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UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

No. 93-1170.

513 U.S. 454 (1995)

UNITED STATES et al. v. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided February 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Bender argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Michael R. Dreeben, John C. Hoyle, and Alfred Mollin.

Gregory O'Duden argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Elaine Kaplan, Barbara A. Atkin, Mark D. Roth, Anne Wagner, John Vanderstar, Steven R. Shapiro, and Arthur B. Spitzer.*

Stevens, J.,delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, p. 480. Rehnquist, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined, p. 489.

Justice Stevens, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1989 Congress enacted a law that broadly prohibits federal employees from accepting any compensation for making speeches or writing articles. The prohibition applies even when neither the subject of the speech or article nor the person or group paying for it has any connection with the employee's official duties. We must decide whether that statutory prohibition comports...

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