LJC In The News
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Parent’s Case Against Chico Unified School District
(KRCR)—A lawsuit filed by Aurora Regino against the Chico Unified School District has been revived by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a previous dismissal. The case centers on a district policy that prohibits school staff from notifying parents about a student’s gender transition unless the student consents. Regino’s...
Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging California School District’s Secrecy Policy
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center is celebrating a legal victory in Regino v. Staley, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a case involving parental rights. The ruling allows Aurora Regino to proceed with her lawsuit against the Chico Unified School District in...
Trump’s New Tariffs Face Legal Challenges to Presidential Power
(Seeking Alpha)—President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, including a 10% blanket levy on all imports, officially took effect this weekend — and legal pushback is already underway, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The administration is leaning on emergency powers to justify the tariffs, citing national security threats like...
Will Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Withstand the Courts?
(The Wall Street Journal)—President Trump’s blanket 10% global tariffs took effect this weekend, with higher rates targeting China and other countries poised to kick in this week. Now come the lawsuits. Trump again is testing the outer boundaries of executive power. No president has ever asserted such unilateral authority over...
Liberty Justice Center Praises New Federal Title IX Investigations Team
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center has commended the U.S. Department of Education for the establishment of a new Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT). The organization views this as a crucial step towards ensuring that schools nationwide adhere to the rights of students and comply with federal law, particularly...
Legal Battle Over ‘Gun-Free Zones’ Reaches Nebraska Supreme Court
(Bearing Arms)—In the wake of Nebraska adopting Constitutional Carry in 2023, the mayors of Lincoln and Omaha expressed their opposition to the move by making some moves of their own; banning lawful concealed carry from all city property via executive orders. Nebraska has had a firearms preemption law in place...
Liberty Justice Center Sues CPSC Over Regulatory Actions Affecting Nested Bean
(Legal Newsline)—The Liberty Justice Center has initiated legal proceedings against the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), representing Nested Bean, Inc. This lawsuit addresses allegations of the CPSC’s excessive regulatory actions, particularly attributed to Commissioner Trumka, which reportedly have harmed Nested Bean’s operations and reputation. Nested Bean, established in 2011...
Nebraska Supreme Court to Decide if Gun Owners Have Standing to Challenge Lincoln Ban of Firearms on City Property
(Nebraska Public Media)—The Nebraska Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case likely to determine if a person must violate a law before they have standing to challenge the law in court. The case stems from a lawsuit brought by gun owners against the City of Lincoln over an...
Nebraska Justices Take Aim at Standing in Challenge to City Property Gun Ban
(Courthouse News Service)—An attorney for Second Amendment advocates told the Nebraska Supreme Court on Thursday that his clients should not be required to face an armed encounter with law enforcement officers in order to challenge the city of Lincoln’s prohibition on firearms in city-owned property. But if a lower court’s...
Nebraska Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Lincoln’s Weapons Ban Challenge
(Nebraska Television Network)—The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday regarding a lawsuit filed by the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) challenging an executive order issued by Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. The order, enacted in September 2023, bans weapons on city property. Jacob Huebert, president of the LJC, said the mayor’s...
Nebraska Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Lincoln’s Firearm Restrictions
(1011 Now/KOLN)—The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over a legal challenge to an executive order and city ordinances regulating firearms on city property in Lincoln. The lawsuit targets Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird’s executive order banning weapons in city parks, trails, and other public spaces, along with several city...
Lincoln-Area Gun Owners Tell Nebraska Supreme Court They Have Standing to Sue City
(Nebraska Examiner)—The lawyer for four Lincoln-area gun owners told the Nebraska Supreme Court during oral arguments Thursday that his clients shouldn’t need to break a Lincoln city ordinance to gain the legal standing to sue and stop a weapons ban on city property. Jacob Huebert, a Texas-based lawyer for the...
Nebraska Supreme Court Hearing Arguments in Gun Ban On City Property
(Lincoln Journal Star)—The Nebraska Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday morning in a legal challenge brought against the city of Lincoln over the city’s ban on guns in public places. The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association and four gun owners — three from Lincoln and a fourth from Seward...
Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs are Illegal
(Reason)—Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced his gargantuan “Liberation Day” tariffs. They impose 10% tariffs on imports from almost every nation in the world (with the notable exception of Russia), plus additional “reciprocity” tariffs on some 60 additional countries, based on an utterly nonsensical formula that isn’t actually about reciprocity at...
Looking for Plaintiffs to Challenge Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs in Court
(Reason)—I have previously written about how Trump’s abusive use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to start a massive trade war can be challenged under the major questions and nondelegation doctrines. See also this analysis by Georgetown law Prof. Jennifer Hillman. The Liberty Justice Center, a...