Justices reject Alaska state employee union dues dispute

In 2018, in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Workers, the Supreme Court docket held that authorities staff who’re represented by a union however don’t belong to that union can’t be required to pay a payment to cowl the union’s prices to barter a contract that applies to all staff. On Tuesday, the justices rejected a request to determine whether or not the state of Alaska can decline to deduct union dues from a state worker’s paycheck until it has the worker’s clear consent to take action.

After the Alaska Supreme Court docket held that Janus doesn’t require the state to acquire consent, the state got here to the U.S. Supreme Court docket, in search of assessment of that call. As a part of an inventory of orders issued on Tuesday from the justices’ non-public convention on Friday, the justices denied assessment with out remark.

The justices added 5 new circumstances to their docket for the 2023-24 time period on Friday afternoon, so it was not shocking that they didn’t grant assessment in any new circumstances on Tuesday.

The justices as soon as once more didn’t act on a request by a gaggle of fogeys and alumni to weigh in on the constitutionality of the admissions coverage at a prestigious public magnet faculty within the Washington, D.C., suburbs. The justices thought-about Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County Faculty Board final week for the third consecutive convention, nevertheless it didn’t seem on both Friday’s or Tuesday’s listing of orders.

The justices will meet once more to contemplate extra petitions for assessment on Friday, Jan. 19.

This text was initially printed at Howe on the Court docket.