LJC In The News
Federal lawsuit Challenges Portion of SC Constitution That Bars Private Schools From Public Money
(Greenville News)—A group of private school organizations are filing a federal lawsuit challenging a portion of South Carolina’s state Constitution that says public funds cannot be used directly for private or religious entities. The Liberty Justice Center announced the lawsuit on Wednesday, which opposes a section in Article XI of...
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Asking That Amendment ‘Born in Bigotry and Prejudice’ Be Stricken From SC Constitution
(FOX Carolina)—A coalition of religious schools and independent colleges have filed a federal lawsuit calling for the courts to strike the “Blaine Amendment” from South Carolina’s state constitution. The lawsuit claims the amendment discriminates against African Americans and religious groups by “unfairly withholding education funding for independent schools in the...
South Carolina Sued by Private Schools Who Want Public Money
(Associated Press)—A group of private schools is suing South Carolina, saying the racist past of a state constitutional amendment prohibiting spending public money on religious or private schools means it should be overturned. The Liberty Justice Center filed its lawsuit Wednesday in federal court on behalf of the Roman Catholic...
Lawsuit Filed to Remove Post-Civil War Amendment From SC’s Constitution
(NBC 2 Charleston)—A federal lawsuit has been filed to remove what religious schools and independent colleges say is a racist and bigoted amendment from the state’s constitution. A special coalition – formed of these establishments – held a press conference in Greenville on Wednesday where they wanted the post-Civil War...
Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Blaine Amendment From South Carolina Constitution
(The Center Square)—A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a group of religious schools and independent colleges in South Carolina takes aim at the state constitution’s Blaine Amendment. South Carolina’s Blaine Amendment says no public money can be used for the direct benefit of any religious or private school. Thirty-seven...
Catholic Diocese of Charleston Files Lawsuit Against the State
(Live 5 News WCSC Charleston)—In Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, the Liberty Justice Center seeks to prevent South Carolina officials from using a long-standing discriminatory law to deny independent and religious schools access to federal COVID relief funds. Live 5 Charleston reports on the federal lawsuit, Bishop of Charleston v....
Lawsuit Filed to Strike Amendment ‘Born in Bigotry and Prejudice’ from Constitution
(Fox Carolina)—In Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, the Liberty Justice Center seeks to prevent South Carolina officials from using a long-standing discriminatory law to deny independent and religious schools access to federal COVID relief funds. FOX Carolina reports on Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, a federal lawsuit calling for the...
Big Labor’s Brazen Defiance of the Janus Ruling
(The National Review) – True fulfillment of the landmark court decision might take years, but conservatives are up to the fight. In its 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the United States Supreme Court overruled the “separate but equal” precedent established six decades prior in Plessy v. Ferguson. In...
Teachers Unions Wield ‘Gross Imbalance of Power’ in School Reopening Debate, Say Critics
(Washington Examiner)—The coronavirus pandemic changed education in the United States forever. It cast a critical light on school financing, the ability of students, teachers, and parents to adapt to a new scholastic landscape, and gave teachers unions more power than they’ve had in a generation. In this series, Students Left...
Leftovers and Loose Change
(Illinois Times)—Leftover pizza could land a politician in trouble, according to a lawyer for Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, who is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to overrule an appellate court that’s upheld allegations of improper campaign spending while Mautino was a legislator. The amount of money involved isn’t clear....
Why Is Legality Considered Optional?
(Thoroughbread Daily News)—Bill Finley, in his Mar. 17 TDN opinion piece on the National HBPA challenging the legality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, wrote: “It’s hard to imagine that there is one horseman anywhere who cares one bit whether or not HISA is unconstitutional or not.” To Mr....
Horsemen’s Group Tries to Head Off Horse Racing Reform
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)—The creation of the first federal regulatory body for horse racing hit a not unexpected speed bump this week when a national horseman’s group filed a lawsuit arguing the new law is unconstitutional. The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association filed the suit Monday in a U.S. District...
Court Filings Present Dueling Visions of School Choice in Vermont
(The Valley News)—The main line of defense asserted by the state of Vermont and school districts being sued for not offering school choice has roots in the Upper Valley. The Vermont Supreme Court’s 1983 decision in Mason v. Thetford School Board contains a crystallizing sentence about the limits of school...
National HBPA and 11 Affiliates File Lawsuit Challenging Horse-Racing Oversight Board
(Daily Racing Form) – A national horsemen’s organization and a number of its state affiliates have filed a lawsuit challenging the regulatory power of a horse-racing oversight board created by federal legislation late in 2020. The lawsuit, filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
National Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Group Files Suit Against Horse Racing Integrity Act
(Northern Kentucky Tribune)—The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) and eleven affiliates have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the constitutionality of The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). The legislation, originally introduced by U.S. Reps Andy Barr (R-KY) and Paul Tonka (D-NY) and passed by...