More Bar Wars

The latest installment in the “Bar Wars” litigation about speech by compulsory bar associations is Boudreaux v. Louisiana State Bar Ass’n, holding:

[T]he majority of speech Boudreaux objects to is germane. Speech can be germane even if it is “controversial and ideological.” But the LSBA crossed the line when it promoted purely informational articles absent any tailoring to the legal profession. That includes the LSBA’s tweet about student-loan reform and its promotion of the History.com article through a pride flag icon. Advancing generic political and social messages in those ways violates the First Amendment rights of the LSBA’s dissenting members. 

No. 22-30564 (Nov. 13, 2023).