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Deal, this particular bill, what do the demonstrators hope to accomplish? what is their future down the road hope in turning this around? >> reporter: it is pretty interesting because governor snyder had the luxury watching some other union battles take place in wisconsin, in ohio, in indiana. one of the things they did they included a appropriation in this legislation. therefore under michigan law it can not be attacked with statewide ballot initiative like what happened in ohio. the only avenues right now seems for the democrats or people opposed to this legislation is to go after it with a ...

Our legal panel is here now, tom kenneff defense attorney, former prosecutioner. and anna nicalazi a former district attorney. we should begin with the first amend. , it's the first because arguably it's the most important. congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or bridging the freedom of speech. if you exclude one point of view to the benefit of another is that abridging free speech? >> in this case yet. the government of the state should have chosen to not allow either side to enter the arena by not allowing either plate t...

Down to working for less. it is not about, more jobs. the jobs are going to be there. about what conditions you work under. we want to basically work, rite to work and have benefits and feed the middle class like we were. and this legislation is trying to reduce the middle class even further. rick: the fight in michigan has big national implications for organized labor as it is poised to become the 24th state with right-to-work laws. those states that have that legislation in state, 13 have jobless rates lower than the national averages. mike tobin is live in lansing. mike, a lot of activity t...

Unemployment numbers, and it turns out that in right to work states they have higher employment levels and higher wage levels as well in many cases. so, i mean, that is the bottom line in terms of creating jobs, creating higher paying jobs, in michigan is clearly what the governor is hoping will happen has a result of all of this. and you also go back to the election, and the battle. this was mitt romney's home state, and he lost it to president obama. a lot of people largely because president obama supported the bailout of the carmakers in michigan, that was a very popular move for him politi...

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