NEW : Illinois practice is clear First Amendment violation , Justice Samuel Alito writes . NEW : The Supreme Court has ruled that the government can force a private company to turn over information about its customers if it wants to investigate them for possible terrorism or other crimes. `` Home care employees are among our lowest-paid workers , and this decision will make it harder for them to come together to improve conditions . '' The ruling says Illinois home health care workers ca n't be forced to pay union dues . Experts : Ruling will limit unions ' ability to expand but does n't deliver blow some had feared .
NEW : Illinois practice is clear First Amendment violation , Justice Samuel Alito writes . NEW : The Supreme Court has ruled that the government can force a private company to turn over information about its customers if it wants to investigate them for possible terrorism or other crimes. The ruling says Illinois home health care workers ca n't be forced to pay union dues . Experts : Ruling will limit unions ' ability to expand but does n't deliver blow some had feared .