Indiana Law Targeting Teacher Unions Questioned by Appeals Panel

Teachers unions arguing an Indiana law that singles them out to impose additional administrative burdens on collecting dues violates their constitutional right to assembly got a sympathetic hearing from federal appellate judges Wednesday.

US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judges John Z. Lee and David Hamilton, both nominated by Democratic presidents, said that the Indiana law singles out a specific, comparatively small class of state employees—teachers who are union members—and makes them sign and attest to wage-deduction requirements while other state employees who also may join unions aren’t subject to the same requirements. Those requirements, ...