Despite what you’ve been reading about the far right’s consternation with Bruce Rauner over his ostensible support for abortion in Illinois, I think it’s been a pretty good month for the governor.
And many, including Steve Bannon, are talking about recruiting someone to mount a primary challenge against Rauner. But I think it’s mostly bluster. In fact, I can’t understand why they’re so outraged. They knew what they were getting when they overwhelmingly voted for Rauner back in 2014.
Of course, Rauner was slick about it. Over the summer he made a real show of inviting various pro-choice women to his office to explain to him how important it was to pass HB40.
It’s called a fair-share contribution because the money guarantees that workers share the cost of financing a union that represents them in bargaining and grievance hearings.
The suit is similar to one filed by Rebecca Friedrichs, a teacher in California, who lost when the Supreme Court was deadlocked 4-4. Since then President Trump and the Senate have put conservative Neil Gorsuch on the court. So unless another judge flips—c’mon Justice Kennedy, you can do it!—it looks like SCOTUS will issue a bruising blow against unions, which will have to scramble to keep up their funding.
