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The Supreme Court of Washington Blog provides news, information, and analysis of the cases before the Supreme Court of Washington.

Whether a local taxing district properly adopted a property assessment.

Did Gov. Gregoire violate the separation of powers doctrine by issuing failed climate change legislation as an executive order?

Whether Arizona’s requirement to show proof of citizenship before registering to vote is constitutional.

Public school teacher classified as a religious objector was denied her request to redirect her dues to a particular charity by the VEA.

Should the drug and alcohol testing results of public employees be made public?  

Whether it was constitutional for Indiana to require photo ID for poll voting.

Unions challenged an Idaho law that prohibits unions from using state payroll deductions to collect political contributions.

  Whether requiring an agency to scan paper records to create electronic copies would require the agency to create a “new record” under the Public Records Act.

Whether property developers, as part of a project-level permit application, should be required to re-study or re-litigate regional planning decisions made by governing bodies.

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Whether Secretary of State Reed violated federal election law by accepting voter registration applications from 16 and 17-year-olds.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today the United States Supreme Court announced it has overturned the Washington Supreme Court’s ruling in Washington v. Washington Education Association and Davenport v. Washington Education Association (WEA). The cases are the culmination of a decade’s worth of work by concerned teachers and the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF), a Washington state think tank. The Court’s ruling could potentially affect millions of union-represented workers nationwide.