%0 Journal Article
%T Science and Politics in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
%A Ben Pogodzinski
%A Benjamin Michael Superfine
%A David Mayrowetz
%A Regina R. Umpstead
%A Sarah Winchell Lenhoff
%J Educational Policy
%@ 1552-3896
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0895904817741545
%X In March 2017, the Supreme Court decided Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association and upheld the constitutionality of agency fees for nonunion teachers. We examine how Friedrichs reflects a host of issues grouped around a patchwork of ideological commitments regarding teachers unions and public-sector unions more generally, partisan politics, and empirically oriented claims about the impact of teachers unions on students¡¯ educational opportunities. We particularly argue that the case reflects a tension between judicial, scientific, and democratic decision-making, and that courts and reformers should be sensitive to this tension as they consider similar cases moving forward
%K collective bargaining
%K unions
%K labor relations
%K education law
%K legal analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0895904817741545