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."
Fact-check: Scott Walker says high court has said federal laws against extortion usually don't apply to unions
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2015-09-17T00:00:00