05 Mar Which Side Will Justice Gorsuch Fall On Public Sector Union Fees?
Supreme Court Watch | Taylor HunterLast week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the issue of whether public sector agency shop arrangements violate the First Amendment. Hearing this issue for a second time, the court will decide whether to overturn a 1977 ruling that held that the service charges used to finance expenditures by the public sector union for collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment purposes, are valid, even if the public employee is not a union member. Just last year, the court examined this very issue in…