最高裁は、パブリックセクターの労働組合に一撃を加えた

Supreme Court strikes blow to public sector unions

June 20, 2014, msnbc

この決定は、イデオロギーの分断を反映している。マジョリティは5人の保守派の判事で、民主党によって任命された4人の判事は、この決定に対しては反対であった。

The Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to public sector unions Monday, limiting their ability to automatically deduct dues from public workers who nevertheless benefit from union negotiated contracts. The ruling fell along ideological lines, with the five conservative Justices in the majority and the four Democratic appointees in dissent.

“This case presents the question whether the First Amendment permits a State to compel personal care providers to subsidize speech on matters of public concern by a union that they do not wish to join or support,” wrote Justice Samuel Alito for the majority. “If we accepted Illinois’ argument, we would approve an unprecedented violation of the bedrock principle that, except perhaps in the rarest of circumstances, no person in this country may be compelled to subsidize speech by a third party that he or she does not wish to support.”