LJC In The News
Op-ed: America’s Constitution Still Knows How to Say No
Sara Albrecht | June 24, 2026 (National Review) The tariff case, the Supreme Court’s final decisions of the term, and the nation’s Semiquincentennial all point to the same lesson: liberty depends on limits. In a few days, the Supreme Court will release its final decisions of the term. Commentators will...
Unions still haven’t accepted Janus
Mark Janus | June 23, 2026 (Washington Examiner) On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Janus v. AFSCME, overturning Abood v. Detroit Board of Education and restoring First Amendment rights to millions of public-sector workers. The decision was simple but profound: Government employees cannot be forced to subsidize a...
NY unions put a target on my back — for helping their members escape
Aaron Withe | June 17, 2026 (New York Post) I run the organization New York is trying to shut down. A few days ago, at the tail end of its legislative session, Albany lawmakers passed a bill giving Attorney General Letitia James sweeping new powers to investigate and fine any...
How a Conservative Nonprofit Won a Huge Case Against Trump and Suffered for It
Lydia Wheeler | June 16, 2026 (Wall Street Journal) Liberty Justice Center lost donors because it successfully challenged the president’s global tariffs Sara Albrecht’s conservative nonprofit spent $3.5 million challenging the legality of President Trump’s global tariffs, and the gamble appeared ready to pay off when the Supreme Court signaled...
A New York Bill Protects Unions, Not Workers
Aaron Withe | June 14, 2026 (Wall Street Journal) Regarding your editorial “A New York Union Protection Act” (Review & Outlook, June 9): I run the Freedom Foundation, the organization that New York is trying to shut down. Assembly Bill A10835A makes it illegal to “falsely impersonate” a union representative....
CPS CEO Macquline King Defends District in Testimony Before GOP-Led Congressional Committee
Author: Matt Masterson Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King defended the school district in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday amid congressional criticism of CPS support for trans students and “ideological agendas.” King testified Wednesday at a hearing titled “Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America’s...
Trump Admin Seeks to Limit Billions in Tariff Refunds
James Morely III | June 9, 2026 (Newsmax) The Trump administration is defending its effort to limit refunds of billions of dollars in tariffs that were collected before the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime earlier this year. The dispute centers on whether the government must...
Opinion: When Small Businesses Defended the US’s Constitutional Order
Sara Albrecht | June 9, 2026 (FDI Intelligence) It has become fashionable, especially outside the US, to question whether American democracy still works. I understand why. Our politics are loud, our institutions are tested constantly and our disagreements often spill into public view in ways that can look chaotic, even...
The Illinois Bar vs. Free Speech
Illinois punishes a state judge who wrote a pro-Trump op-ed. The Editorial Board | June 5, 2026 (The Wall Street Journal) Free speech is under assault in many places these days, but traffic court? Leave it to Illinois, where the state Supreme Court kicked a Cook County judge off the...
600 California schools accused of secretly ‘transitioning’ children behind parents’ backs
Attorneys for a group of concerned parents warned that schools hiding a child’s request to change names, pronouns, or gender identity at school from parents burden their constitutional rights. LifeSiteNews Staff | June 3, 2026 (LifeSiteNews) An attorney group sent a letter on behalf of a group of concerned parents...
Law firm: California’s Gender Policies Violate Constitution
Chris Woodward | June 2, 2026 (The Center Square) Nonprofit tells Bonta that schools are violating First, 14th Amendments by hiding students’ gender transitions A law firm is putting California Attorney General Rob Bonta on notice about keeping parents in the dark about their children’s gender transitions. Liberty Justice Center...
New Parental Rights Watchdog Warns California Attorney General to Follow the Constitution
Tim Snowball | June 2, 2026 (Los Angeles Daily News) On June 2, 2026, Liberty Justice Center’s new Parental Action and Rights Enforcement to ensure Notice, Transparency and Safety initiative (PARENTS) sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta demanding he advise approximately 600 school districts to comply with...
Exclusive: Judge sues Illinois Supreme Court for unconstitutional dismissal, violation of free speech, due process
Michaela Estruth | May 8, 2026 (The Lion) An Illinois circuit court judge is suing the state Supreme Court for circumventing its designated authority and unconstitutionally dismissing him without warning. When Judge James R. Brown received orders for a temporary reappointment to an Illinois district bench, he was overjoyed to...
Court rules against the tariff Trump enacted after Supreme Court defeat
The U.S. Court of International Trade dealt a blow to the 10 percent global import tax that President Donald Trump imposed after losing on tariffs at the Supreme Court. David J. Lynch | May 7, 2026 (The Washington Post) A specialized federal court in New York delivered a new blow...
Trade Court Rules Trump’s 10% Global Tariff Illegal
A panel of federal judges found that President Trump could not legally impose the tariff on most imports. Tony Romm and Ana Swanson | May 7, 2026 (The New York Times) A panel of federal judges on Thursday found… To read this article at its source in full, click here....