LJC In The News
Eviction Moratorium Faces State and Federal Lawsuits
(The Center Square)–The eviction moratorium faces two legal challenges from Illinois. One case is focused on the latest federal moratorium from President Joe Biden’s administration and one targets Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s order. As the pandemic began in the spring of 2020, the federal government issued a moratorium on evictions as...
CDC Has No Authority to Stop Evictions Nationwide
(NBC 5 Chicago)—A lawsuit filed Thursday in the Northern District Court of Illinois is the second and latest challenge to the Biden Administration’s attempt to halt all residential evictions from taking place nationwide amidst a surge in coronavirus cases. Two landlords with properties in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties —...
Illinois Rental Owners File New Lawsuit to End Federal Eviction Ban
(23 WIFR)-Illinois property owners filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) eviction ban. “While the Biden Administration claims the eviction ban provides relief to struggling Americans, it does so by passing on hardships to other Americans—property owners,” according to the Liberty Justice Center. The...
Bigotry and Cares Act Cash
(Wall Street Journal)—A federal lawsuit in South Carolina is taking direct aim at one of the state’s uglier legacies: the Blaine Amendment embedded in its state constitution. Blaine Amendments are a relic of 19th-century prejudice, and meant to deny public funding for religious (read: Catholic) schools. More recently the state...
Ex-MassHealth Official Sues after Being Fired for Comments in Milton Facebook Group
(The Patriot Ledger)—A former MassHealth official from Milton is suing the state and her former bosses for firing her over her comments she made in the Milton Neighbors Facebook group, where she compared some of the state’s policies to Nazi Germany. Denise Foley, formerly MassHealth’s director of internal and external...
Facebook Faces Lawsuit for Suspending User Who Cited Lack of Evidence for Masking Children
(Just the News)—An influential COVID policy skeptic is threatening to sue Facebook for suspending his account based on a graphic he posted Tuesday, titled “Masking Children is Impractical and Not Backed by Research or Real World Data.” Justin Hart was identified in a recent MIT paper as one of a...
Taking Woke Education to Court
(Real Clear Education)—Free speech rights for students have always been a difficult issue because schools have unique needs and concerns. But whether it was black armbands to protest the Vietnam War or a picture of Jesus in an art class, courts have consistently recognized that the First Amendment does not...
Supreme Court Ruling in Arizona Case Expected to Have National Impact
(Cronkite News)—At issue in Brnovich v. DNC are Arizona’s bans on ballot collecting and its restrictions on out-of-precinct voting, which were voided by a lower court in 2020 that said the policies limit minority voters’ access to the ballot box. The high court’s decision in the case will affect Section...
Woke K-12 Education Goes to Court
(Wall Street Journal)—Identity politics reigns in higher education, and progressives are now turning their focus to K-12. In Loudoun County, Virginia, five families are fighting back in court. Represented by the nonprofit Liberty Justice Center, the parents and students sued the school board in federal court in Alexandria last week....
Virginia Parents Speaking Out Against CRT Face Backlash
(Fox & Friends)—Fox & Friends interviewed three Loudoun County parents, including Menders v. Loudoun County School Board plaintiff Patti Hidalgo Menders, about the backlash they’ve faced for speaking out against the way Critical Race Theory is being taught in schools. The Liberty Justice Center is representing Menders and other parents...
Parents Sue Loudoun County Schools over Equity Programs
(WTOP News)—Equity programs implemented by the Loudoun County public school system in Virginia have been controversial in the community, and they led to a lawsuit this week as a group of parents argue the programs are unconstitutional. The suit was filed Wednesday in federal court against the Loudoun County School...
Parents Sue Loudoun County School Board For Discriminating Against Students Based On Race, Political Views
(The Federalist)—Parents filed a lawsuit against Virginia’s Loudoun County school board Wednesday, alleging that the board discriminates against students on the basis of their political beliefs and race while also infringing on their right to free speech through the implementation of their Action Plan to Combat Systemic Racism, a project...
Virginia Parents Sue School District Over Alleged Racial Discrimination, Free Speech Violations
(FOX News)—The controversy over “equity” is accelerating in Loudoun County where parents are suing administrators over initiatives that allegedly chill free speech and discriminate based on race. Filed in federal court Wednesday, the lawsuit argues that Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) and its “equity student ambassador” program restrict eligibility to...
Virginia Parents Sue School Board Over Allegedly Chilling Students’ Free Speech
(Washington Examiner)—A group of Virginia parents filed a federal lawsuit against the Loudoun County School Board, citing allegations that it violated students’ free speech rights. The suit, represented by the Chicago-based Liberty Justice Center, targets the school board’s “bias reporting” system that encourages students to report on people’s perceived biases...
Top Loudoun School Officials Defend Equity Work Against Charges of ‘Critical Race Theory’
(The Washington Post)—Top school officials in Loudoun County are again defending the district’s racial equity work, following complaints from some parents that Loudoun is indoctrinating students with “critical race theory” — allegations that have now spurred a lawsuit. The controversy dates back to last summer, when angry mothers and fathers...