Sonny Black Does Another Apolitical Application of Neutral Legal Principles
Shorter Sam Alito: Contrary to the Supreme Court’s holding 41 years ago, the First Amendment does in fact enact Mr. Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
Gorsuch’s writing style appears to be rubbing off on Sonny Black:
Gorsuch's "generalization from bad paper written college sophomore" technique appears to be rubbing off on Alito. These banalities describe absolutely nothing relevant to this case. Agency fees force nobody to say anything. pic.twitter.com/NL8fe6YjYT
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) June 27, 2018
Since the beginning of time, the First Amendment has been a land of contrasts, which is why unions must be destroyed.
More on this later, but as always, today’s party-line nakedly political use of the First Amendment as a pretext to attack public sector unions is a reminder that elections are best viewed as a vehicle for atomistic consumer expression, and Both Sides Do It but the Democrat Party is more neoliberal and Donald Trump’s election was a blow to the neoliberal order.
Supreme Court decisions this term are just a full slate of attacks on Democratic constituencies: Hurting public sector unions, sanctioning discriminatory voting laws, giving Trump a roadmap for "colorblind" discrimination, blessing gerrymandering, and on and on.
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) June 27, 2018
In a nutshell: