Union Fees Ruling Should Apply to Lawyers’ Bar Dues: Lawsuit

A conservative legal group wants to use the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling against mandatory union fees to strike down bar association dues being used for political purposes.

Members shouldn’t be required to pay dues that can be used for political activities with which they disagree, according to a complaint filed Dec. 13 by the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix.

The Supreme Court in June ruled that it’s a violation of public employees’ free speech and free association rights to require them to pay fees that are associated with a union bargaining on their behalf.

The high court’s Janus decision means ...