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As required by Supreme Court Rule 33. l(h), I certify that the Reply Brief for Petitioners contains 2,913 words, excluding the parts of the Brief that are exempted by Supreme Court Rule 33.l(d).

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But none of its vehicle arguments are persuasive.

“Second, the State’s reading of Janus imagines compulsion when none exists.” App. 19. “[W]hen ‘the employee has a choice of union membership and the employee chooses to join, the union membership money is not coerced.’” Id. ...

Supreme Court of tfje fHnttefc States

Respondent.

On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court for the State of Alaska

As required by Supreme Court Rule 33.1(h), I cer- tify that the Brief in Opposition of Respondent Alaska State Employees Association / American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO in the above entitled case complies with the typeface requirement of Supreme Court Rule 33.1(b), being prepared in Century Schoolbook 12 point type for the text and 10 point for the footnotes, and that the brief complies with the word limit specified by Rule words, ex- 33.1(g)(ii) because it contains 7,488 cluding the parts that are exempted by Supreme Court Rule 33.1(d), as needed.

Dated: October 30, 2023

Supreme Court of tfje fHntteb BtaM

Respondent.

On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court for the State of Alaska