Supreme Court where he addressed the media and explained that "Today's case is about securing the First Amendment rights for all public employees. It is about not being forced to pay for political speech with which you disagree. And, make no mistake, collective bargaining speech for public sector unions is political speech. For example, in Ohio, the unions negotiated to decide layoff decisions by a coin flip, instead of merit, which is of course blatantly unfair to good teachers and to their students."
Alt noted that the Justices heard oral arguments outlining why forcing Rebecca Friedrichs to pay the unions is inherently political speech, and why it violates her 1st Amendment rights.
We should expect the Justices to announce their decision on the case in June.
Alt posted several pieces on National Review's Bench Memos over the past week about the Friedrichs case, many of which were picked up by SCOTUSblog as well:
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