LJC In The News
Opinion: Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Bad-Faith Rebranding of Ballot Initiative Threatens California’s Democracy
(The Orange County Register)—For more than 100 years, California citizens have held an extraordinary power—the right to bypass their politicians and vote directly on laws through ballot initiatives. Recent actions by Attorney General Rob Bonta threaten to permanently undermine that right. In September 2023, Protect Kids California submitted a proposed...
Liberty Justice Center Sends Letter Demanding Harris County DA Investigate Alleged Electioneering Scheme
(Southeast Texas Record)—After the Liberty Justice Center sent a letter demanding that the Denton County district attorney investigate illegal election interference by school officials, registered voters in Harris County contacted LJC with a similar story of corruption in their own school district, a press release states. On March 28, the...
Harris County Voters Seek Criminal Investigation of Huffman Superintendent’s Electioneering
(Texas Scorecard)—Voters in Harris County are demanding that District Attorney Kim Ogg investigate allegations of illegal electioneering by Huffman Independent School District Superintendent Benny Soileau. More than a dozen voters filled out affidavits accusing Soileau of using taxpayer-funded school resources to promote political issues and candidates during a November 2023...
Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute Sue SEC, Challenging Climate ‘Disclosure Rule’
(Southeast Texas Record)—The Liberty Justice Center and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy have jointly filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to challenge recent regulations that require public companies to make extensive disclosures related to climate change. On March 6, the SEC issued a climate “disclosure...
Meta’s Deadline Looms
(American Family News)—The company formerly known as Facebook has been given until 5:00 p.m. PST to respond to a letter on behalf of Chino Valley Unified School Board President Sonja Shaw. As AFN has reported, Shaw is an advocate for parental rights and has pushed for schools in her district...
Meta Falsely Associates School Board President—a Parental Rights Champion—with Child Sexual Abuse
(RedState)—Sonja Shaw, President of the Chino Valley Unified School District School Board, is used to political opponents spinning false tales about her, and seeing those tales end up in disingenuous news stories. After all, she’s not beholden to the teacher’s unions, and she ran as a newcomer in 2022 on...
States Take on ‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’ Before Supreme Court
(The Washington Stand)—The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a challenge to the Biden administration’s “censorship-industrial complex,” as Family Research Council President Tony Perkins described its methods of coercing or pressuring social media platforms to “stifle constitutionally protected speech that it viewed as misinformation or disinformation.” Whatever the court...
Oregon Man’s Lawsuit Against FBI over No Fly List May Proceed
(The Center Square)—The United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of a man suing the FBI over what he feels is a violation of his Fifth Amendment right to due process. The court ruled that the government cannot “use legal gamesmanship to dodge citizens’ attempts to assert their constitutional...
Parental Notification Policy Revised by School Board
(Chino Valley Champion)—The Chino Valley School Board voted 4-1 to change its parental notification policy by removing any mention of gender in response to a judge’s recent rulings in California vs. the Chino Valley Unified School District. Board member Don Bridge voted against the new policy, stating that he didn’t...
Court Case Results in Union Agreeing to Stop Taking Dues from Non-Member: Precedent Says Taking Money Without Authorization Violates First Amendment
(WND)—A labor union representing school workers has agreed to stop taking dues from an employee who dropped out of the labor organization, but still was being forced to pay the organization. Liberty Justice Center says it’s a victory for workers’ rights. “It shouldn’t have taken a federal lawsuit, but we...
School Districts Under the Spotlight for How They Handle Their Social Media Accounts
(The Center Square)—School districts around the country are facing issues with how they handle their social media accounts, and the debate has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Denver Public Schools recently reviewed its social media policy that doesn’t allow employees to restrict comments on social media or limit who can...
Mom Files Federal Lawsuit Against Oregon School District, Alleging They Violated Her First Amendment Rights
(KGW 8)—Over the last few years, school board meetings across the U.S. have become a venue for some particularly heated rhetoric. Most of the time, the average meeting is still pretty boring—even if the topics are important. But occasionally, the public comment period can become an open mic night for...
Ken Paxton Sues Denton ISD for Civil Injunction, Nonprofit Litigation Firm Moves for Criminal Investigation
(North Texas Daily)—Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on February 5 against Denton ISD because of emails two principals sent to school staff he is calling “illegal electioneering,” according to his press release. Paxton said in the release that emails sent from their school accounts by these principals qualify...
Union Agrees to Stop Taking Dues from School Employee, Repay Money
(Center Square)—An Ohio union facing a federal lawsuit agreed to stop withholding union dues from a school district employee’s paycheck, the Liberty Justice Center announced Wednesday afternoon. The center filed a lawsuit February 20 against the Ohio Association of Public School Employees on behalf of Denise Cogar, a Perry Local...
Debt-Stricken Homeowners Fight Back After High Court Ruling
(Law360)—Alan DiPietro merely wanted more land for his alpacas. It was 2014, and the Massachusetts engineer had been raising a herd of the camelid mammals for half a dozen years and selling their fleece. Looking for more space for his alpacas to roam, he bought 34 acres in the contiguous...