political-activities

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-800 Tony K. McDonald, et al. v. Sylvia Borunda Firth, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech ideological-speech legal-membership mandatory-bar political-activities political-activity standing state-bar-association Does the First Amendment prohibit a state from compelling attorneys to join and fund a state bar association that engages in extensive political and i…
20-1643 Arthur Baisley v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Fifth Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied constitutional-rights fair-representation first-amendment janus-v-afscme labor-law opt-out opt-out-procedures political-activities railway-labor-act union-fees Whether opt-out procedures for collecting union fees for ideological and political activities violate the First Amendment or the Railway Labor Act
20-649 Level the Playing Field, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia 2020-11-13 Denied Amici (3) candidate-endorsement civil-rights debate-staging debate-staging-organization election-regulations federal-commission federal-election-commission free-speech objective-criteria partisan-criteria political-activities standing Whether the partisan political activities of a debate-staging organization's decisionmakers bear upon whether the organization 'endorse|[s], support[s…
19-670 Arnold Fleck v. Joe Wetch, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) compulsory-funding compulsory-membership first-amendment janus-v-afscme opt-out opt-out-mechanism political-activities political-speech state-bar-association union-fees Are laws mandating membership in a state bar association subject to the same 'exacting' First Amendment scrutiny that the Court prescribed for mandato…