Corporations, much more so than civil rights organizations, have traditionally been able

to afford the best, most experienced and creative lawyers in the country and have used

those resources to really expand their rights.

If you do not prevail in this case, the unions will have less political influence, yes or

no. Yes, they will have less political influence. Let's stand at the end of this case.

Hi there and welcome back to Amicus, late podcast about the courts and the Supreme Court

and the law. The justices were back in their big puffy chairs on Maryland Avenue this week

and they made some news with a decision in Jennings versus Rodriguez. That's a case that

was filed by a group of immigrants who were being held indefinitely as they awaited the

outcome of their deportation hearings. They wanted to have a new bond hearing every six

months. The court in a five-three vote with Elena Kagan recused told them no. The court

also declined to hear a big DACA case out of California, which, as Linda Greenhouse said,

on this very show a few weeks ago, they weren't going to hear. That's because the ninth

circuit hasn't even heard it yet. The case was kicked back to go through the regular

procedure. The Supreme Court will presumably hear it soon. And the justices heard arguments

in a whole bunch of cases raising questions around free speech at your polling place. And

whether Microsoft has to turn over emails they've stored in Ireland. So that all happened

few and we will be unpacking the details in the weeks and months to come. But this week

we want to take you first into the courtroom to hear some of the oral arguments in the

public sector union fees case. That's Janice. And even though we talked about it in fairly

great detail on the last show, it really was such an incredibly dramatic argument. We

want to put it in your earbuds. And also I think it's worth reiterating the stakes in

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