By securing a conservative majority on the court for the foreseeable future, Kavanaugh’s confirmation can be expected to accelerate ongoing shifts to the right in constitutional doctrine.

Court victory for charter schools in Louisiana

Only one of those cases was successful.

On the last day of its 2017-2018 term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus vs. AFSCME that public employee unions can no longer collect agency fees from non-members. Clint Bolick, an associate justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss why the U.S. Supreme Court felt it was necessary to overrule a decision from the 1970s allowing agency fees.

Only 25% of the public favor collecting union dues from non-members.

Six states had already passed right-to-work legislation removing unions’ rights to assess agency fees.

Reflections on the Janus v. AFSCME ruling, from the plaintiff in a similar case

These figures suggest that, in right-to-work states, teachers unions lost power not only in numbers, but also in terms of dollar resources.

During the same period of time, trends in agency-shop states remained stable.

Membership losses will result in a steep decline in revenue.