Tag: Neil Gorsuch

Janus v. AFSCME: What Will Become of Public-Sector Unions?

Alice B. Lloyd · February 26, 2018 11:35 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch stayed silent during oral arguments on a case that could determine the political strength of labor unions. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Neil Gorsuch doesn’t tip hand in Supreme Court case about forced union dues

Sean Higgins · February 26, 2018 7:03 pm

Despite not showing his hand, the smart money remains that Justice Gorsuch will vote with Justices Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas (who also remained silent), and Alito in supporting Janus's lawsuit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Janus v. AFSCME oral arguments at the Supreme Court: The dog that didn’t bark

Ilya Shapiro · February 26, 2018 6:07 pm

Mark Janus, a soft-spoken record-keeper for the Illinois Department of Public Health, sued his workplace's union over a $50 fee it receives that automatically gets deducted from his paycheck every month although he never joined the union. Janus argues that violates his First Amendment rights. Now, the case is making its way to the Supreme Court.

Unions are the free riders, says government worker challenging labor fees at Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · February 24, 2018 5:01 am

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

Rather than being mindless cheerleaders, CPAC attendees need to think of themselves as the nagging conscience of future Republican officeholders and administrations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CPAC and the conscience of a conservative

Washington Examiner · February 23, 2018 12:42 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Md. Pence said that "2017 was the most consequential year in the history of the conservative movement." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mike Pence touts ‘a year of promises made and promises kept’ at CPAC

Sarah Bedford · February 22, 2018 4:51 pm

Neal Katyal: ‘At times, President Trump has behaved far worse than Nixon did.’

Adam Rubenstein · February 22, 2018 10:05 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump entered office with the most ostentatious promises, but, ironically, his tenure could end up remembered more like Silent Calvin Coolidge than Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Making presidents less great again

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

Along with the president, justices on two separate and unrelated occasions in as many weeks spoke to the need for civility. (AP Photos)

Supreme Court justices call for civility: ‘Let’s stop this nonsense’

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2018 5:01 am