Friedrichs decision isn't end in fight against public-sector unions

As expected, in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 4-4 tie vote in the critical Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case, which sought to determine whether non-union public employees could be forced to subsidize union collective bargaining.

While the tie vote means that a Ninth Circuit ruling against the non-union plaintiffs will hold sway for the time being, teacher and lead plaintiff Rebecca Friedrichs vows to press for a re-argument of their case before the Supreme Court, saying, “My hopes and spirits are high.”