LJC In The News
Millions of Californians Use TikTok. It Could Go Away Next Month after Court Upholds Ban
(The Sacramento Bee)—On Jan. 19, 2025, tens of millions of Americans, including millions of Californians, will lose access to their TikTok accounts, unless the U.S. Supreme Court or President Joe Biden intervenes. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law, signed by Biden, to ban the social media video-sharing platform TikTok...
Opinion: Banning Employers from Talking about Politics and Religion Is Unconstitutional
(Crain’s Chicago Business)—The First Amendment protects the free-speech rights of everyone—including employers that want to speak to their employees about topics that are important to them. Read the full opinion piece by Senior Counsel Jeff Schwab here at Crain’s.
...Litigation: First Amendment Rights Violated by Cabarrus County
(The Center Square)—A North Carolina county commission violated a citizen’s First Amendment rights when it banned him from speaking at meetings for three months, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a nonprofit group. The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners made the decision after James Campbell spoke at an April...
‘Forcibly Silenced.’ Man Files Lawsuit Against Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners
(Queen City News)—A lawsuit has been filed involving a Cabarrus County man who is accusing the county of silencing him and violating his First Amendment rights following an incident earlier this year at a Board of Commissioners public meeting. The lawsuit, announced by the Liberty Justice Center, was filed on...
Pressure Mounts on Chicago Teachers Union to Release Mysterious Missing Audits: ‘Something Doesn’t Line Up’
(The New York Sun)—Seven more of the Chicago Teachers Union’s members are joining an effort to get the union to release its financial audits—prompting serious concerns about why the union bosses are resisting their own bylaws. The additional members are joining an effort that started in October when the Liberty...
Advocacy Groups Accuse Consumer Product Safety Commission of Unsubstantiated Claims on Infant Sleep Products
(Sleep Review Magazine)—Two advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit and a demand letter accusing the CPSC and its commissioner of overreach and unsubstantiated claims about the safety of weighted infant sleep products. Summary: Two advocacy groups, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) and the Liberty Justice Center, have taken legal...
Ex-Lake Oswego Coach Seeks Court Order to Get Job Back, Alleging District Violated His Free Speech on Transgender Athletes
(The Oregonian)—A federal judge Friday did not appear ready to order the Lake Oswego School District to put ex-track coach John Parks back to work. But U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon did say in court that he believed a letter Parks wrote protesting a transgender girl’s participation in a...
Chicago Teachers Union Faces Growing Legal Pressure over Financial Transparency
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) announced Thursday that seven additional members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have joined a legal effort to hold union leadership accountable for failing to produce audited financial reports for more than four years. The CTU’s constitution mandates annual audited financial reports, a...
Lawsuit Filed to Defend First Amendment Rights of North Carolina Man Silenced at Public Meeting
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of James Campbell, a North Carolina resident who was forcibly removed and banned from public meetings of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners after exercising his First Amendment rights. James Campbell began attending Cabarrus County Board of...
Judge: Tennessee Court Advisory Meetings Can Stay Closed
Opinion: Federal TikTok Ban Violates First Amendment Free Speech Rights
(The Washington Examiner)—Earlier this year, my company, BASED Politics, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its pending TikTok ban. The ban is a tremendous attack on the free speech rights of content creators, including us, who use this app to voice our opinions and help educate people about...
Free Housing or Fifth Amendment Violation? Supreme Court Urged to Hear LA Eviction Moratorium Case
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus brief Thursday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up GHP Management Corporation v. City of Los Angeles, a case challenging Los Angeles’s COVID-era eviction moratorium as a violation of property owners’ Fifth Amendment rights. In response to the pandemic, Los...
Small Business Group Joins Suit Against Illinois Law Restricting Employer Speech
(The Center Square)—An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a new law that restricts employers’ free speech rights in the workplace. The Schaumburg-based Technology and Manufacturing Association represents more than 800 small businesses in Illinois. The group has joined a lawsuit against Illinois Department of Labor Director...
New Jersey Plumber Wins Case Against Union over Illegal Deductions
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center has secured a significant win for workers’ rights, as a New Jersey union has agreed to settle a lawsuit involving unlawful paycheck deductions from a local plumber’s wages. The case centered on Nicolo Giangrasso, a plumber employed by the Hamilton Township School District, who...
Interfaith Coalition Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Oklahoma Ban on Religious Charter Schools
(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...