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Abood Overruled! Public Sector Unions Can No Longer Compel Dues Payments
This is a dagger in the heart of the ever expanding state and long overdue. Together with NIFLA v. Bacerra it’s a critical reaffirmation of our First Amendment rights of speech and conscience and a great day for the Constitution. It is darkened only by the sputteringly inexplicable fact that both decisions were 5-4.
The fact that four justices on our Supreme Court could dissent from these decisions is sad and terrifying. It shows us how close to the edge we were. Thank god for Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Neil Gorsuch, who together preserved at least a narrow majority on the Court with fealty to the Constitution.
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A former colleague of mine used to say on this topic, “It’s important to preserve balance on the Court. Balance between upholding the Constitution and undermining it.”
Which can’t come soon enough.