The lawyers who unsuccessfully attempted to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to dismantle 40-year-old case law permitting “fair share” union fees are mounting a new legal challenge in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s nominee joining the high court.
The Center for Individual Rights in Washington, D.C., and a team at Jones Day led by partner Michael Carvin filed the case on Monday on behalf of eight teachers in California and the Association of American Educators. The suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles five days after Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch, alleges that the California Teachers Association forces nonmembers to pay fees that are inherently political in nature in violation of their constitutional rights.
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