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Lawyers: Do mandatory bar dues violate the 1st amendment?

Lawyers: Do mandatory bar dues violate the 1st amendment?

Part of a series - Employment Law Case of the Week - by Ross Runkel.

The 8th Circuit brushed away a constitutional challenge to the way bar associations collect and spend dues, but the US Supreme Court ordered the 8th Circuit to reconsider the question in light of Janus v. AFSCME (US Supreme Court 2018).