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Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state to authorize a public employee union to collect a fee from non-members for the cost of benefits that the union is legally required to provide all employees.

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge HB 1523, the anti-LGBT law that passed this spring. The lawsuit, which targets the Registrar of Vital Records, was filed on behalf of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Mississippi members and Nykolas Alford and Stephen Thomas, a gay couple who are engaged to be married and face discrimination as a result of this law.

Whether public employee unions can be authorized by state law to collect a fee from non-members for the cost of negotiating and implementing a collective bargaining agreement that benefits all employees.

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ and ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Missouri have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Andrea Andi Mooneyham against the Ozark Fire Protection District.

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Arkansas, and co-counsel John Burnett have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patricia Dawson against her former employer, H & H Electric, for firing her after she transitioned from male to female on the job.