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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with California farm owners in a labor dispute, striking down a state rule that granted union organizers access to agricultural sites.
The court divided 6-3 along ideological lines, with the conservative majority of justices finding that the rule was unconstitutional.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that the regulation "grants labor organizations a right to invade the growers' property," which violates the Constitution's Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
"Unlike a mere trespass, the regulation grants a formal entitlement to physically invade the growers' land," Roberts wrote. "Unlike a law enforcement search, no traditional background principle of property law requires the growers to admit union organizers onto their premises. And unlike standard health and safety inspections, the access regulation is not germane to any benefit provided to agricultural employers or any risk posed to the public."
I had no idea this was actually a thing.....that states could mandate union access to private property.
The court divided 6-3 along ideological lines, with the conservative majority of justices finding that the rule was unconstitutional.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that the regulation "grants labor organizations a right to invade the growers' property," which violates the Constitution's Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
"Unlike a mere trespass, the regulation grants a formal entitlement to physically invade the growers' land," Roberts wrote. "Unlike a law enforcement search, no traditional background principle of property law requires the growers to admit union organizers onto their premises. And unlike standard health and safety inspections, the access regulation is not germane to any benefit provided to agricultural employers or any risk posed to the public."
I had no idea this was actually a thing.....that states could mandate union access to private property.