The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected Gov. Rick Snyder’s request for an advisory opinion on whether thestate’s 3-month-old right-to-work law is constitutional.
“We are not persuaded that granting the request would be an appropriate exercise of the Court’s discretion,” a unanimous court said Friday.
The right-to-work law, approved hastily by the Legislature’s Republican majority during the December lame-duck session, makes it illegal to require union dues payment as a condition of employment.
Friday’s Supreme Court ruling leaves the new law open to court challenge. Three cases are pending in state and federal courts.
Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.