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Cite as:  585 U. S. ____ (2018) 

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SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 16–1466 
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MARK JANUS, PETITIONER v. AMERICAN FEDER-
ATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL 

EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL 31, ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 

APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
 

[June 27, 2018] 

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, dissenting. 
I join JUSTICE KAGAN’s dissent in full.  Although I joined 
the  majority  in  Sorrell  v.  IMS  Health  Inc.,  564  U. S.  552 
(2011),  I  disagree  with  the  way  that  this  Court  has  since
interpreted  and  applied  that  opinion.    See,  e.g.,  National 
Institute  of  Family  and  Life  Advocates  v.  Becerra,  ante, 
p.  ___.  Having  seen  the  troubling  development  in  First 
Amendment  jurisprudence  over  the  years,  both  in  this 
Court  and  in  lower  courts,  I  agree  fully  with  JUSTICE 
KAGAN  that  Sorrell—in  the  way  it  has  been  read  by  this 
Court—has  allowed  courts  to  “wiel[d]  the  First  Amend-
ment  in  . . .  an  aggressive  way”  just  as  the  majority  does
today.  Post, at 27.