Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap
Justice Samuel Alito has been scouring the land looking for a case to make his mark on history.
Could he hold a big bank accountable for ripping off millions of consumers? Could he interpret intellectual property law to give more desperately ill people access to essential medicines? Could he hold a chemical company to account for poisoning people and hiding it for decades?
No. Alito apparently decided to make his mark by helping a massive right-wing funding machine crush wages for teachers, firemen and nurses in America.
The case is Friederichs vs. California Teachers Association will be heard on Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court.
There will be a big crowd outside. Those cheering on Alito on have been called to action by the the State Policy Network (SPN), a $84+ million network of state-based "think tanks," funded by the Kochs, Bradley and others with close interlocking ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). CMD first documented this anti-worker Koch-ALEC-SPN agenda in a 2013 report.
Today, CMD obtained a rally flyer with the SPN logo on it. Also putting out the call to come to the court Monday is Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs' phony astroturf group, which will soon unveil its StandwithRebecca.com website. The Kochs not only want to get rid of unions, they want to get rid of the minimum wage.
The phony grass-roots support for the case makes a lot of sense. Friederichs seeks to overturn decades of law and tradition as well as the 1977 unanimous Supreme Court ruling Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which upheld the legality of "agency shop" arrangements. These allow public sector unions to assess a fee to non-members in a
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