LJC In The News
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...
Ahead of Key Illinois Supreme Court Elections, Federal Judge Blocks State Campaign Contribution Limits in Judicial Races
California to Doctors: Agree With Us or Shut Up
Medical Censorship or Misinformation Police: What to Know About California AB 2098
Biden Hands Pandemic Policy Opponents Leg Up in Legal Disputes
(Bloomberg Law)—President Joe Biden’s litigation opponents are seizing on his remark that the pandemic is “over” as they challenge policies adopted in response to the public health crisis. Republican attorneys general in six states noted Biden’s comment to “60 Minutes” last month in a Sept. 29 suit challenging his plan...
Doctors Sue California Over Law That Restricts Their COVID-19 Advice to Patients
(Washington Times)—Two California doctors have filed a federal lawsuit to overturn a new state law restricting the advice they can give patients about COVID-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed Assembly Bill 2098 into law on Friday. It authorizes the Medical Board of California to levy professional sanctions against and...
Newsom Signs Bill Banning Spread of COVID-19 “Misinformation” by Licensed Physicians
(KUSI News)—AB 2098, recently signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, qualifies spreading COVID-19 “misinformation” as unprofessional conduct and makes it punishable as such. Attorneys say AB 2098 is unconstitutional and a violation of 1st Amendment. The parameters for misinformation regarding the pandemic are widely debated, with studies continuing...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Administration’s Head Start Vaccine, Mask Mandate
(Fox News)—A federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday struck down a federal school mask and vaccine mandate. U.S. District Court Judge Terry A. Doughty in Lafeyette, Louisiana ruled that the federal government cannot push a COVID-19 vaccine or mask mandate for Head Start program teachers, staff, and volunteers as well...