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9th, 10th Circuits have come to the same conclusion Supreme Court last year declined to take up the issue (Reuters) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday became the latest court to conclude that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring unions from charging nonmembers fees did not overrule an earlier high court decision allowing states to require lawyers to pay bar association dues. A three-judge 6th Circuit panel in a case brought by Michigan lawyer Lucille Taylor said the Supreme Court s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME may have undermined the reasoning behind a 1990 decision in Keller v. State Bar of California, but that Keller is still good law because the justices did not expressly overturn it. ....
Police shooting case raises free speech issues relevant to argument Trump incited mob to attack Capitol FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Police during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. An appeals court ruling in a separate case may be relevant after President Trump incited the insurrection.Yuri Gripas / Abaca PressShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Supporters of President Trump enter the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, in a rampage that left five people dead.Win McNamee / TNSShow MoreShow Less When a Las Vegas policeman was shot and wounded and officers arrested the suspect, a sniper on the SWAT team, Charles Moser, said on Facebook that “it’s a shame he (the suspect) didn’t have a few holes in him.” Saying Moser was advocating violence, the Police Department removed him from the SWAT team and reduced his salary. ....