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Mar 29th, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 in Friedrichs v. CTA on Tuesday, thwarting a legal challenge that labor activists feared would deal a crippling blow to public-sector unions...
Feb 16th, 2016
The Friedrichs vs. CTA Supreme Court case, a nakedly partisan assassination attempt on the labor movement, has died with Justice Antonin Scalia. What cannot die with it is the...
Over his 30 years on the Court, Antonin Scalia’s name became synonymous with conservative jurisprudence, and especially with the school of thought that calls upon judges to seek...
Jan 14th, 2016
Public-sector labor unions—whether focused on education or not—have much to lose, depending on how the Supreme Court decides on Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association,...
Jun 24th, 2015
In late June the Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a lawsuit, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, that could make the whole public sector “right to...