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Precedent. so i suspect there are ways in which it could rule in a less radical way. for example, it could say that these workers don't have to be deemed state workers, which would be slightly different from saying you are a state worker. you now have to pay into a union. so i suspect they're going to look for a way to be less sweeping in their ruling. >> aside from this case, unions have been taking blows, as you mentioned, just by their membership across the board. also you have the boeing case out in washington. that doesn't seem to bode well for them, as you look at video to essentially s ...

Highest paid person is either a football coach or a basketball coach. the highest paid state worker. so the states you see in blue are the only states where the highest paid state worker is not either the college basketball coach or the college football coach. all the rest of the country that you see there in orange and yellow, it is the coach of the state collect team, state college team, who's the highest paid state worker in the entire state. >> and if you think about it, part of that is because, you know, if money can't go back to the players themselves, where does the money go? and it goe...

We don't need sugar high economics. we don't need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we don't want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by governor scott walker that virtually ended collective war beginning rights for most public workers. the law however remains largely in effect for state workers, but not for city, count city and school workers. the state will appeal the decision. we'll have more on these stories in the next two hours. now...

Explosive conclusion of the trial challenging pennsylvania's controversial voter i.d. law. it began six days ago with testimony from lead plaintiff 93-year-old vivette applewhite. she can't vote under the new law. she told me what is the faced in may. >> i think it's because they don't want obama in there, so i think they're doing something to keep the black people from having the right to vote. >> pennsylvania's one of 19 states to adopt new restrictions on voting since 2010. new testimony in this trial suggests the law could disenfranchise more than a million pennsylvania voters. a million p...

Because this could, perhaps, be a preview of coming attractions? >> the writing is on the wall for other cities and states in the same situation. that is pressed by obligations. this could push other cities over the brink into bankruptcy. >> like chicago? >> i'm not going to name names because i don't know their precise financial condition. suffice it to say that other cities are on the brink. now, if you're a retired state worker in a city or a state which is really under the gun financially, the writing is on the wall and it's not pretty because you are going to have, either your cost of liv...