LJC In The News
SEC Pauses Climate Disclosure Rule, Cites Litigation ‘Complexities’
(E & E News | Politico)—The Securities and Exchange Commission paused its new climate disclosure rule Thursday, a move that could give companies “breathing room” amid a pitched legal and political battle over the first-of-its kind federal regulation. In a letter to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the...
Texas School Officials Indicted for Criminal Electioneering, Face Jail Time and Fine If Convicted
(The Lion)—A husband and wife employed by a local school district have been criminally charged after allegations of illegal electioneering in a recent Texas school election. Lindsay and Jesus Lujan, who each work as principals for the Denton Independent School District (ISD), were indicted separately by a grand jury in...
Meta Falsely Links Pro-Parent School Board President to Child Abuse Images
(The Federalist)—The Californians at the center of one of the biggest parents’ rights fights in the nation right now were targeted last month when Meta falsely associated searches of their names with a warning about “child sexual abuse.” President of Chino Valley Unified School District Sonja Shaw was one of...
BREAKING: Local ISD Officials Indicted for Electioneering
(Dallas Express)—Two senior school administrators in Denton County have been indicted for using a school email platform in an alleged electioneering scheme. The indictments of Denton ISD Alexander Elementary principal Lindsay Luján and her husband Jesus Luján, the principal of Borman Elementary, stem from emails they allegedly sent out in...
Tennessee Court Advisory Commission Forced to Livestream Friday Meeting
(The Center Square)—The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure will livestream its 9 a.m. Friday quarterly meeting in compliance with a federal court order to make the meetings public. The meetings have been forced open after a March 2023 preliminary injunction in a lawsuit from The Center...
Opinion: Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Bad-Faith Rebranding of Ballot Initiative Threatens California’s Democracy
(The Orange County Register)—For more than 100 years, California citizens have held an extraordinary power—the right to bypass their politicians and vote directly on laws through ballot initiatives. Recent actions by Attorney General Rob Bonta threaten to permanently undermine that right. In September 2023, Protect Kids California submitted a proposed...
Liberty Justice Center Sends Letter Demanding Harris County DA Investigate Alleged Electioneering Scheme
(Southeast Texas Record)—After the Liberty Justice Center sent a letter demanding that the Denton County district attorney investigate illegal election interference by school officials, registered voters in Harris County contacted LJC with a similar story of corruption in their own school district, a press release states. On March 28, the...
Harris County Voters Seek Criminal Investigation of Huffman Superintendent’s Electioneering
(Texas Scorecard)—Voters in Harris County are demanding that District Attorney Kim Ogg investigate allegations of illegal electioneering by Huffman Independent School District Superintendent Benny Soileau. More than a dozen voters filled out affidavits accusing Soileau of using taxpayer-funded school resources to promote political issues and candidates during a November 2023...
Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute Sue SEC, Challenging Climate ‘Disclosure Rule’
(Southeast Texas Record)—The Liberty Justice Center and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy have jointly filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to challenge recent regulations that require public companies to make extensive disclosures related to climate change. On March 6, the SEC issued a climate “disclosure...
Meta’s Deadline Looms
(American Family News)—The company formerly known as Facebook has been given until 5:00 p.m. PST to respond to a letter on behalf of Chino Valley Unified School Board President Sonja Shaw. As AFN has reported, Shaw is an advocate for parental rights and has pushed for schools in her district...
Meta Falsely Associates School Board President—a Parental Rights Champion—with Child Sexual Abuse
(RedState)—Sonja Shaw, President of the Chino Valley Unified School District School Board, is used to political opponents spinning false tales about her, and seeing those tales end up in disingenuous news stories. After all, she’s not beholden to the teacher’s unions, and she ran as a newcomer in 2022 on...
States Take on ‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’ Before Supreme Court
(The Washington Stand)—The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a challenge to the Biden administration’s “censorship-industrial complex,” as Family Research Council President Tony Perkins described its methods of coercing or pressuring social media platforms to “stifle constitutionally protected speech that it viewed as misinformation or disinformation.” Whatever the court...
Oregon Man’s Lawsuit Against FBI over No Fly List May Proceed
(The Center Square)—The United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of a man suing the FBI over what he feels is a violation of his Fifth Amendment right to due process. The court ruled that the government cannot “use legal gamesmanship to dodge citizens’ attempts to assert their constitutional...
Parental Notification Policy Revised by School Board
(Chino Valley Champion)—The Chino Valley School Board voted 4-1 to change its parental notification policy by removing any mention of gender in response to a judge’s recent rulings in California vs. the Chino Valley Unified School District. Board member Don Bridge voted against the new policy, stating that he didn’t...
Court Case Results in Union Agreeing to Stop Taking Dues from Non-Member: Precedent Says Taking Money Without Authorization Violates First Amendment
(WND)—A labor union representing school workers has agreed to stop taking dues from an employee who dropped out of the labor organization, but still was being forced to pay the organization. Liberty Justice Center says it’s a victory for workers’ rights. “It shouldn’t have taken a federal lawsuit, but we...