Trump administration sides against unions in high court fees caseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would oppose public sector unions in a major case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, reversing the view taken by the Obama administration in an identical dispute. The Justice Department filed a friend-of-the-court brief against the unions in a case brought by a non-union government employee in Illinois that targets fees his state and many others compel such workers to pay to unions in lieu of dues to fund collective bargaining and other organized labor activities. He is arguing that such fees violate the free speech rights of non-union members. The high court heard a similar challenge out of California in January 2016 and had appeared headed toward ruling the fees unconstitutional. But conservative justice Antonin Scalia died a month later and the short-handed court ended up with a 4-4 split in April 2016 that left the law intact but set no nationwide precedent. In that case, the Obama administration filed a brief backing the unions. Addressing the change of position, Solicitor General Noel Francisco said in the court filing that after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the new case “the government reconsidered the question and reached the opposite conclusion.” The Trump administration has already adopted opposing positions to those taken by the Obama administration in other major cases pending at the Supreme Court, including another labor case on whether employers should be able to require workers to sign contracts that prevent them from making class action claims. The administration also reversed an Obama administration stance by supporting Ohio in its bid to revive a state policy of purging people from voter-registration lists if they do not regularly cast ballots. politicsNews
trump administration sides unions high court fees casewashington reuters the trump administration wednesday said would oppose public sector unions major case currently supreme court reversing view taken obama administration identical dispute the justice department filed brief unions case brought government employee illinois targets fees state many others compel workers pay unions lieu dues fund collective bargaining organized labor activities he arguing fees violate free speech rights members the high court heard similar challenge california january appeared headed toward ruling fees unconstitutional but conservative justice antonio scale died month later court ended split april left law intact set nationwide precedent in case obama administration filed brief backing unions addressing change position solicitor general noel francisco said court filing supreme court agreed hear new case government reconsidered question reached opposite the trump administration already adopted opposing positions taken obama administration major cases pending supreme court including another labor case whether employers able require workers sign contracts prevent making class action claims the administration also reversed obama administration stance supporting ohio bid revive state policy purging people lists regularly cast ballots politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Trump administration sides against unions in high court fees caseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would oppose public sector unions in a major case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, reversing the view taken by the Obama administration in an identical dispute. The Justice Department filed a friend-of-the-court brief against the unions in a case brought by a non-union government employee in Illinois that targets fees his state and many others compel such workers to pay to unions in lieu of dues to fund collective bargaining and other organized labor activities. He is arguing that such fees violate the free speech rights of non-union members. The high court heard a similar challenge out of California in January 2016 and had appeared headed toward ruling the fees unconstitutional. But conservative justice Antonin Scalia died a month later and the short-handed court ended up with a 4-4 split in April 2016 that left the law intact but set no nationwide precedent. In that case, the Obama administration filed a brief backing the unions. Addressing the change of position, Solicitor General Noel Francisco said in the court filing that after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the new case “the government reconsidered the question and reached the opposite conclusion.” The Trump administration has already adopted opposing positions to those taken by the Obama administration in other major cases pending at the Supreme Court, including another labor case on whether employers should be able to require workers to sign contracts that prevent them from making class action claims. The administration also reversed an Obama administration stance by supporting Ohio in its bid to revive a state policy of purging people from voter-registration lists if they do not regularly cast ballots. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: trump administration sides unions high court fees casewashington reuters the trump administration wednesday said would oppose public sector unions major case currently supreme court reversing view taken obama administration identical dispute the justice department filed brief unions case brought government employee illinois targets fees state many others compel workers pay unions lieu dues fund collective bargaining organized labor activities he arguing fees violate free speech rights members the high court heard similar challenge california january appeared headed toward ruling fees unconstitutional but conservative justice antonio scale died month later court ended split april left law intact set nationwide precedent in case obama administration filed brief backing unions addressing change position solicitor general noel francisco said court filing supreme court agreed hear new case government reconsidered question reached opposite the trump administration already adopted opposing positions taken obama administration major cases pending supreme court including another labor case whether employers able require workers sign contracts prevent making class action claims the administration also reversed obama administration stance supporting ohio bid revive state policy purging people lists regularly cast ballots politicsnews