The U.S. Supreme Court issued a one line, "per curiam" order, in which it noted a 4-4 deadlock in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. You'll see a bunch of news about this, some of which will be...wrong. So I thought I would explain what actually happened.The issues before the court primarily focused on whether the Court should overrule a prior decision, Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977). The Court in Abood held that public sector employees may be required to pay certain fees to unions under the First Amendment, provided… [
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