Never assume government competence Following on the Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which freed public employees from having to subsidize unions without their affirmative consent, the Court asked the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to consider how the Janus ruling affects attorneys forced to contribute to mandatory government-run bar a ...
Last June, the Supreme Court held in Janus v. AFSCME that states could no longer permit public employee unions to garnish non-union employee paychecks to subsidize the union's activities in collective bargaining or anything else, without the employee's affirmative consent. By compelling employees to subsidize speech or associate with an organizatio ...
Kathleen Uradnik, a professor at Minnesota's St. Cloud State University, is free to speak with her political science students each day. But when she wants to speak with her employer about her job, Minnesota law says she has to let her university's labor union do the talking. But Uradnik doesn't belong to the union. She ...
Students are being turned away from some of Connecticut's best schools simply because they have the wrong skin color. Connecticut law caps Black and Hispanic student enrollment at its world-class magnet schools at no more than 75%. This blatant racial quota is an unconstitutional outgrowth of a lawsuit involving Hartford schools. The Connecticut Ge ...
Today the Supreme Court held that the U.S. Constitution protects individuals from being excessively fined by all levels of government in this country—not just the federal government. The decision in this case, Timbs v. Indiana, is a significant victory that limits the abusive use of fees and fines by state and local officials—abuse that frequen ...
When the government seeks to stifle a viewpoint it doesn't like, it's probably not going to be forthcoming about it. Instead, it will concoct a pretextual reason for its action, or use a "neutral" proxy that, in practice, discriminates against viewpoints it doesn't like. For the First Amendment to have teeth, then, courts must be ...
Hartford, Connecticut; February 20, 2019: The Connecticut Parents Union has launched a federal lawsuit to end race-based enrollment preferences that unfairly—and illegally—deny black and Latino children access to the state's world-class magnet schools. The CTPU, which works to expand educational opportunities for Connecticut families, seeks to ...
Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, in which PLF filed a friend-of-the-court brief. This case is about whether the Clean Water Act regulates pollution that reaches surface water by means of groundwater. If it does, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said, then every homeowner with ...
Thanks for your donation. We are humbled by your recent expression of support. ...
Thank you for opting into the Morning Docket from Pacific Legal Foundation Please select the back button in your browser to view your previous page. ...
The fight to protect liberty and justice never ends. Since 1973, donor-supported PLF has successfully litigated to enforce the Constitution’s guarantee of individual liberty, with an unmatched track record at the U.S. Supreme Court. Your support empowers countless Americans to fight back and win, at the same time you safeguard the liberties of everyone.
Contact Plf DonateFor Media:
If you are on deadline or need immediate assistance, please call our media team at
202-465-8733.
Or email us at:
media@pacificlegal.org
