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Lawsuits: City Hall, Bally’s Illegally Blocking White Males from Investing in New Chicago Casino
Opinion: Trump’s Educational Freedom Order Extends School Choice Week for Four More Years
(The Federalist)—President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing federal agencies to find ways to prioritize school choice programs — a sharp reversal from the previous administration’s hostile opposition to reform. As part of a growing trend, there are already around a dozen states operating universal school choice programs...
Nebraska Supreme Court to Weigh Part of Handgun Restrictions Lawsuit Against Lincoln
(Nebraska Examiner)—The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether a group of gun owners needs to run afoul of Lincoln weapons ordinances and an executive order by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird before suing the city for enacting them. The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association, with help from the...
Truckers File Lawsuit Arguing They Shouldn’t Lose Second Amendment Rights Just Because They Cross State Lines
(The Federalist)—A complaint challenges Minnesota’s refusal to recognize lawfully issued firearms permits of 29 other states. Do rights granted under the U.S. Constitution end at the border of one state when a citizen enters another? Generally speaking, no. The privileges and immunities clause of Article IV, Section 2, of the...
Firearms Lawsuit Against Lincoln Reaches Nebraska Supreme Court
(KMTV Action 3 News)—’Constitutional carry’ has been an issue among lawmakers since it went into effect in 2023. On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court announced it’ll hear a lawsuit challenging Lincoln’s gun restrictions. Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center says the state should strike the city restrictions and...
Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Lincoln Gun Restrictions
(Tampa Free Press)—The Nebraska Supreme Court has announced it will hear the Liberty Justice Center’s challenge to Lincoln’s firearms restrictions, including an executive order issued by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird banning guns on city property, such as parks, trails, and sidewalks. The lawsuit contends that these measures violate Nebraska’s statewide...
Nebraska Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Lincoln Gun Regulations
(KOLN)—The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Liberty Justice Center’s legal challenge to several City of Lincoln weapon ordinances and an executive order by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. The Court issued an order granting the Liberty Justice Center’s petition on Thursday. A hearing date has not yet been...
Kentucky School District Sued for Allegedly Blocking School Choice Activist on Facebook
(The National Desk | Crisis in the Classroom)—A school choice activist sued a Kentucky school district’s board Wednesday for allegedly violating his right to free speech by blocking him from its Facebook page. Corey DeAngelis, who has over 190,000 X followers and is the executive director of the Educational Freedom...
Liberty Justice Center Files Lawsuit Against Kentucky School District for First Amendment Violations
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center has initiated legal action against the Pulaski County School District in Kentucky, alleging violations of the First Amendment rights of Corey DeAngelis, an educational advocate and member of the Center’s board. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
Interview: Attorney Defending Two Truckers’ Second Amendment Rights Discusses Minnesota Lawsuit
(WDAY Radio Midday)—In this interview, Senior Counsel Loren Seehase joins WDAY Radio Midday’s Austin Erickson to discuss the Liberty Justice Center’s lawsuit defending two truckers’ Second Amendment rights. The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two long-haul truckers in early January, arguing that Minnesota’s failure to recognize...
Interview: Lawyer for TikTok User Reacts to Supreme Court Weighing TikTok Ban
(The Washington Times | Court Watch Podcast)—Jacob Huebert, President of the Liberty Justice Center and lead counsel for one of the parties in the Supreme Court’s TikTok case, breaks down Friday’s hearing in this episode of the Washington Times’ Court Watch Podcast. Read more about the Liberty Justice Center’s lawsuit...
Interview: SCOTUS Hears Arguments Against TikTok Ban—Lawyer Talks First Amendment Fight with BBC News
(BBC News)—In this interview with BBC News, Liberty Justice Center President Jacob Huebert discusses LJC’s First Amendment lawsuit against the proposed federal TikTok ban, which the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on last Friday. The Court is expected to issue a decision on whether or not to halt the...
Opinion: Trump Has Changed His Tune On TikTok. The Supreme Court Should Listen
(Tampa Free Press)—In his first term, President Trump tried to ban TikTok. Now he’s changed his tune: he’s asking the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of the federal ban that’s set to take effect on January 19. The reason: so that, after he takes office on January 20, he can...
TikTok’s Future Hangs in Balance at Friday’s Supreme Court Arguments
(The Hill)—TikTok’s future will hang in the balance Friday when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments over a federal law that could ban the video-sharing platform nationwide in less than 10 days. In its waning days, the Biden-era Justice Department will square off in the courtroom against lawyers for TikTok...
Attorney Jacob Huebert Details TikTok Case Being Argued in the Supreme Court This Week
(The Tennessee Star)—Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center, detailed this week’s upcoming oral arguments in the case TikTok, Inc. v. Garland before the U.S. Supreme Court, explaining how the plaintiffs in the case are seeking to prevent the current law requiring TikTok to divest from its parent company...