SCOTUS Divides 4-4 in Public-Sector Union Dues Case, Affirms Pro-Union Lower Court Decision
29th March 2016
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 4-4 decision in the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. At issue was whether public-school teachers may be forced, as a condition of government employment, to pay mandatory union fees, even when the teachers are not union members. The upshot of today’s decision is that the mandatory union fee scheme remains firmly in place.
Yet another good reason not to teach in a government school.
Yet another reason not to consider any appointments to the Supreme Court by a Democrat President.