LJC In The News
The Lion
Free Speech Triumph for School Choice Advocate in Federal Case
July 15, 2025
(The Lion)—A school choice advocate has won a federal free speech case against a Kentucky school district that banned him from its official Facebook page after he criticized the district’s use of public resources to oppose a 2024 ballot measure. Corey DeAngelis filed the lawsuit after Pulaski County Schools deleted...
Fox Business
Interview: Mother Speaks out after Court Approves Son’s Free Speech Settlement
July 10, 2025
(Fox Business)—In this interview with Fox Business, Director of Educational Freedom Dean McGee and client Leah McGhee discuss LJC’s recent free speech victory for a North Carolina high schooler was suspended and harshly accused of racism for asking a question containing the phrase “illegal alien.” To learn more about the...
Tampa Free Press
Liberty Justice Center Continues Legal Battle Against Trump “Liberation Day” Tariffs: Appeals Court to Hear Arguments on Administration’s Authority to Impose Tariffs
July 8, 2025
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) today intensified its legal challenge against the Trump Administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, filing a response brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This move marks a critical juncture in a case that questions the President’s authority to unilaterally impose...
The Center Square
National Groups Join Ohio Man’s Fight to Make His Whiskey
July 8, 2025
(The Center Square)—Organizations around the country have joined an Ohio man’s case to end a federal ban on homemade spirits. Less than two weeks after John Ream appealed a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruling that dismissed his case, The Buckeye Institute announced five renowned policy...
Reason
Federal Circuit Appellate Brief Filed in Our Tariff Case
July 8, 2025
(Reason)—Today, the Liberty Justice Center and I filed our appellate brief in VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump, the case challenging Trump's massive "Liberation Day" tariffs. Our litigation team also now includes Neal Katyal and Michael McConnell, leading constitutional law scholars and appellate litigators on different sides of the political spectrum....
Blaze Media
Opinion: School Censorship Backfires in Costly Free Speech Beatdown
July 8, 2025
(Blaze Media)—Pulaski County, Kentucky, tried to silence dissent with a ‘block’ button. Instead, it triggered a costly reckoning under the First Amendment. Last year, I took a stand against the Pulaski County School District in Kentucky when the district tried to silence me for speaking out against its unlawful political...
The Center Square
High Schooler’s Free Speech Case Settlement Approved by Federal Judge
July 3, 2025
(The Center Square)—Federal court approval has been given in a free speech case involving a North Carolina school board and a student no longer in the respective district. Christian McGhee, then 16 and a student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, and his parents Leah and Chad, sued the...
Fox News
Court Approves Settlement after North Carolina Student Suspended for ‘Illegal Aliens’ Comment
July 2, 2025
(Fox News)—Federal court approves settlement after student's three-day suspension sparked free speech lawsuit....
CATO
How One Man’s Passion for French Wine Brought Down Trump’s “Emergency” Tariffs
June 30, 2025
(CATO)—Victor Owen Schwartz didn’t set out to take on the White House. He set out to find good wine. What began as a young man’s love of food and travel led him from catering jobs in New York to grape picking in French vineyards in the 1980s. That passion became...
The Center Square
WATCH: What Happens to U.S. Trading Partners on July 9? Trump Decides
June 26, 2025
(The Center Square)—President Donald Trump faces a self-imposed July 9 deadline to reach trade deals with dozens of U.S. trading partners, but the White House isn't worried....
Reason
Michael McConnell and Neal Katyal Join Our Tariff Litigation Team
June 25, 2025
(Reason)—I am pleased to announce that leading legal scholars and Supreme Court litigators Neal Katyal and Michael McConnell have joined the litigation team for VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump - the case challenging Trump's abusive "Liberation Day" tariffs filed by the Liberty Justice Center and myself. The support of prominent...
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
WILL Supports Challenge to Secret School Gender Transitions
June 24, 2025
(Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty)—WILL, in partnership with the Liberty Justice Center (LJC), has filed an amicus brief with the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, urging it to overturn the district court decision in Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District. The trial court held that schools...
Legal Newsline
Group Files Amicus Brief against Judicial Overreach in West Virginia Foster Care Case
June 23, 2025
(Legal Newsline)—A nonprofit group that protects constitutional rights has filed an amicus brief in a West Virginia case, saying the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals should affirm the dismissal of a case. The lawsuit, Jonathan R. v. Morrisey, was filed in 2019. It asks the court address shortcomings in West...
Tampa Free Press
LJC Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Dismissal of West Virginia Foster Care Lawsuit
June 23, 2025
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, advocating for the affirmation of a district court’s dismissal of Jonathan R. v. Morrisey....
Reason
Conservative and Libertarian Public Interest Group Letter Opposing “Big Beautiful Bill” Provision that Undermines Access to Justice
June 21, 2025
(Reason)—In a previous post, I criticized a dangerous provision of the Senate version of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that would radically undermine judicial protection for constitutional rights by requiring litigants seeking preliminary injunctions against illegal federal government actions to post potentially enormous bonds. There, I highlighted a critique by Arizona...