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Saturday, January 9, 2016

“Battle over unions signals Supreme Court role at center of political debate”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report. In addition, columnist George F. Will has an essay titled “Will the Supreme Court undo the damage done to the rights of millions of government workers?

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC reports that “Public service unions face big challenge at Supreme Court.”

Jana Kasperkevic of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Unions brace for supreme court case that could be a heavy blow to liberals; Justices prepare to hear arguments in of case of California teacher and co-plaintiffs who say ‘tyranny’ of unions violates their rights through forced dues.”

Christina Beck of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Will the Supreme Court deal a blow to public-sector unions? In an upcoming Supreme Court case, California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs and nine others will challenge state ‘agency shop’ rules that compel non-members to financially support unions.”

Dave Jamieson and Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post have an article headlined “How The Supreme Court Could Crush Public-Sector Unions: Union membership has been falling for years; It may drop even more after this case.”

Tierney Sneed of TPM DC has an article headlined “Who Is Behind The Supreme Court Case That Could Cripple Public Unions?

Alana Semuels of The Atlantic has an article headlined “Why Are Unions So Worried About an Upcoming Supreme Court Case? Justices are about to hear oral arguments for a case that could seriously impede labor’s fundraising abilities.”

Online at The New York Daily News, Rebecca Friedrichs has an essay titled “Union dues violate my speech rights: The lead plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case explains why she fights.”

Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has a post titled “Could Justice Scalia Save American Unions?

And Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an editorial titled “At the Supreme Court, a Big Threat to Unions.”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will Supreme Court tackle 1st Amendment issue in Madden NFL litigation? Expression in movies, plays, books, music, and video games hangs in the balance.” David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report today.

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Labor Pains: The Supreme Court takes up a case that could stanch the flow of funds to public sector unions.” This morning, Slate posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman