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California Employment Law Update
Supreme Court Bars Mandatory Union Dues For Public Employees
By Arielle E. Kobetz, Tony Oncidi
In a highly anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court today held that it is a violation of the First Amendment to require public sector employees who are not members…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Supreme Court Rules Fair Share Fees are Unconstitutional
By Langdon Ramsburg, Adam Santucci, Jen Will
This morning the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Janus v. AFCSME , holding that requiring public sector employees to pay fair share fees to unions violates the First Amendment.…
PrawfsBlawg
(SCOTUS Term) Janus
Main Wednesday, June 27, 2018(SCOTUS Term) JanusAs I have said, the outcome in Janus was so over-determined, I am surprised it took this long to come out. It was decided--and…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Strikes Fair Share
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Supreme Court today ruled that Illinois's fair-share, agency-fee requirement for non-members of public sector unions violated the First Amendment. The ruling deals a…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Overturns CAL Disclosure Law for Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling Centers
By Tracy Thomas
In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision blocked a California law that required “crisis pregnancy centers” to provide information about abortion.The…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS Term: Justice Kennedy’s Imprint on Masterpiece Cakeshop and Becerra
Main Tuesday, June 26, 2018SCOTUS Term: Justice Kennedy’s Imprint on Masterpiece Cakeshop and BecerraThe Court today in Becerra held invalid California’s laws requiring pro-life “crisis pregnancy centers” to alert customers…
PrawfsBlawg
(SCOTUS Term) Preliminary Adjudication
Main Tuesday, June 26, 2018(SCOTUS Term) Preliminary AdjudicationPerhaps recognizing how many constitutional cases are coming to it on immediate interlocutory review of the grant or denial of preliminary injunctions, the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Finds California’s FACT Act Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its closely divided opinion in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, Justice Thomas writing…
Media Law Prof Blog
Jayne on the Fairness Doctrine 2.0 @mercatus
Mike Jayne, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, is publishing Fairness Doctrine 2.0: The Ever-Expanding Definition of Neutrality Under the First Amendment in volume 16 of the First Amendment Law…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Supreme Court to Minnesotans: Wear Your Political Buttons, Badges, and T-Shirts to the Polls
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="236"] Buttons like the one above would have been prohibited from polling places under the Minnesota law. Source: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie.[/caption] Tea Partiers in the Land…