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Tariffs Are Taxes, and Congress, Not the President, Gets to Impose Them | Opinion
By Sara Albrecht | Nov. 01, 2026 (NJ.com) In Elizabeth, a family-owned food importer is facing a staggering new cost: an estimated $40 million a year in tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The company is Gellert Global Group, a third-generation family business that imports specialty foods for restaurants, grocery...
Mother No Longer Banned From Her Kids’ Elementary School After Speaking Out Against LGBT Lessons
By Ryan Foley | October 29, 2026 (The Christian Post) Portland Public Schools has agreed to revoke an order barring a Christian parent from school grounds after she raised questions about the use of LGBT lessons at her children’s school. Under the terms of an order signed Monday in the...
Portland Public Schools Rescinds Ban on Woman Who Questioned Child’s Gender Identity Assignment
By Lindsay Kornick | Oct 28, 2026 (FOX News) District agrees to lift trespass order and exempt Roberts’ children from LGBTQ2SIA+ curriculum ahead of December hearing Portland Public Schools rescinded its trespass order against an Oregon mother over her opposition to the district’s gender curriculum, according to a legal group...
Trump Tariffs Challenged: Cheese Importer Case Follows Similar Burlap & Barrel Bid
By Deniz Ataman | 26-Oct-2026 (Food Navigator) The family-owned importer argues the administration unlawfully used a Depression-era law to levy steep tariffs on Canadian imports… Continue reading this article on the Food Navigator website by clicking here. (access limited to subscribers only) To learn more about the LJC Tariff cases,...
Illinois Parents Consider Lawsuit After School District Defends Housing Boys With Girls on Overnight Trips
Tyler O’Neil | October 23, 2026 (Daily Signal) FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Illinois parents are considering a lawsuit after their kids’ school district stood by its policy of placing males with female high school students on overnight trips while withholding information from parents. “In light of the district failing to...
US Food Importer Sues Trump Administration Over 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods
By Michael Sinkewicz | Oct. 21, 2026 (Fox Business) A family-run American food importer sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods, arguing that the duties are unlawful and which the company estimates could cost it roughly $40 million annually on Canadian cheese imports...
Parents Threaten School District for Forcing Girls to Bunk With Boys on Trips, Keeping it Secret
By Greg Piper | October 20, 2026 (Just The News) Another school district settles litigation with Moms for Liberty over gender secrecy policies, alleging board members received death threats for policies it was already in the process of changing. The Supreme Court put school districts on notice this spring that...
Trump Sued Over 50% Tariffs on Canada in Latest Trade Challenge
By Kevin Breuninger | Oct 20, 2026 (CNBC) A new lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges President Donald Trump’s invocation of a Depression-era law to impose 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Trump in July used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to slap those steep tariffs on...
Trump Administration Sued Over 50% Tariffs on Canadian Products
By Lisa Fickenscher | Oct. 20, 2026 (New York Post) The Trump administration was sued over its Canadian tariffs Tuesday by the same group that successfully got the Supreme Court to overturn a large swath of the president’s levies last year. The Liberty Justice Center filed the suit in the...
A New Jersey Food Importer Files a Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods
By PAUL WISEMAN | October 20, 2026 (AP News) WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. The Gellert Global Group, a third-generation family...
Trump Tariffs on Canada Spark Latest Lawsuit Over Trade Powers
By Tony Romm | Oct. 20, 2026 (New York Times) Once again, the president’s ability to wage a trade war without Congress will come before a court that has repeatedly ruled against him. A legal group that has successfully sued to scuttle President Trump’s past tariffs filed another court challenge...
Food Importer Files New Lawsuit to Block Trump’s Canada Tariffs
By Dietrich Knauth | October 20, 2026 (Reuters) US food importer Gellert Global Group on Tuesday sued to stop the Trump administration’s latest tariffs on imports from Canada, saying the duties represent another attempt to claim presidential tariff power that has been rejected in court. Republican President Donald Trump imposed...
Illinois School District Placed Male Roommate Overnight With Teen Girls, Legal Group Claims
By Tyler O’Neil | October 19, 2026 (Daily Signal) An Illinois school district allowed at least one male to share overnight accommodations with female high school students while withholding that information from parents, according to a legal group representing concerned parents. Community High School District 128 in northern Illinois directs...
National Press Foundation: Where the Business Community Stands in Court: An LJC Briefing
By National Press Foundation | October 9, 2026 (National Press Foundation) In this interview Liberty Justice Center Senior Counsel Jeffrey Schwab briefed the National Press Foundation on the legal battles reshaping American trade and business — from landmark Supreme Court victories to ongoing challenges in federal courts. Schwab walks through...
A Missouri School District Censored a Parent’s Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was ‘Upsetting’
Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2026 (Reason Magazine) Annie Palmer was banned from the district’s Facebook page for expressing her displeasure at the hiring of a new elementary school principal. Last April, Missouri’s Kearney School District (KSD) announced that it had hired a new principal to run Southview Elementary School: Ali Stewart,...