Petitioner To High Court: Abood Must Be Overruled

Mealey's (December 7, 2017, 11:27 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977), “is offensive to the First Amendment” and should be overruled, an employee challenging public-sector agency fees told the U.S. Supreme Court in his Nov. 29 petitioner brief (Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al., No. 16-1466, U.S. Sup.)....