LJC In The News
Horseracing Panel’s Nationwide Power Questioned in Court
(AP News)—The future of a new national authority tasked with developing and enforcing nationwide horseracing rules was at stake Tuesday before a federal appeals court in New Orleans, with challengers saying Congress granted the panel too much power. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is a nonprofit created in an...
A Big Labor Takeover in Illinois
(The Wall Street Journal)—Amendment 1 would further entrench the power of public unions. Public unions already dominate government in Illinois, and Democratic lawmakers now want to amend the constitution to entrench that power and block reforms. Those are the stakes of Amendment 1, which will appear on the November ballot....
MAIS Seeks To Receive Federal COVID-19 Funding Following Lawsuit
(Supertalk Mississippi Media)—The Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) is seeking a state judge’s approval for independent schools in the Magnolia State to receive the federal COVID-19 relief funds that were set aside for them by the Mississippi legislature. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government distributed relief money to...
‘Excessive Engagement in Politics’ Causing Mass Exodus From Nation’s Largest Labor Unions: Analysts
(The Epoch Times)—According to a recent watchdog report, the nation’s largest public service employees union spent $1 out of every $5 in revenue collected through union dues on politics in 2021. According to a survey of 3,000 potential union members conducted in 2021, “excessive engagement in politics is the number...
The Center Square Again Files First Amendment Motion to Open Tennessee Judicial Decision-Making Meetings
(The Center Square)—The Center Square has filed a second motion for a preliminary injunction to open the meetings of the state’s bench-bar advisory commission, the second such First Amendment motion in a case filed by the nonprofit’s executive editor. The new motion, filed by the Liberty Justice Center on behalf...
C-SPAN Washington Journal: Daniel Suhr on Supreme Court’s Religious Liberty Rulings
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maine’s Unconstitutional Tuition Program For Excluding Faith-Based Schools – The Federalist
(The Federalist)—In a win for religious freedom and education choice, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Maine government program that only granted tuition aid to parents who sent their children to a pre-approved private school without any religious affiliation is unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision that reversed...
The Center Square Sues to Open Meetings at Tennessee Judicial Conference
(The Center Square)—The executive editor of The Center Square is suing the Director of the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts in an attempt to open meetings at the upcoming Tennessee Judicial Conference to members of the public and the press. The suit contests that a new policy closing meetings...
Lawsuit: Tennessee Illegally Closes State Judges’ Meetings to Public and Press
(Legal Newsline)—A Tennessee state judiciary official faces a federal lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment by closing meetings of state court judges to the public and press. At the Tennessee Judicial Conference meetings, state court judges and Conference committees discuss guidelines on state court policies and rules and recommend...
Tennessee Supreme Court Declines to Rehear School Voucher Case
(The Tennessean)—The Tennessee Supreme Court has declined to rehear the case challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Lee’s controversial school voucher program. Davidson and Shelby county governments filed a petition asking the court to rehear the case following its May 18 ruling that found the program does not violate the...
Court Denies Petition Seeking to Block Amendment 1 from Ballot; Plaintiffs to Appeal
(The Center Square) – A Sangamon County Circuit Court judge on Thursday denied a petition that sought to block an amendment that would codify union powers in the Illinois state constitution from appearing on the November ballot. The case was brought by parents and teachers from Chicago Public Schools and...
Is Affirmative Action Next for SCOTUS? Here’s How It Could Happen
(The Daily Caller)—The Supreme Court is currently considering a case challenging the consideration of race in college admissions, and amicus briefs filed by plaintiffs reveal how the court could rule. The court will decide whether admissions programs that consider race at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC)...
Labor Amendment Lawsuit Heard in County Court
Fear & Politics: Judges, Lawyers Reluctant to Defend Rights vs Guv’s, Mayors’ Emergency Power Amid Pandemic
(Cook County Record)—The decision did not make as many headlines as it could have. In February, Cook County Judge Sanjay Tailor struck down an effort by Cook County health officials to force a public school student to quarantine for 10 days, only because health officials believed the child may have...
Illinois Constitutional Amendment Faces First Legal Challenge Friday
(WMBD-TV) — The June primaries may be about a month away, but come November, Illinois voters will have the chance to vote on a constitutional amendment. This amendment faces the first legal challenge on Friday. “The goal of this lawsuit is to keep this unconstitutional measure off the ballot,” said...