LJC In The News
Rocklin School Board Commences Another Fight to Uphold its Illegal Forced Outing Policy
(The Sacramento Bee)—Rocklin Unified School District has recruited a nonprofit law firm to represent it in its ongoing legal fight with the state surrounding its policy that forces teachers and school staff to out transgender students to their parents. Since the district trustees voted to implement a policy requiring school...
Mandatory Captive Rules in Limbo for California Employers – 2 Federal Lawsuits Challenge SB 399 and Looming Issue Before the NLRB
(Labor & Employment Law Blog)—As discussed in our recent article, the introduction of SB 399 in California (approved and added as California Labor Code section 1137) sparked significant discussion and concern among California employers with union employees. The legislation, which became effective January 1, 2025, restricts so-called “captive audience meetings”...
LNG Bunkering in US Unshackled as Gov’t Reverses Restrictions
(Offshore Energy)—As informed, the Department of Energy’s oversight was withdrawn under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for ship-to-ship transfers of liquefied natural gas as a bunkering fuel at the end of February 2025. With the DOE’s jurisdiction gone, the path has now been cleared for LNG bunkering to be performed...
Liberty Justice Center Urges Fifth Circuit to Hear Animal Rights Activists’ Free Speech Case Against Houston
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center, a nonprofit legal group, filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to take up a free speech lawsuit brought by two animal rights activists against the city of Houston. The case, stemming from the activists’ repeated...
Legal Battle Heats up as Chicago Teachers Union Refuses to Release Years of Missing Audits
(The Lion)—“What are they hiding?” That’s the question the Chicago Teachers Union is facing after failing to release audits for more than four years, despite its own legally binding bylaws requiring the union to do so. The CTU’s bylaws state that the union’s financial secretary “shall furnish an audited report”...
Parents’ Rights Victory: California School District to Keep Parental Notification Policy
(The Lion)—A California school district will continue being able to notify parents when students request changes to their official or unofficial records after a lengthy legal battle over the district’s policy concluded this week. The lawsuit began in 2023, when the state of California sued Chino Valley Unified School District...
Liberty Justice Center Challenges CPSC’s Handling of Weighted Infant Sleep Product Standards
(Legal Newsline)—The Liberty Justice Center has sent demand letters to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), aiming to hold CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. accountable for actions that have negatively impacted small businesses. In November 2023, the CPSC rejected a proposal...
Liberty Justice Center Appeals Case Against California AG over Ballot Initiative Bias
(Legal Newsline)—The Liberty Justice Center, in collaboration with the law office of Nicole C. Pearson, FACTS LAW TRUTH JUSTICE, has filed an appeal to the California Court of Appeals. The appeal seeks to hold Attorney General Rob Bonta accountable for allegedly violating state law and abusing his power by assigning...
Chino Valley School District’s Parent Notification Policy Upheld by Court
(Legal Newsline)—The Liberty Justice Center has announced a victory regarding parents’ rights in California following the state’s decision not to appeal a court ruling. This decision upholds the Chino Valley Unified School District’s policy of notifying parents when their children request changes to official or unofficial records. The dispute began...
Opinion: Coach Fired for Defending Women’s Sports
(The Daily Signal)—President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order called “Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports.” Among other things, it stops the federal government from subsidizing institutions that allow athletes born male to compete against females. It’s a popular cause. Author J.K. Rowling approvingly posted an iconic image of...
Liberty Justice Center Appeals Case Challenging California AG Rob Bonta’s Alleged Bias, Abuse of Power
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center, alongside the law office of Nicole C. Pearson, FACTS LAW TRUTH JUSTICE, filed an opening brief on February 19 with the California Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The lawsuit alleges...
Court Battle Ends with California School District Keeping Its Revised Parental Notification Policy
(The Epoch Times)—Neither California officials nor the Chino Valley Unified School District have appealed a court ruling over the district’s revised parental notification policy that would inform parents if their child requests changes to his or her school records, according to the school board president and the state attorney general....
Ex-UIC Prof Files Lawsuit Saying He Was Fired for Opposing Racial Hiring Preferences
(Campus Reform)—The Liberty Justice Center recently filed a lawsuit against the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), alleging that a professor was fired because he criticized the school’s hiring practices, which the professor believes are racially discriminatory. The federal lawsuit, which was filed on Feb. 10 in the Eastern Division of...
California School District Defeats State, Maintaining Parental Notification Policy
(The Center Square)—A California school district’s policy of requiring parental notification whenever students seek to change official or unofficial student records was upheld in court and not appealed by the state, suggesting a partial victory for both the state and school district on the matter of paternal notification for student-initiated...
Liberty Justice Center Secures Victory for Parents’ Rights in California School Policy Battle
(Tampa Free Press)—In a win for parental rights, the Liberty Justice Center announced today that the State of California has declined to appeal a court decision upholding the Chino Valley Unified School District’s authority to notify parents when their children request changes to their official or unofficial school records. The...