Harry Reid: Unions need Obama's Supreme Court nominee

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Washington Examiner:

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., singled out labor unions while talking about the need to confirm President Obama's nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

 

"I would hope that everyone within the sound of my voice understands how important this is," Reid said Friday during a press conference at the UNLV Law School, per a transcript released by his office. "Danny [Thompson, AFL-CIO], for you, decisions are being made every day that affect the 220,000 people that you represent every day."

 

Scalia's death gives President Obama an opportunity to replace a leading conservative jurist, which would create a 5-4 liberal majority on the court. Legal analysts say that his choice, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland, sides consistently in favor of unions.

 

Reid proceeded to explain that the court needs a full complement of justices because a 4-4 tie can't overturn lower court rulings resolve disagreements between circuit courts. "If it's deadlocked 4 to 4 then those circuits are still in confusion and there is no precedent set," he said.

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What's good for the unions is not what's good for America...