EdNext Podcast: Oral Arguments Heard by Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME – by Education Next

Josh Dunn, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court Monday, February 26, in Janus v. AFSCME. The case “could overturn decades-old precedent and deal a potentially crippling blow to public sector unions.”

The case was brought by Mark Janus, an Illinois government employee. He argues that he should not be required to pay a fee to the public sector union he has chosen not to join. He sees the required agency fee as a violation of his First Amendment rights since the union takes positions he opposes, positions which he views as political.

The arguments come after a similar 2016 case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which Dunn discussed here.

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