U.S. Supreme Court Is ‘Fertile’ Ground for Property-Rights Group

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling for a California strawberry farm that sought to keep union organizers away shows that the court “takes property rights very seriously,” said Larry Salzman, litigation director for the Pacific Legal Foundation, the group that won the case.

For progressives, the 6-3 party-line vote on June 23 in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid is the latest blow to workers and a troubling sign of things to come from a court dominated by six Republican appointees.

Whatever one’s vantage point, the win that brings PLF’s high-court record to 13-2 is the latest sign that the group has ...