 split in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association will become a 5-4 ruling that compulsory union dues in government violate the First Amendment. Every government employee nationwide may soon enjoy right-to-work protections. Tuesday’s election mattered.