(September 29, 2017, 12:49 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28 granted a petition for writ of certiorari in an appeal seeking to have Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977), overruled and public-sector agency fee arrangements declared unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al., No. 16-1466, U.S. Sup.)....