The Buckeye Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to End Laws that Force Attorneys to Support Political Speech
The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in McDonald v. Firth, urging the court to hear the case and end laws that force lawyers to join state-sponsored bar associations that engage in lobbying on inherently political and ideological issues to practice their profession. “Forcing attorneys to pay dues—that subsidize political and ideological speech—to the State Bar of Texas violates the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of association.”