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Courts must look behind California’s pretenses when the state channels money to union advocacy

August 27, 2018 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

In the aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME, states have come up with some pretty clever ways to funnel money to unions and union-supported speech.  Today, PLF asked the Ninth Circuit to strike down SB 954, a law that gives unions a huge fundraising advantage and makes it harder for contrary viewpoints to be heard. … ...

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The First Amendment protects speech that contradicts unions' policy preferences

June 06, 2017 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

This week PLF filed its opening brief in the Ninth Circuit in Associated Builders and Contractors-California Cooperation Committee v. Becerra, which challenges a California law that threatens to cut funding to speech contrary to unions’ policy preferences. The lawsuit targets SB 954, which changed the way employers can distribute money under ...