LJC In The News
The Supreme Court is Hearing Arguments Challenging Vaccine Mandates
(NPR’s Morning Edition)—Another supreme battle at the U.S. Supreme Court Friday: In a special session, the justices are hearing expedited arguments in cases challenging two major Biden administration regulations aimed at increasing the number of vaccinated workers. The cases are in a preliminary posture, but how the court rules will...
Chicago Parents Sue Teachers Union Over Canceled Classes
(The Hill)—A group of Chicago parents is suing the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) after teachers refused to return to in-person instruction due to COVID-19 concerns and school officials canceled classes entirely. Attorneys at the Liberty Justice Center, representing a group of Chicago parents, filed a lawsuit Thursday night to end...
Chicago Parents Sue Teachers’ Union to Demand Return to In-Person Instruction
(National Review)—A group of parents sued the Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday to demand an immediate return to in-person instruction for K–12 children after the union’s members went on strike to teach remotely, forcing the school district to cancel classes until an agreement could be negotiated. Attorneys at Liberty Justice...
CPS Parents Have Filed Suit Against the CTU
(WGN Radio)—Jeff Schwab, senior attorney with the Liberty Justice Center, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chicago Public School parents against the Chicago Teachers Union. He joined Lisa Dent and Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to describe the suit and potential outcomes from it.
...Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Heads to Supreme Court
(News Nation Now)–The Donlon Report discussed BST Holdings, LLC v. OSHA, the lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s federal vaccine mandate, with lead plaintiff Brandon Trosclair, a small business owner from Louisiana, and Daniel Suhr, managing attorney at Liberty Justice Center. The Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute for Public Policy...
Fighting Vaccine Mandates
(Newsmax)–Brandon Trosclair, a small business owner from Louisiana, and Daniel Suhr, managing attorney at Liberty Justice Center, appeared on John Bachman Now to discuss taking the fight against the Biden Administration’s federal vaccine mandate to the Supreme Court. The Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute for Public Policy are representing...
Wisconsin Meat Shop Sues Biden Administration Over Mask Mandate
(Fox Business | Cavuto Coast to Coast)—Lindsey Fox, fourth-generation owner of Nolechek’s Meats, and Daniel Suhr, managing attorney at Liberty Justice Center, joined Neil Cavuto to discuss their challenge to the USDA mask mandate. The Liberty Justice Center is representing Nolechek’s Meats in the federal lawsuit, Nolechek’s Meats vs. USDA,...
U.S. Senate to Biden: No to Private Sector Vaccine Mandate
(The Center Square)–The U.S. Senate Wednesday night sent the Biden administration a message: Congress’ upper chamber does not support the president’s vaccine mandate on private businesses. With two Democratic senators joining all 50 Republicans, the Senate voted 52-48 to repeal President Joe Biden’s executive mandate requiring that private-sector employers with...
Thanking Healthcare Heroes by Denying Them Their Freedom of Choice
(Smerconish.com)—For the past 20 months, Americans have shown a special gratitude for this country’s healthcare workers. Despite knowing very little about this contagious virus, they have put themselves in harm’s way to take care of the sick and protect others. They truly deserve to be hailed as heroes. But today,...
Brandon Trosclair—The Man Leading the Fight Against the Federal Vaccine Mandate
(Liberty Justice Center)—Brandon Trosclair employs nearly 500 people across 15 grocery stores in Louisiana and Mississippi. Under OSHA’s vaccine mandate, Trosclair would be forced to fire any employees who decline the COVID vaccine – many of whom have worked tirelessly since the pandemic’s start. With help from the national law...
‘I’m Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Anti-Mandate,’ Says Louisiana Grocer Fighting Biden Decree
(The Daily Signal)—President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is an “extreme burden on the American people,” says the grocery store owner at the center of a major anti-mandate lawsuit. “I’m not an anti-vaxxer,” Brandon Trosclair, the second-generation owner of a Louisiana-based grocery store chain, said in an interview with The Daily...
Business Owner Who Challenged Biden Admin Vaccine Mandate: My Staff Are ‘Truly Concerned’ for Their Health, Jobs
(The National Review)—When Brandon Trosclair discovered that President Biden’s vaccine requirement for private businesses would apply to his grocery stores in Louisiana and Mississippi, his first concern was for his employees who have expressed fear and uncertainty about getting vaccinated against COVID-19 or losing their jobs. Trosclair, who owns 16...
My Employees Were Heroes Last Year, Now COVID-19 Mandate Might Force Them Out of a Job
(USA Today)—Americans shouldn’t have the government forcing them to choose between their jobs and making what they believe is the right decision for their health. As the second-generation owner of a modestly sized grocery chain in Louisiana, I’m grateful to be living the American dream. That dream took on new...
Biden Defies Federal Appeals Court on Vaccine Mandate
(The American Spectator)—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last Saturday suspended the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on private businesses, saying that “the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the mandate.” But the White House is defying the court. “People should...
Biden Administration Faces Lawsuits Over Mandate
(Fox News @ Night)—Louisiana business owner Brandon Trosclair and Daniel Suhr, managing attorney at Liberty Justice Center, joined Shannon Bream on Fox News @ Night to discuss their lawsuit challenging the federal vaccine mandate. The Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute for Public Policy are representing Trosclair and a group...