LJC In The News
Appeals Court Says Parents Can Pursue First Amendment Challenge to LCPS
(Loudoun Now)—The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 14 that several Loudoun County parents can pursue a First Amendment lawsuit against Loudoun County Public Schools’ bias reporting system. The decision reverses the dismissal of a lawsuit by District Court Judge Anthony John Trenga wherein the parents sued...
Court: Virginia Parents’ Lawsuit Can Continue Against Loudoun Schools over Bias Incident Reporting Form
(Center Square)—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit made by Loudoun County, Virginia, parents against their public school system over a bias reporting system, which they argue could chill their children’s freedom of speech. The appeals court overturned a lower court decision...
Fourth Circuit Lets Parents Fight Virginia School Bias Reporting Policy
(Courthouse News Service)—The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that a northern Virginia school system’s bias reporting forms could have a chilling effect on students’ free speech. The opinion, penned by U.S. Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum, orders the district court to reconsider a group of parents’ First Amendment claims on the merits....
An NLRB Lawyer’s Anti-Worker Crusade
Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), has been called a “quiet hero” and an “activist championing the rights of workers from the inside” by the mainstream press. But these fawning tributes ignore the pernicious impact of her work. While she may profess pro-worker sympathies,...
School Choice for Parents Is a State of Emergency?
The Center Square Lawsuit Forces Tennessee to Open State Court Commission Meetings
(The Center Square)—A U.S. District Court judge has granted an injunction, ruling the Tennessee state court’s Advisory Commission must open its meetings to the public either in person or via livestream after a lawsuit filed by The Center Square. Dan McCaleb, vice president of news and content, sued the Tennessee...
A Campus Free-Speech Case with a Dash of Irony
(National Review)—In a promotional video made by Arizona State University (ASU), the school says that it “respects and expects free speech on all of its campuses” and is committed to “fostering the free exchange of ideas.” A case involving a student recently enrolled there raises some questions about how well...
Trade Association Sues Labor Board Prosecutor over Alleged First Amendment Violations
(The Center Square)—Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan, a statewide trade association, is suing the National Labor Relations Board general counsel over allegedly threatening to violate employer free-speech rights. The lawsuit says that Jennifer Abruzzo, NLRB general counsel and prosecutor, would abrogate employer First Amendment rights by using her authority...
Opinion: ‘Geofence’ Warrants Threaten Every Phone User’s Privacy
The last time your phone asked you to allow this or that app access to your location data, you may have had some trepidation about how much Apple or Google know about you. You may have worried about what might come of that, or read about China’s use of the...
Newsmax: Daniel Suhr and former ASU student Tim Tizon discuss appeal of unlawful conviction
Former ASU Student Appeals Conviction for Distributing Constitution
Liberty Justice Center filed an appeal on behalf of a former Arizona State University student who was convicted of trespassing when he handed out copies of the U.S. Constitution on campus. Tim Tizon was arrested last March after he refused to stop distributing pamphlets of the Constitution while still a...
Former Student Appeals Trespass Conviction After Handing out US Constitution Copies at Arizona State University
(Daily Caller)—Liberty Justice Center (LJC), a “national free speech law firm,” filed an appeal against Arizona State University (ASU) Thursday after a former student was convicted of trespassing after handing out constitutions on campus, according to Friday’s press release. Tim Tizon, a now-former Arizona State University student, was arrested in...
Virginia Parents Argue School Ambassador Program Is Discriminatory
(Courthouse News)—Students often join school clubs or organizations hoping to bolster their resumes for college admissions offices. But three Virginia parents claim their children face exclusion from a school system’s student equity ambassador program based on their beliefs and race. On Thursday, a Fourth Circuit panel of three Republican-appointed judges...
State of the Unions
(Chicago Magazine)—As other Midwestern states restrict labor’s power, an amendment on the Illinois ballot would further protect it here. Bruce Rauner hated unions. But as a Republican governor with a Democratic legislature, he knew he couldn’t push through a statewide “right-to-work” law. Such legislation would have allowed employees in unionized...
Judge Blocks IL Dems’ Law to Block Out-of-State Donations to Judge Campaigns
(Cook County Record)—A federal judge has blocked Illinois from enforcing its law forbidding anyone from outside Illinois from contributing to the campaigns of those seeking election as judges, as the federal judge indicated the law appears to be based on little more than Illinois Democrats’ desire to maintain control of...