Judges over cancellation of union dues grapple with state law

Judges of the Ninth Circuit grappled with a constitutional challenge during oral arguments Wednesday, alleging that public sector unions and Washington state violated workers’ rights by refusing to cancel membership dues.

The Freedom Foundationa conservative free-market advocacy group, is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to revive the case against three local Teamsters and the governor of Washington. Jay Inslee (D).

The group claims that the Teamsters and the governor have a state lawthe Revised Code of Washington Section 41.56.110, which allows the union to refuse to open mail…