The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case dealing with public-employee unions' special assessments for political spending. And the justices will once again attempt to sort out the constitutional issues surrounding broadcasting rules meant to protect children from indecency.
The two cases were among 11 added Monday to the high court's docket for the next term. The announcements came amid a flurry of opinions and other activity on the last formal day of the current term, which included a decision striking down a California law that barred the sale of violent video games to minors.
In the union case, Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 (Case No. 10-1121), the court will take up the intricate area of law surrounding the agency fees, or service fees, that public-employee unions charge non-union members for collective-bargaining benefits and other permissible costs. Several of the Supreme Court's key precedents in this area involved teachers' unions, though the new case involves a unit of the SEIU that represents California state government employees.
The high court agreed to review a December 2010 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in San Francisco, that upheld a 2005 special assessment charged to union members and non-members alike for certain political activities, including to fight two anti-union state ballot measures. The appeal was brought on behalf of objecting non-union members by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, based in Springfield, Va.
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