LJC In The News
Opinion: Ohio Union Violating First Amendment by Taking Dues from Public School Staffer Who Opted Out
(The Daily Signal)—Suppose you joined a local gym several years ago, but after a while you discovered that you didn’t like some of the gym’s policies. So, you tell the gym that you no longer want to be a member and ask it to stop taking your monthly membership payments....
Ohio School Employee Sues to Stop Paying Union Dues
(The Center Square)—An Ohio public school employee sued the Ohio Association of Public School Employees on Tuesday, accusing the union of continuing to take dues from her paycheck after she quit the union. The Liberty Justice Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit that challenges government overreach, educational freedom, free speech and other...
Teacher’s Assistant Sues Union, School District for Illegally Withholding Dues From Her Paycheck
(The Daily Signal)—FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An Ohio teacher’s assistant who helps special needs students is suing her school district and former union because the district withheld union dues from her paycheck even after she left the union and formally asked it to cease taking her money. “Using the coercion...
Parents Sue California for “Misleading” Title on Transgender Ballot Initiative
(The Center Square)—A parents’ rights group is suing California’s attorney general over what they claim is a politically-charged labeling of their ballot initiative. Parent activist group Protect Kids California filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta for his title and description of the group’s ballot initiative requiring schools...
Despite Federal Ruling, State Threatens Rocklin Schools Over Parent Notification Policy
(California Family Council)—Despite a federal court ruling against a southern California school district’s gender secrecy policy, the California Department of Education (CDE) ruled last week against the Rocklin Unified School District (RUSD) for its parent notification policy on gender. The CDE investigation report claimed Rocklin’s newly enacted rule, requiring parents...
Judge Bars Omaha from Enforcing Ban on Guns in Public amid Lawsuit
(The Hill)—A district judge barred Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha, from enforcing a ban on guns in all public spaces Friday as an ongoing lawsuit challenging the restrictions is being considered. A preliminary injunction was issued by Douglas County District Judge LeAnne Srb, blocking the city ban, according to The Associated...
Judge Temporarily Halts Handgun Order in Omaha until Court Case Is Decided
(Nebraska Examiner)—Handguns are legal now in Omaha’s city parks, trails, sidewalks and parking areas after a judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday against Mayor Jean Stothert’s executive order limiting handgun possession on most city property. Douglas County District Judge LeAnne Srb paused the order that Stothert issued last summer after...
Judge Blocks Omaha’s Ban on Guns in Public Places while Lawsuit Challenging It Moves Forward
(Associated Press)—Nebraska’s largest city won’t be able to enforce its ban on guns on all public property, including parks and sidewalks, while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward. Douglas County District Judge LeAnne Srb issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking that ban, but she refused to put Omaha’s restrictions...
Another Lawsuit Filed to Challenge New Independent Contractors Rule
(The Center Square)—A lawsuit filed on Thursday in Louisiana federal court seeks to challenge a Biden administration rule that would reclassify independent contractors as employees. The U.S. Department of Labor’s rule is set to take effect March 11, though it is being challenged in multiple states. Julie Su, interim secretary...
Opinion: School Choice Is the Solution to Teacher Strikes
(The Wall Street Journal)—Under a 1973 law, public employees in Massachusetts have no right to strike. Yet there have been six local teacher strikes in the state since 2022. Why do they keep getting away with it? Because politicians refuse to hold them accountable and parents don’t feel like they...
Opinion: When a Mom Stood up for Her Special-Needs Son, School Board Bullies Silenced Her in Person and Online
(The Federalist)—In March 2020, when the Gladstone School District announced it would transition to remote learning, Oregon mother Glenda Scherer was concerned about the effect this action would have on her daughter and special-needs son. She soon began to speak out, utilizing the district’s social media pages and board meetings...
Oregon School District Violating Mother’s First Amendment Rights, Group Alleges
(The Center Square)—On Monday, the Liberty Justice Center sent a demand letter to a school district on an Oregon mother’s behalf. The mother alleges that her local school district’s social media and public comment policies violated her First Amendment rights. Glenda Scherer, a mother of two children, contends that the...
Attorneys Debate Guns in Parks in Hearing of Lawsuit Against Omaha Firearms Regulations
(Omaha World-Herald)—Attorneys for a gun owners group and the City of Omaha debated a fine point of Nebraska’s new constitutional carry legislation during oral arguments Friday in the gun owners’ lawsuit against the city. Does an exception in state law under which property owners may prohibit concealed carry on their...
Maryland Parental Rights Case Awaits Supreme Court Review
(The Center Square)—A parental rights case that began four years ago in Montgomery County, Maryland, now waits at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiffs hope their case will be one of the less than 2% of those petitioned to the nation’s highest court that the court takes...
Addressing AG Drummond’s ‘Animus’ Towards Religion
(American Family News)—The Oklahoma Supreme Court is being urged to reject a petition against the nation’s first-ever religious charter school. In Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, Liberty Justice Center and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty have jointly filed an amicus brief with the Oklahoma Supreme Court...