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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Supreme Court Is Back in Session

    The Supreme Court is back in action hearing arguments today, and California figures in a couple of significant cases that will come up before the court. A group of teachers is suing the California Teachers Association arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay union fees if they don’t join the union.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 5, 2015 • 1 min read

    The Supreme Court is back in action hearing arguments today, and California figures in a couple of significant cases that will come up before the court. A group of teachers is suing the California Teachers Association arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay union fees if they don’t join the union. And there’s a case against DirecTV involving those online legal contracts we all agree to without reading them.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Greg Stohr

      Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg

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      professor of law at UCLA, and author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America"

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