When the First Amendment Collides with Organized Labor

At National Review, attorneys David Rivkin and Andrew Grossman highlight the issues at stake in the case of Harris v. Quinn, which the Supreme Court is currently deciding whether or not to take up:

Theresa Riffey provides help around the home for her brother, a quadriplegic, and receives a small stipend from Illinois's Medicaid program for her efforts, saving the state the cost of providing full-time care. Illinois law requires her to pay a portion of her check every month to an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear her case that asks on what basis, besides raw political power, a state may compel independent home-care workers and other similarly situated self-employed persons to support and associate with a labor union against their will. For the sake of workers' First Amendment rights, it should take the case.

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