LJC In The News
2 Illinois Election Board Democrats Who Blocked Senate President Don Harmon Fines Have Ties to His Donors
By Rick Pearson | December 14, 2025 (Chicago Tribune) Two Democratic members of the Illinois State Board of Elections who helped block nearly $10 million in campaign fines against Democratic Senate President Don Harmon have political ties to organizations that contributed disputed, above-limit donations to Harmon and continued giving to...
UA Professor Sues Board of Regents, Alleging DEI Retaliation and Committee Blacklisting
By Matthew Holloway | Dec. 8, 2025 (AZ Free News) University of Arizona (UA) English professor Dr. Matthew Abraham has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was blacklisted from key faculty-governance committees after raising concerns about DEI-driven hiring practices within his department. The complaint, filed Nov. 25 in the U.S....
Supreme Court Urged To Decide If Diverting Water In California Counts As Government ‘Theft’
Leslie Bolden | Dec. 3, 2025 (Tampa Free Press) A legal battle over California water rights has reached the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court, raising a fundamental constitutional question: When the government commandeers water for environmental reasons, is it merely regulating a resource or physically seizing private property? The...
BRENDAN PHILBIN: Public Schools are Failing Students by Obstructing Free Speech Rights
Brendan Philbin | Dec. 4, 2025 (Human Events) By silencing critics, pushing politics, or imposing beliefs, school districts fail in their central mission of education. And the means of failure are unconstitutional. Across the United States, public school districts bear an immense responsibility: preparing young people to be informed, thoughtful...
University Of Arizona Professor Sues, Claims ‘Blacklist’ For Questioning DEI Hiring
Author: Leslie Bolden | Dec.1, 2025 (Tampa Free Press) A tenured professor at the University of Arizona has slapped the Arizona Board of Regents with a federal lawsuit, alleging he was secretly “blacklisted” from key faculty committees as retaliation for challenging what he viewed as illegal, race-based hiring practices. The...
CTU to cooperate with Congressional inquiry over allegations of missing audits
By: Tahman Bradley and Ethan Illers | November 25, 2025 CHICAGO (WGN-TV) – The Chicago Teachers Union is at the center of a Capitol Hill probe and is now cooperating with a Congressional inquiry into its finances regarding whether the CTU has been keeping financial audits from members. The Republican-controlled...
Federal probe demands Chicago Teachers Union explain missing financial audits since 2020
Senate President Don Harmon Faces New Challenge Over Near-$10M Campaign Finance Fine
Author: Rick Pearson | November 17, 2025 (Chicago Tribune) Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is facing a new challenge over a State Board of Elections staff finding that his campaign committee owes $9.8 million in fines for accepting campaign contributions in excess of state limitations. The libertarian-leaning Liberty Justice Center,...
Interview: College Admission Discrimination Still Exists
(Washington Times) In this interview, Reilly Stephens, Senior Counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, sits down with Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to discuss the case, Jakiche v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico and College Admissions Discrimination. Video by Washington Times Learn...
In New Role, Ryan Walters Takes His Anti-Union Message National
By Linda Jacobson (The74 | October 29, 2025) The former Oklahoma chief inherits a battle with few wins for union detractors. Last year, the conservative Freedom Foundation made headlines with a high-profile effort to convince Miami-Dade teachers to dump their union. Ultimately, it flopped: 83% of members voted to stick...
Trump Says He May Attend Supreme Court Case Challenging Tariffs
By Brett Rowland (The Center Square—Oct 16, 2025) Calling it “one of the most important cases in the history of our country,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he might attend the U.S. Supreme Court arguments challenging his tariff authority in person, an unprecedented move for a sitting president....
Elections Board Hearing Officer Recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon Pay Nearly $10 Million Fine
Author: Rick Pearson (Chicago Tribune-October 14, 2025)— The Illinois State Board of Elections will decide next week whether it should follow a hearing officer’s recommendation and reject state Senate President Don Harmon’s appeal of a nearly $10 million fine for accepting campaign contributions in excess of state campaign finance limits....
Interview: Supreme Court to review Trump’s tariffs. Liberty Justice Center talks with MSNBC
(MSNBC) In this interview on MSNBC with Chris Jensing, Jeffrey Schwab Senior Counsel at Liberty Justice Center, discusses the VOS v. Trump case challenging the legality of President Trump’s tariffs and explores the constitutional questions at stake, the potential economic impact, and what the case could mean for future limits...
Interview: Free Speech Victory in Kentucky on Kentucky’s Voice
(Kentucky’s Voice) In this Interview on Kentucky’s Voice Radio, The Liberty Justice Center’s Senior Counsel, Dean McGee, discusses the First Amendment victory in Simpson County, KY. The case centered on a local official blocking a constituent (Joel Peyton) from an official Facebook page (Conduct barred under recent Supreme Court guidance)....
Interview: Lincoln Gun Owners Supreme Court Victory with 10/11 Now.
(10/11 Now) In this Interview on 10/11 Now, The Liberty Justice Center’s Senior Counsel, Ryan Morrison, discusses the recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision that allows Lincoln gun owners to press on with their lawsuit against the city’s firearm ordinances. The conversation highlights the community impact of the ruling, what it...