Mealey's (January 26, 2021, 8:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 25 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the Illinois state employee whose 2018 high court appeal was the one in which the Supreme Court justice held that compulsory public sector agency fee arrangements violated employees’ First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution rights and who was now seeking to apply that ruling retroactively....