This is the real story of the money behind the Janus case—a story of forced contributions for political speech.

Supreme Court to Friedrichs: Until We Meet Again
The Supreme Court split evenly on the Friedrichs employee-rights case, but it could revisit the case when it gets a ninth justice.
Why Friedrichs Matters
By the time a case finally reaches the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who will sit in judgment and decide its fate, the dispute has likely been stripped ...
The Money Behind the Friedrichs Case
Politico ran a story on Friday that revealed that the Center for Individual Rights (CIR), the non-profit, public-interest law firm that is representing Rebecca Friedrichs and 9 other public school ...
Not Inexorable: Why Stare Decisis Doesn’t Require Adherence to Abood
My previous posts regarding Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association touched on two practical issues facing the Supreme Court when it reconsiders Abood v. Detroit Board of Education this term, namely the ...
A Response to Justice Kagan: Ending Agency Fees Won’t End Unions (Part 2)
In my previous post, I began my response to Justice Kagan’s dissent from Harris v. Quinn arguing that eliminating mandatory agency fees—by which employment is conditioned upon a worker paying ...
A Response to Justice Kagan: Ending Agency Fees Won’t End Unions (Part 1)
Would eliminating agency fees for state public employees—by which employment is conditioned upon a worker paying a fee to the union for collective bargaining expenses, even if he or she ...

Professor Epstein to SCOTUS: Set the Workers Free
Professor Richard Epstein offers a whirlwind tour of labor law in an article cutting to the heart of the free-rider issue in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.

Burger King Boycotts Washington
Dear Senator Brown,
In response to Burger King’s just-announced plan to acquire Tim Hortons — the iconic Canadian donut chain — and move its own international headquarters to Ontario, you have ...
Medicaid Expansion — Not Compassionate, Not Conservative
Today is a critical day for Ohio in the fight over Medicaid expansion. Having been rebuffed by the state legislature, which rejected Governor Kasich’s plan to accept Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, ...