First, Obama’s AG was found to be in contempt by a House committe for obstructing Congress’ investigation of Operation Fast & Furious. Then Obama had to pull a not-likely-to-hold-up-to-a-court-challenge executive privilege out of his ass to try to cover up the White House and DOJ’s complicit involvement in an illegal operation that resulted in hundreds of dead people, to include Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
And…apparently Obama had a Commerce Secretary (I know…who knew Obama had a Commerce Secretary? WTF was that guy doing for the last three years?) The key word there is had. As in he packed up his cardboard box this morning and called it quits (before Obama could throw him under the bus, I’m sure).
And then in a stinging rebuke of one of Obama’s biggest supporters and campaign contributors — SEIU and all other unions — the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled against SEIU in the Knox v. SEIU case. In a stunning 7-2 (7 to fucking 2, bitches!) vote, SCOTUS ruled that employees can’t be forced to effectively lend money to the union for political activities they disagree with.
Read the entire decision here.
Summary via Fox News (hell yeah, the FOX gang is gloating, you commie bastards; suck on it, donkeys):
The Supreme Court says a union must give nonmembers an immediate chance to object to unexpected fee increases that all workers are required to pay in closed-shop situations.
The court on Thursday ruled for Dianne Knox and other nonmembers of the Service Employees International Union’s Local 1000, who wanted to object and opt out of a $12 million special assessment the union required from its California public sector members. Knox and others said the union did not give them a legally required notice that the increase was coming.
The union, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said the annual notice that the union gives was sufficient. The high court disagreed in a 7-2 judgment written by Justice Samuel Alito.
And more via Forbes:
The decision, coming a short time after Gov. Scott Walker survived a union-led recall campaign in Wisconsin, further undermines the power of public-sector unions to compel employees to pay for their operations.The Supreme Court has uneasily upheld laws that require all employees to pay the equivalent of union dues to cover the costs of collective bargaining and other benefits they receive, under the theory it helps maintain “labor peace” by discouraging free-riders. Alito, in this decision, called that policy an “anomaly” given the strong First Amendment right against compelled speech or membership in any organization.
And for the record, noted anti-union activist judges Sotomayor and Kagan boths sided with the majority and against Big Labor. I’m sure union thugs are on their way to their homes and offices to chant, camp, and Occupy. or however it is these thugs throw their temper tantrums these days.
When SCOTUS rules against #SEIU thugs 7-2 you really have to be concerned about how ideologically rigid are those 2
— DANEgerus (@DANEgerus) June 21, 2012
Exactly.
The gloating and mocking on Twitter actually blew up Twitter for a little while this afternoon:
Right-wing extremists Ginsburg and Sotomayor side with fellow conservatives against SEIU.The court’s reputation is in peril.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 21, 2012
All that money spent electing Obama, and his first SCOTUS pick rules against #SEIU.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) June 21, 2012
Or, to be more concise, labor union bosses nationwide are on suicide watch after this Supreme Court ruling. bit.ly/MktLCM #majority
— Drew Ryun (@DrewRyun) June 21, 2012
So when is the union protest scheduled for Ginsberg and Sotomayor’s houses planned?
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) June 21, 2012
Like Scott Walker, Ginsberg and Sotomayor are union busters. #HowAboutThat
— John Nolte(@NolteNC) June 21, 2012
Bad news for @seiu is always good news for America.
— John Nolte(@NolteNC) June 21, 2012
I love that Barack Obama presided over the death of unions.
— Jon Gabriel (@ExJon) June 21, 2012
When SCOTUS rules against #SEIU thugs 7-2 you really have to be concerned about how ideologically rigid are those 2
— DANEgerus (@DANEgerus) June 21, 2012
But if Obama thought this week was bad (and it was epically bad), it could have been much, much worse. SCOTUS still hasn’t handed down their decisions on Obamacare and Arizona immigration. TWitter might not ever recover for the gloating and laughter when Obamacare is struck down.
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heh…twitter actually went ‘pop’ this morning and ceased function for a bit.