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Testify bargaining fee toss the american federation of state, county and municipal employees, a union that he says does not represent his values and interests. we're back with dan heniger, alicia finley and bill mcgern. the court has considered this in the past and said unions can collect these fees. why are they rethinking that? >> they have considered in the past but the last time they were about to consider it, justice scalia was on the court and he died and probably would have gone the other way. >> paul: the case was settled and nothing changed. >> the thinking was that justice skaly ysca...

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Against black people. that was the real original intent. >> paul: no racial discrimination. >> racial discrimination, right. now they're making this to be about equal representation -- >> paul: by political party. >> right. if you go down that road, i think justice rekliff said in the case, well, equal representation by religion, how do you draw the line there. >> paul: this is even more important, dan, because the supreme court is considering a couple of cases, one in wisconsin, i think one in maryland. >> maryland. >> paul: that would -- whether or not partisan gerrymanders of this kind are ...

Taiwan who have been participating in this. those people will be sanctioned. in addition to the ones they did in january, i think it's a move in the right direction. it's a good idea. and indeed, north korea is being squeezed. shortages of fuel, shortages of food. the question is, at this point in this di lemma dill lem lemmag to make a difference? kim jong un has the vessels. he's has the bombs. is he going to bend to this or is he going to gut it out, another year and push forward with his nuclear strategy. >> paul: i would argue on these sanctions and i take dan's point, i think it's the ri...

Union, regardless of whether they join the union. they are plight l call. political. wages, health benefits, those are matters of public debate, including merit pay for teachers. unions take positions at the bargaining table. these are issues that do implicate free speech. >> paul: dan? >> to alicia's point. unions have changed over the years. everyone out there probably says i know what unions do, they bargain to protect wages and workers' rights. why are the unionse unions favog comprehensive sex education, voteing rights for felons and things like that. i think the justices understood that ...