LJC In The News
WATCH: What Happens to U.S. Trading Partners on July 9? Trump Decides
(The Center Square)—President Donald Trump faces a self-imposed July 9 deadline to reach trade deals with dozens of U.S. trading partners, but the White House isn’t worried. “The deadline is not critical,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. “The president can simply provide these countries with a deal if they...
Michael McConnell and Neal Katyal Join Our Tariff Litigation Team
(Reason)—I am pleased to announce that leading legal scholars and Supreme Court litigators Neal Katyal and Michael McConnell have joined the litigation team for VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump – the case challenging Trump’s abusive “Liberation Day” tariffs filed by the Liberty Justice Center and myself. The support of prominent...
WILL Supports Challenge to Secret School Gender Transitions
(Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty)—WILL, in partnership with the Liberty Justice Center (LJC), has filed an amicus brief with the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, urging it to overturn the district court decision in Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District. The trial court held that schools...
LJC Urges Appeals Court To Uphold Dismissal of West Virginia Foster Care Lawsuit
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, advocating for the affirmation of a district court’s dismissal of Jonathan R. v. Morrisey. This 2019 lawsuit seeks to impose federal judicial oversight on West Virginia’s foster care...
Conservative and Libertarian Public Interest Group Letter Opposing “Big Beautiful Bill” Provision that Undermines Access to Justice
(Reason)—In a previous post, I criticized a dangerous provision of the Senate version of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that would radically undermine judicial protection for constitutional rights by requiring litigants seeking preliminary injunctions against illegal federal government actions to post potentially enormous bonds. There, I highlighted a critique by Arizona...
Colorado’s Mental Health Practice Act Challenged At Supreme Court
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) today announced it has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, strongly advocating for the protection of First Amendment rights for mental health professionals in a pivotal case challenging Colorado’s Mental Health Practice Act. The LJC’s brief supports licensed professional counselor...
Opinion: How Trump’s Imposition of Massive Tariffs is Repeating the “Ship Money” Abuses of King Charles I
How Uncertainty Around Tariffs is Affecting Housing Affordability in the Capital Region
(Sacramento News & Review)—There is already a crisis of available and affordable housing in America. But now, political uncertainty and economic volatility could make home buying even less attainable. For the last two decades, higher housing prices have overrun workers’ wage increases that might have helped offset rising prices of...
Court Allows Trump to Uphold Tariffs
(Arkansas Democrat Gazette)—A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause granted shortly after another panel of judges ruled in late May that the import taxes were illegal. The decision from...
Student Finally Scores Victory Over School Board Language Police
(Federation for American Immigration Reform)—When asked about the process of how to maximize learning Albert Einstein once remarked, “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Most educators would agree, though evidently not some in the Davidson County, North Carolina, school system — especially if the question involves a prickly...
What to Know About the Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs
(Bloomberg)—The fate of President Donald Trump’s trade war lies in the hands of the courts as a legal battle plays out over his use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. The US Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that the vast majority of Trump’s levies were issued illegally...
Trump Tariffs Can Stay in Effect Longer, Appeals Court Says
(Bloomberg Law)—Donald Trump can continue to enforce his global tariffs for now, a federal appeals court held in a win for the president on one of his signature economic policies. The order Tuesday by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit extends an earlier, short-term reprieve for the...
Trump Claims ‘Great And Important’ Tariff Court Win: Here’s Why That’s Wrong
(Forbes)—President Donald Trump hailed an appeals court ruling keeping his tariffs in place temporarily as a “great and important win” Wednesday morning, falsely claiming the court upheld his “Liberation Day” tariffs—though the actual court ruling says nothing about the merits of Trump’s signature policy, and judges could still strike the...
Appeals Court Allows Trump to Continue Collecting Tariffs
(The Center Square)—An appeals court ruled late Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs can remain in place while a legal challenge over his authority to impose import taxes continues. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request for a longer pause after temporarily staying the...
Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs in Place for Now
(Wall Street Journal)—A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to keep the president’s far-reaching tariffs in effect for now but agreed to fast track its consideration of the case this summer. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit extended its earlier temporary pause of...