LJC In The News
Opinion: As Unions Fight Reform, Trump Should Assert Executive Power
(The Washington Times)—Americans are right to be concerned about abuses of executive power. After all, the Biden administration tried to use executive power to do things the Constitution allows only Congress (if anyone) to do, such as forgive student loan debt, impose vaccine and mask mandates, force environmental, social and...
Lawsuits: CA Law Banning Certain Workplace Meetings Unconstitutional, Tramples Free Speech Rights
(Northern California Record)—Saying the law unconstitutionally tramples the free speech rights of business owners and others, California business advocates, trade groups and others have taken to the courts to challenge a new California state law, which bans employers from discussing “religious or political matters” with their workers. The California Chamber...
Letter to the Editor: Mark Janus Would Like a Word on Precedent
(The Wall Street Journal)—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently said she wishes her court “went a little more slowly in undoing precedent” (“Sonia Sotomayor’s Elegy for Precedent,” Review & Outlook, Feb. 10). That’s interesting to me because my Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME, decided in 2018, overturned Abood...
Opinion: Newsom to Business Owners: Shut Up!
(The Orange County Register)—George F. Will once said that football combines the two worst features of American life – violence and meetings. Americans are often divided on matters of violence, but we’re nearly united in our hatred of meetings. So you might have expected that my colleagues would have been...
California Sued over Ban on Political or Religious Meetings at Work
Lawsuit Challenges Alleged Race-Based Hiring Practices at University of Illinois
(The Lion)—A new lawsuit is challenging the University of Illinois over alleged racial discrimination in its hiring practices as national pushback against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs intensifies. Professor Stephen Kleinschmit, represented by the Liberty Justice Center, alleges he was fired from the University of Illinois Chicago in August...
Legal Groups Sue California over Employer Censorship Law
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) and California Justice Center (CJC) have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a California law that restricts employers from discussing political or religious matters during mandatory employee meetings. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the California Policy Center (CPC), argues that Senate Bill 399...
Illinois University Sued after Professor Alleges He Was Fired for Objecting to Race-Based Hiring Policies
(Fox News)—The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is facing a lawsuit over its racial hiring quotas after a former professor claimed he was illegally “retaliated” against for objecting to its allegedly discriminatory practices. Professor Stephen Kleinschmit was a clinical associate professor at UIC’s Department of Public Policy, Management and Analytics...
University of Illinois Chicago Sued after Fired Professor Criticized Hiring Programs
(The Center Square)—The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) on behalf of a professor whose contract was terminated after he criticized the university’s hiring programs. Reilly Stephens, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, explained professor Stephen Kleinschmit would speak out against illegal...
University of Illinois Sued over Racial Hiring Quotas
(The Free Beacon)—The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) was slapped with a lawsuit on Monday over a slew of race-based hiring programs that discriminate against white scholars, the latest sign that faculty hiring could become a target for litigants seeking to challenge racial preferences under the Trump administration. The plaintiff,...
Professor Sues University of Illinois Chicago over Alleged Racial Discrimination, Retaliation
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit Monday against the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) on behalf of Professor Stephen Kleinschmit, a former faculty member who claims he was terminated for criticizing the university’s racially discriminatory hiring practices. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the...
Former UIC Professor Sues School, Alleges Illegal Firing, Discriminatory Hiring
(The Center Square)—A former University of Illinois Chicago professor is suing his former employer alleging the university fired him after he objected to what he describes as its racially discriminatory hiring practices. The Liberty Justice Center filed the lawsuit Monday on behalf of Stephen Kleinschmit, who was a clinical associate...
Plaintiff Alleges Casino Project Discriminates Against White Males
(Cook County Record)—Mark Glennon, an Illinois resident, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago and several associated parties, challenging what he claims are discriminatory practices in a casino development project. The complaint was filed on January 30, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Northern District...
Liberty Justice Center Challenges Racial and Sex-Based Quotas in Chicago Casino IPO, Urges SEC to Intervene
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center is escalating its legal battle against a controversial contract tied to the upcoming Chicago casino project, alleging that the agreement imposes race-based and sex-based quotas in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. On February 7, the U.S. District Court for the Northern...