SCOTUS NEWS
on Jan 16, 2024
at 10:45 am
In 2018, in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Staff, the Supreme Courtroom held that authorities workers who’re represented by a union however don’t belong to that union can’t be required to pay a price to cowl the union’s prices to barter a contract that applies to all workers. On Tuesday, the justices rejected a request to resolve whether or not the state of Alaska can decline to deduct union dues from a state worker’s paycheck except it has the worker’s clear consent to take action.
After the Alaska Supreme Courtroom held that Janus doesn’t require the state to acquire consent, the state got here to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom, searching for assessment of that call. As a part of an inventory of orders issued on Tuesday from the justices’ personal convention on Friday, the justices denied assessment with out remark.
The justices added 5 new instances to their docket for the 2023-24 time period on Friday afternoon, so it was not shocking that they didn’t grant assessment in any new instances on Tuesday.
The justices as soon as once more didn’t act on a request by a gaggle of oldsters and alumni to weigh in on the constitutionality of the admissions coverage at a prestigious public magnet faculty within the Washington, D.C., suburbs. The justices thought-about Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County Faculty Board final week for the third consecutive convention, however it didn’t seem on both Friday’s or Tuesday’s listing of orders.
The justices will meet once more to contemplate extra petitions for assessment on Friday, Jan. 19.
This text was initially revealed at Howe on the Courtroom.
