Ben Waber reviewed The Supreme Court on Unions by Julius G.. Getman
An Illuminating Review of Flawed, Anti-Labor Legal Reasoning
5 stars
Before reading this book I was a bit concerned that the reading experience would be non-stop pain, but I'm pleased to report that instead this is a feisty, meticulous deconstruction of the many decades of flawed, anti-labor legal reasoning that has pervaded the high court since these issues first started being raised. Getman combines a review of major cases across the decades and their intersections, showing how many fundamental cases that have been cited ad nauseum are deeply wrong (and that was often understood at the time) and often used incorrectly by later courts. Throughout it becomes clear how the court's reliance on theoretical, philosophical arguments are continually refuted by empirical work, and how the anti-labor project will take generations to unwind. Getman frames this all in a way that calls for action rather than leaving one to wallow in despair, which is certainly what we need right now. Highly …
Before reading this book I was a bit concerned that the reading experience would be non-stop pain, but I'm pleased to report that instead this is a feisty, meticulous deconstruction of the many decades of flawed, anti-labor legal reasoning that has pervaded the high court since these issues first started being raised. Getman combines a review of major cases across the decades and their intersections, showing how many fundamental cases that have been cited ad nauseum are deeply wrong (and that was often understood at the time) and often used incorrectly by later courts. Throughout it becomes clear how the court's reliance on theoretical, philosophical arguments are continually refuted by empirical work, and how the anti-labor project will take generations to unwind. Getman frames this all in a way that calls for action rather than leaving one to wallow in despair, which is certainly what we need right now. Highly recommend