LJC In The News
Burlington Company Helps Topple Trump’s Tariffs
Colin Flanders | February 20, 2026 (Seven Days) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, a final ruling in a case that originated with a lawsuit brought by a Burlington-based women’s cycling gear company. Terry Precision Cycling was one of five American businesses waging...
While corporate America stayed silent, a small wine importer risked his business to challenge Trump’s tariffs
Elisabeth Buchwald | February 21, 2026 (CNN Business) When President Donald Trump announced plans to raise the nation’s effective tariff rate to levels not seen since 1930 last year, most CEOs were silent. They’d seen how opposing the president’s ambitions – let alone his signature economic policy – could prove...
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
Doug Palmer, Josh Gerstein, and Daniel Desrochers | February 20, 2026 (Politico) The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs — a major repudiation of a core piece of Trump’s economic program. The 6-3 decision is a rare instance of the conservative-led court reining in Trump’s...
Opinion: Transparency isn’t a political attack — it’s a public obligation
Sara Albrecht | February 20, 2026 (Crain’s Chicago Business) Chicago Teachers Union leaders would like the public to believe that recent federal scrutiny of their finances is part of a right-wing conspiracy — an attack on educators, students, and social justice itself. That framing may be effective rally rhetoric. It...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs
James Romoser and Gavin Bade | February 20, 2026 (The Wall Street Journal) Ruling finds president exceeded his powers by imposing duties without clear congressional authorization; Trump says he is ‘ashamed’ of certain justices WASHINGTON—President Trump’s global tariffs are illegal, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, in a stinging repudiation of...
Interview: Bloomberg: Sara Albrecht on Supreme Court Tariff Case Victory
(Bloomberg Podcasts) In this interview, Sara Albrecht, Liberty Justice Center Chair, joins Bloomberg Podcasts to discuss the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling limiting the president’s use of the International Emergency Powers Act to impose broad tariffs. Liberty Justice Center challenged the administration’s reliance on emergency powers to implement sweeping trade levies...
Judge Sues Illinois Supreme Court Justices Over Removal He Calls First Amendment ‘Retaliation’
Tim Hecke | 2/19/2026 CWB Chicago A retired Cook County judge who was recalled to the bench late last year to help manage the county’s crushing caseload backlog, only to be dumped by the state Supreme Court six weeks later over an opinion column he wrote as a private citizen,...
Supreme Court Petitioned to Hear Tennessee Open Meetings Case
Kim Jarrett | Feb. 17, 2026 (The Center Square) An open meetings law case involving the Tennessee Judicial Advisory Commission and The Center Square has been requested for hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court. Liberty Justice Center, a national nonprofit law firm, filed on behalf of Dan McCaleb, chief content...
Penn State forces faculty to become DEI zealots to get promoted, wine scientist’s lawsuit say
Greg Piper | February 11, 2026 (Just the News) – Want a promotion in a Pennsylvania State University agricultural program? Be prepared to wax poetic on going above and beyond to advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). That’s the narrative in a First and 14th Amendment lawsuit by a wine-science...
Tariff lawsuit ‘free riders’ lay bare America Inc’s political quandary
Danielle Myles | February 13, 2026 (fDi Intelligence) – The Supreme Court lawsuit challenging the White House’s “liberation day” tariffs, which could be decided as soon as February 20, is the latest manifestation of the difficulty large companies face in contesting the Trump administration’s unorthodox policies. Small importers and public...
Lawsuit: First, 14th amendments violated by Penn State Extension School
Alan Wooten | February 5, 2026 (The Center Square) – First and 14th amendments were violated by the Penn State University Extension School because of “DEI-focused criteria and compelled DEI narratives, rather than merit” in the denial of an employee’s promotion, says a lawsuit filed Thursday. In U.S. District Court...
Teacher says Penn State denied her promotion over DEI views
Liz Lykins | February 10, 2026 (wng.org) When teacher of wine and winemaking Molly Kelly tried to get a promotion at Penn State University Extension School, officials told her that she needed to do more diversity work. So the enology educator reached out to LGBTQ and Greek Orthodox–owned businesses, visiting...
Lawsuit accuses University of New Mexico of discriminating against White medical school applicant
Sean Salai | October 31, 2025 (Washington Times) A former top-scoring medical school applicant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that accuses the University of New Mexico of rejecting him because he is White. In a complaint filed Tuesday in the District Court of New Mexico, Michael Jakiche says...
Pennsylvania State University Sued Over DEI-Driven Promotion Denials
Danielle Shockey | February 5, 2026 (Tampa Free Press) A veteran wine educator at Pennsylvania State University is taking her employer to federal court, alleging that her professional advancement was derailed not by a lack of expertise, but by her refusal to embrace the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
Policies with Chilling Effect on Public Comment Scrapped in Monroe Lawsuit Settlement
Lucas Thomae | February 2, 2026 (Carolina Public Press) Union County, NC, city had required speakers to publicly state addresses. Legal challenge to public comment rule led to settlement nixing it. A Charlotte-area resident has settled a free speech lawsuit against the City of Monroe and its mayor, whose public...