Forcing Lawyers To Join Leftist Bar Associations Violates Basic First Amendment Freedoms The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Janus v. AFSCME (2018) provides a step in the right direction for those facing compelled association. In that ruling, the justices recognized that compelling public-sector employees to pay union dues to subsidize speech they disagree with violates their First Amendment rights. The same principle should apply to attorneys forced to fund bar associations that engage in political and ideological activity. And while mandatory bar states generally have a mechanism to refund dues and allow attorneys to opt out of paying for overtly political actions, the reality is that this does not go far enough. ___________________________________ This was a pet peeve of mine when I was practicing law. Bar associations that lawyers are compelled to join should stay politically neutral.
Republican administrations trying to force academic institutions to do what they want violates their basic first amendment freedoms.
They are attempting to restrict their first amendment freedoms by denying funding.Since thats not working they will resort to something else.