claim: says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the supreme court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."
author: scott walker
evidence_1: oct 1, 2013 ... union exemptions range from cases of trespassing to whistleblower protections  ... it's the main federal law against extortion (economic gain through violence). ...  in which the supreme court ruled that unions are exempt because the law ... and  since those claims are legitimate, the hobbs act does not apply.
evidence_2: says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion  from a union" because "the supreme court has ruled that federal prohibitions  outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions." — politifact wisconsin on ...
evidence_3: unqualified threat to picket a neutral is unfair labor practice .... the hobbs act  makes it a federal crime to extort or attempt to extort a business or individual ...  for years, because of a u.s. supreme court case u.s. v. ... the court held that  picketing to pressure an employer to hire union members was protected under  the ...
evidence_4: scott walker · says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees  from "extortion from a union" because "the supreme court has ruled that federal  prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions." ... "unions did not  create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "henry ford did.".
evidence_5: since the supreme court has the power of judicial review and can render a  congressional law unconstitutional, it has great power to influence the course of ...