LJC In The News
CPS, Illinois State Board of Education Under Federal Investigation Over Title IX Violation Allegations
(WTTW)—The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into Chicago Public Schools, the Illinois State Board of Education and Deerfield Public Schools alleging violations of sex discrimination. The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) last week announced the investigations, which it said were spurred by allegations “that these entities violated...
U.S. Department of Education Investigates Illinois Schools Over Title IX Complaints
(Prairie State Wire)—Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the initiation of investigations into three educational entities in Illinois: the Illinois Department of Education, Chicago Public Schools District 299, and Deerfield Public Schools District 109. These investigations are prompted by allegations that these institutions violated...
Complaint Filed Against Illinois Education Board Over Alleged Title IX Violations
(Legal Newsline)—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) have filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The complaint targets the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), alleging...
Liberty Justice Center Appeals Court Ruling on Closed Rulemaking Meetings
(Legal Newsline)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) has taken a significant step in its ongoing legal battle to ensure First Amendment rights for journalists and the public in Tennessee. On March 13, LJC filed an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, seeking to overturn a...
Department Investigates Alleged Title IX Violations in Illinois Schools
(Chicago City Wire)—U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the initiation of investigations into three educational entities in Illinois: the Illinois Department of Education, Chicago Public Schools District 299, and Deerfield Public Schools District 109. The investigations stem from allegations that these institutions violated Title IX by...
U.S. Department of Education Investigates Alleged Title IX Violations in Illinois Schools
(Lake County Gazette)—Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated investigations into the Illinois Department of Education, Chicago Public Schools District 299, and Deerfield Public Schools District 109 in response to allegations of Title IX violations. The complaints allege that these entities required girls to share...
Liberty Justice Center Continues Fight to Ensure Meetings of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Judicial Advisory Commission are Open to the Public
(The Tennessee Star)—The Liberty Justice Center is continuing its fight against the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts in a case seeking for all rulemaking meetings of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Judicial Advisory Commission to be open to the public and press. In 2018, the Advisory Commission closed its quarterly...
Judge-Executive Accused of Social Media Censorship in Lawsuit
(Franklin Favorite)—A lawsuit filed by the Liberty Justice Center alleges a Simpson County official violated a resident’s First Amendment rights by blocking him from an official social media page. The lawsuit, filed March 12 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Bowling Green Division, claims Simpson County...
Federal Investigation Opens Into Illinois Schools Over Transgender in Girls’ Locker Room
(The Washington Times)—Illinois education authorities were hit with a federal probe over a mother’s report that her middle-school daughter and other girls were required to change clothes in the same locker room as a biological male who identifies as female. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened investigations...
U.S. Department Of Education Launches Title IX Investigation Into Illinois, Chicago Public Schools
(Tampa Free Press)—The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened investigations into the Illinois Department of Education, Chicago Public Schools District 299, and Deerfield Public Schools District 109 following complaints of alleged Title IX violations. The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) and the Defense of Freedom Institute...
OCR Launches Investigations into Illinois DOE, the Chicago Public School District 299, and Deerfield Public Schools District 109 Over Reported Title IX Violations
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into the Illinois Department of Education, the Chicago Public Schools District 299, and the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 in Illinois amid allegations that these entities violated Title IX by requiring girls in the school to share...
Illinois BOE Hit with Complaint over Gender-Inclusive Bathroom Policies
(National Review)—After Illinois mom Nicole Georgas blew the whistle on Deerfield School District 109′s “inclusive bathroom” policies that allowed a male in her 13-year-old daughter’s middle-school locker room, the Illinois Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools have been hit with a federal civil rights complaint. Filed this week by...
Title IX Complaint Accuses Illinois Schools of ‘Forcing’ Students to Share Private Spaces With Transgender Classmates
(Washington Examiner)—Two organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Illinois State Board of Education and the state’s largest school district over allegations that the academic institutions violated Title IX regulations. The ISBE and Chicago Public Schools failed to comply with Title IX regulations prohibiting sexual discrimination in the...
Simpson Co. Judge/Executive Mason Barnes Sued Over Alleged First Amendment Violations
(WBKO)—Simpson County Judge/Executive Mason Barnes is facing a lawsuit from the Liberty Justice Center, which claims he violated a whistleblower’s First Amendment rights by censoring online speech critical of county government. The lawsuit, filed March 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, alleges Barnes retaliated...
Bally’s Chicago Sells Private Shares As Minority-Only IPO Remains On Hold
(Providence Business Journal)—The IPO for women and minorities faces legal challenges and has yet to be approved by the SEC. Bally’s Chicago is working to sell $195 million in private shares as its controversial race and gender-based IPO remains stalled. The company, a subsidiary of the Providence-based Bally’s Corp., is...