Legal Opinion
Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Ass'n
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 2009No. 07-869PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
Under Idaho law, a public employee may elect to have a portion of his wages deducted by his employer and remitted to his union to pay union dues. He may not, however, choose to have an amount deducted and remitted to the union’s political action committee, because Idaho law prohibits payroll deductions for political activities. A group of unions representing Idaho public employees challenged this limitation. They conceded that the limitation was valid as applied at the state level, but argued that it violated their First Amendment rights when applied to county, municipal, school district, and…
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