Alaska A.G. Taylor Asks Supreme Court to Protect the First Amendment Rights of State Employees
August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 24 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023:
Today, the State of Alaska asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect state employees' First Amendment rights to free speech. In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 31 that states cannot force public employees to support, through their paychecks, union speech that they disagree with.
Today, the State of Alaska asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect state employees' First Amendment rights to free speech. In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 31 that states cannot force public employees to support, through their paychecks, union speech that they disagree with.