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National Right to Work: ‘Everything government unions do is political’

(CNSNews.com) – "The idea that everything government unions do is political leads you to immediately look to the First Amendment to protect individuals who should not be compelled to fund speech that they disagree with," Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, told

united states

SCT deadlock denies government workers free speech and economic liberty

The first shoe has dropped on a major post-Scalia case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Perhaps more accurately, the work boot dropped. It thudded on the expectations of those who favor personal and economic liberty. In a 4-4 deadlock, the Court permitted the state of California to continue forcing

GOP

McConnell repeats: Senate will not vote on any Obama nominee

(CNSNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that he would not be holding a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

GOP

Garland meets Democrats, Senate recesses, groups up pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland has met with two supportive Senate Democratic leaders and spoken by phone to more of his Republican opponents. But he's moved no closer to weakening the GOP barricade against changing his status from Supreme Court nominee to justice. President Barack Obama's pick

nomination

What kind of judge is Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland?

On March 16, President Obama announced his pick for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia: Merrick Garland, chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

Barack Obama

Obama nominates Garland to Supreme Court; McConnell doesn’t budge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would nominate appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known he called "one of America's sharpest legal minds."

GOP

Obama to meet with GOP leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is due to meet face-to-face Tuesday with the Senate Republican leaders vowing to block his Supreme Court nominee — no matter who it is — with the hope of keeping the seat open for a Republican president to fill next year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

governor

Possible choice of Nevada governor a test for Senate GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The possible choice of Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval for the Supreme Court vacancy would give President Barack Obama a shot at breaking Senate Republicans' planned blockade of any election-year confirmation. Sandoval, Nevada's first Hispanic governor and a supporter of abortion rights, would test the