Ellison: SCOTUS Principle Is ‘He Who Has the Gold Makes the Rules’

Ellison: SCOTUS Principle Is ‘He Who Has the Gold Makes the Rules’ (The Washington Free Beacon)

Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.), vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling against mandatory union dues for state employees Wednesday, implying corruption at the Court.

He said those with money have backed the "partisan" justices on the Court who decided the Janus v. AFSCME decision, which ruled 5-4 that state and local public-sector unions cannot mandate union dues. The majority included the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, who was appointed by President Donald Trump and has been accused of favoring corporate interests.

"It is more evidence this is extremely partisan Court who believes that rich people don't have enough money and everybody else has too much. That is what is going on," Ellison said. "This decision is not firmly rooted on any First Amendment principle. It is rooted on he who has the gold makes the rules. That's basically it."