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WASHINGTON - The most recent filings in the mandatory bar dues case before the U.S.

WASHINGTON - The state of Texas has sided against the State Bar of Texas, filing a brief in support of a trio of attorneys asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.

WASHINGTON - The State Bar of Texas’ speech is government speech, so “the Free Speech Clause has no application” to its expressive activities, according to a petition the Bar’s Board of Directors recently filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON - A recently filed petition for writ of certiorari is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.

The latest news by Mark Pulliam on Southeast Texas Record.

ADVERTISEMENT 5th Circ. Says Mandatory Bar Fees Violate Attys Free Speech Law360 (July 2, 2021, 11:16 PM EDT) -- The Fifth Circuit held Friday that state bar associations cant require lawyers to join and pay dues to practice in the state if those fees then fund "non-germane" activities such as lobbying for LGBTQ rights, siding with a trio of Texas attorneys whod challenged the Lone Star states mandatory bar.  The Fifth Circuit ruled Friday in two cases concerning whether mandatory bar membersh...

The State Bar of Texas engages in political activities that fall outside the scope of its interests so it cannot force attorneys to join it and pay mandatory dues, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday. A man walks in front of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Jan. 7, 2015. (AP photo/Jonathan Bachman) (CN) — Three Texas attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the president of the State Bar and its board members in March 2019, claiming it had overstepped its cor...

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shutterstock.com Late conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly published her first book, A Choice Not an Echo, in 1964 in hopes of breaking the stranglehold of country club Republicans on the grand old party’s presidential nominating process. Every four years, it seemed even then, the party faithful were presented with a somewhat less offensive version of the opposition’s choice, i.e., Democrat Lite. Thanks in part to the enthusiasm generated by her book, Sen. Barry Go...

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