LJC In The News
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...
Oklahoma Attorney General’s Opposition to Taxpayer-Funded Catholic Charter School Has Legal Group Crying Foul
(Fox News)—A legal group is crying foul against Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s stance on the establishment of the first-ever religious-based charter school in the U.S., an issue being weighed in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty (JCRL) are defending...
Groups Oppose Drummond’s Lawsuit Against Virtual Charter School Board
(The Center Square)—A lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond opposing a virtual religious charter school discriminates against minority religions, according to an amicus brief filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Drummond sued the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and its members after a charter was granted to...
What Newsom Did Was Unconstitutional
(American Family News)—On January 1, the Golden State repealed a law preventing doctors from spreading “misinformation” about COVID-19. The repeal was scheduled in 2023 after Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two California doctors who wanted to be free to tell their patients what they really think...
Supreme Court to Hear ‘No Fly List’ Dispute Case
(Gray TV)—On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for FBI v. Fikre, a case about one man who alleges his due process rights were violated when he was placed on the No Fly List without notice. Back in 2010, Portland, Oregon resident Yonas Fikre alleges he was wrongly placed...
Opinion: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Anti-Choice Position on Schooling
(The Daily Signal)—Liberal activist Kirk Bangstad’s Minocqua Brewing Co. SuperPAC on Oct. 12 filed a petition with the Wisconsin Supreme Court that sought to dismantle the state’s popular school choice programs and shutter the state’s independent charter schools. Bangstad hired international law firm Perkins Coie LLP—armed with more than $1...
Restriction on Carrying Guns in Omaha and Lincoln Violates Nebraska Law, Lawsuits Say
(Associated Press)—Nebraska’s two largest cities are violating a new state gun law by prohibiting them from public places such as parks, according to two recent lawsuits. The Liberty Justice Center filed lawsuits Dec. 18 challenging executive orders issued by the mayors of Omaha and Lincoln. The lawsuits allege that the...
Opinion: Nebraska Mayors’ Gun Bans Defied State Law and the Constitution. So We Sued Them.
(The Daily Caller)—Earlier this year, Nebraska became the 27th state to enact “constitutional carry,” allowing people to carry a firearm, open or concealed, without a permit from the government. To protect the right to bear arms statewide, the state legislature also banned local governments from enacting any regulations on firearms,...
‘That’s a Matter for the State’: Gun Advocacy Group Sues Omaha, Lincoln over Restrictions
Gun rights advocates will take Omaha and Lincoln to court over the right to bear arms on city property. The lawsuit calls new ordinances unconstitutional, and it follows a similar opinion from Nebraska’s Attorney General. “The law here is very straightforward,” Jacob Huebert with the Liberty Justice Center is talking...
Pair of Lawsuits Filed over Firearm Bans on City Property in Lincoln, Omaha
(KLKN)—Legal action is being taken against bans on firearms on city property in Lincoln and Omaha. A group representing the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association filed lawsuits against the cities on Monday over their bans on guns in places like parks, trails and sidewalks. The Liberty Justice Center, which is representing...
Nebraska Gun Rights Group Sues Over Mayoral Orders Prohibiting Guns on Public Property
(The Epoch Times)—Nebraska’s two largest cities have been sued over their refusal to comply with a state law permitting the concealed carry of weapons without a permit. On Dec. 18, the Liberty Justice Center, a non-profit, public interest litigation firm, sued the cities of Omaha and Lincoln in their respective...
Liberty Justice Center Challenges Gun Control Laws in Omaha and Lincoln
(The Center Square)—The Liberty Justice Center filed two lawsuits regarding local firearm restrictions in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, this week. The Liberty Justice Center argues that the restrictions violate a recent state law protecting the right to bear arms, according to a press release it issued. Nebraska passed Legislative Bill...