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Alice O’Brien is general counsel for the National Education Association, which filed an amicus brief in support of the union in Janus v. AFSCME. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is politics, not law.
Matthew Forys is the chief of staff at Landmark Legal Foundation, which filed an amicus brief in support of Mark Janus in Janus v. AFSCME. The Supreme Court upheld the free speech rights of state and local public-sector workers in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and overruled an anomaly in its First Amendment jurisprudence: 1977’s Abood v. Detroit Board of Education.
James Coppess is the associate general counsel for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, which filed an amicus brief in support of the union in Janus v. AFSCME.
Toby Heytens is the solicitor general of Virginia, which joined 19 other states and the District of Columbia in an amicus brief supporting the union in Janus v. American Federation of State County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. [Note: The views stated herein are those of the author alone and are not attributable to the attorney general of Virginia or the commonwealth of Virginia.]
Karen R. Harned is the executive director of the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, which filed an amicus brief in support of Mark Janus in Janus v. AFSCME.
Aaron D. Lindstrom is the solicitor general of Michigan, which filed an amicus brief with 19 other states in support of Mark Janus in Janus v. AFSCME. Kathryn M. Dalzell, an assistant solicitor general, also contributed to this article.