LJC In The News
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...
Liberty Justice Center Advocates for School Choice Rights in California Court
(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...
Illinois Employer Speech Ban Faces Legal Challenge
(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 Education Board Sues over Parental Notification Ban
(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...
Dean McGee: Here’s Why Chicago Teachers Are Suing Their Own Union
(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...
Interview: Wyoming Doctor Forced off Medical Board for Exercising His Right to Free Speech
(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...
School Board Accused of Illegal Election Interference after Advocating Against School Choice
(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...
Oregon Track Coach Who Sued after Being Fired for Suggesting an ‘Open’ Division for Trans Athletes Requests Reinstatement
(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...
CTU Members File Lawsuit Against Union, Davis Gates: ‘This Is Not Her Piggy Bank’
(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...
Chicago Teachers Union Threatens Members Who Sued After Four Years with No Audit
(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...
CPS, Teachers Union Set Sights on Special Property Tax Districts to Plug Schools’ Budget Hole with Different Visions
(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...
Chicago Teachers Union Sued by Own Members for Release of Financial Audits
(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...
Lawsuit: CTU Has Wrongly Refused for Years to Release Financial Audits, Show How Spending Members’ Dues
(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...
CTU Accused of Intimidation, Lack of Financial Transparency in Lawsuit
(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...