United States Tells U.S. Supreme Court To Overrule Abood

Mealey's (December 11, 2017, 1:00 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977), must be overturned because upholding the ruling compels “subsidization of union speech for political or ideological causes” in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the United States argues in a Dec. 6 amicus brief filed in a public-sector agency fees appeal, switching its position of previously defending Abood (Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al., No. 16-1466, U.S. Sup.)....