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(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus brief Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court, representing an interfaith coalition that includes the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, the Religious Freedom Institute’s Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, and the Abraham Knowledge Academy. The coalition is urging the Court to...
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center submitted an amicus brief Wednesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, advocating for parents’ rights in the case of Woolard v. Thurmond. This case challenges California’s current stance on educational funding, emphasizing the right of families to choose instructional resources...
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center is taking action to protect free speech in the workplace. On October 30th, the organization filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against Illinois’ recently enacted Senate Bill 3649 (SB 3649), which restricts employer speech on religious and political matters. The lawsuit, filed in...
(Orange County Lawyers)—The Orange County Board of Education has joined a lawsuit against the state of California that challenges AB 1955, known as the Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act. Under the new law, policies that previously required school officials to inform parents about their child’s...
(The Chicago Tribune)—The Chicago Teachers Union, representing more than 25,000 educators, touts itself as “the most democratic institution devoted to this city’s schools.” But for more than four years, the CTU has failed to publish mandatory audited financial reports, an obligation intended to maintain transparency and trust between CTU leadership...
(The Daily Signal)—In an interview with the Daily Signal, Liberty Justice Center Senior Counsel Buck Dougherty and plaintiff Dr. Eric Cubin discuss the legal battle for Dr. Cubin’s free speech. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon forced Dr. Cubin to resign from the Wyoming Board of Medicine after the doctor wrote a...
(The Daily Caller)—A joint school board meeting in Kentucky on Thursday has been accused of violating the state’s law by openly using taxpayer resources to oppose a ballot amendment, potentially constituting illegal election interference. The Daviess County School Board and the Owensboro Public Schools held a joint meeting to discuss...
(The Lion)—He wants his job back and he’s keeping his views. A coach involved in a First Amendment lawsuit because he was allegedly fired for suggesting biological males have an advantage over girls in sports is asking to be reinstated immediately. The request to the United States District Court in...
(Chicago City Wire)—The transfer of Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) funds towards political efforts to elect Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in 2023 is at the heart of a recent lawsuit brought by union member Philip Weiss and three other CTU members. Weiss, a Chicago Public Schools social worker who was on...
(The Center Square)—The Liberty Justice Center is suing the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on behalf of four CTU members, demanding that the union produce an audit after failing to do so for four years. In this interview with the Center Square, Liberty Justice Center attorney Dean McGee and plaintiff Philip...
(The Chicago Tribune)—… Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of four CTU members, which alleges the union has not complied with its contractual duties to produce its annual audit detailing union finances. The last published CTU audit covered the first half of 2019, according...
(The National Desk | Crisis in the Classroom)—The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was sued by four of its own members Tuesday, who allege the union has failed to produce a financial audit for four years. CTU’s bylaws require the union to present a report on its finances at each “regular...
(Cook County Record)—As Chicago’s mayor prepares to install a new school board believed to be more amenable to the mayor’s plans to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to meet some of the contract demands of his allies in the Chicago Teachers Union, that union has been hit with a...
(Fox 32 Chicago)—The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of four Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members, demanding that the union release a financial audit after allegedly failing to do so for the past four years. According to the Liberty Justice Center, the organization sent a demand letter...
(The Daily Caller)—The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has failed to produce required financial audits disclosing how its money was spent over the past four years, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Multiple union members who work for Chicago Public Schools filed the suit alleging CTU’s most recent audit only covered...