LJC In The News
Liberty Justice Center Sues over Law Forcing Illinoisans to Litigate Constitutional Challenges in Chicago, Springfield
(Madison-St. Clair Record)—The Liberty Justice Center is suing Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in St. Clair County Circuit Court, challenging a state law that requires all Illinois residents to file Constitutional claims against state laws, rules, or orders in Cook or Sangamon County Circuit Courts. House Bill 3062 was passed...
LJC Expert Discuss SCOTUS Ruling on Race-based Admissions on Newsmax
Censorship Case Involving State Collusion With Social Media Companies Could Be Heard By The Supreme Court
(The Daily Caller)—The Supreme Court could hear a case questioning a California agency’s coordination with Twitter to censor election-related “misinformation.” O’Handley v. Weber, which concerns the California Secretary of State’s Office of Election Cybersecurity’s work with Twitter to monitor “false or misleading” election information, was appealed to the Supreme Court...
Oral Arguments Challenge Controversial California Misinformation Law
(The Center Square)—California’s new law, AB 2098 – which allows professional sanctions against doctors challenging the state-defined ‘scientific consensus’ on COVID-19 – faced oral argument in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Challenging the law is two physicians championing free speech rights backed by the Liberty...
Grand Rapid Hearing Focuses on Employer Free Speech
(The Center Square)–Judge Robert Jonker said he will issue a written opinion “soon” hinging on employer’s free speech rights. The Center Square reported that the Chicago-based nonprofit Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit in federal court on March 16, 2023, on behalf of ABC Michigan, a statewide trade association that...
Legal Group Puts Medical Schools on Notice over SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
(The Center Square)—A legal nonprofit has pledged to sue any medical school that does not comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest ruling blocking raced-based admissions policies, possibly ushering in a wave of enforcement actions to set new admissions policies around the nation. The Liberty Justice Center is the group...
Constitutional Law Center Urges over 150 Medical Schools to End Race-Based Admissions Following Supreme Court Decision
(The Tennessee Star)—A nonprofit law center whose mission is to defend the constitutional rights of Americans has sent a letter to more than 150 medical schools nationwide, calling upon them to end their race-based admissions policies in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down affirmative action....
Opinion: The First Amendment Protects Citizens and Businesses Against Officials Who Use Jawboning Tactics to Threaten Prosecution
(Attorney at Law Magazine)—Jawboning is not a word in most people’s vocabulary, even those who are highly educated. The word looks menacing and sounds sinister. And in a sense, jawboning is both. Jawboning is when government officials publicly condemn certain legal behavior that they disfavor. It is the bully pulpit...
Five Years Ago, US Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Public Union Dues
(The Center Square)—It was five years ago this week that a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling involving an Illinois case changed the landscape for public employee unions around the country. Mark Janus worked for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services when he objected to paying fees to a...
New Law Limiting Legal Challenges to State Laws and Executive Orders Unconstitutional on Many Fronts: Legal Expert
(Chicago City Wire)—Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, signed this week that limits challenges to his and the General Assembly’s Democratic agenda to circuit courts in Cook (Chicago) and Sangamon (Springfield) counties is in direct violation of the Illinois Constitution on at least two fronts, Jacob Huebert, president of...
Group Says South Dakota Law Violates the First Amendment
(The Center Square)—Students for Life is suing South Dakota over a law requiring nonprofits that express their political views to name their top five donors. The organization said in a federal lawsuit the law violates their First Amendment right to free speech. The law applies to expenditures over $100. Organizations...
Arizona Drops Charges Against ASU Student Arrested for Handing out Constitution
(The College Fix)—The state of Arizona has dropped all charges against former Arizona State University student Tim Tizon, the Liberty Justice Center recently confirmed to The College Fix. As an Arizona State University student and member of Young Americans for Liberty, Tizon was arrested and charged with criminal trespass in...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Grandmother
(Rexburg Standard Journal)—The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Hennepin County, Minnesota, violated the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause when it sold Geraldine Tyler’s home to satisfy a tax bill and kept the excess money for itself. Tyler is a 94-year-old grandmother who, after moving from her one-bedroom condominium into...
IL Gives up Defending Likely Unconstitutional, Politically Motivated Limits on Judicial Campaign Contributions
(Cook County Record)—With a Democratic supermajority on the state Supreme Court now in place, potentially for decades to come, Illinois state officials have given up their efforts to defend a state law that critics said was unconstitutionally designed to restrict the flow of money to campaigns and committees to aid...
Federal Judge in Chicago Permanently Blocks Illinois Judicial Election Reforms
(Courthouse News Service)—Conservative political action committees scored a win in Illinois on Thursday, when an Obama-appointed federal judge in the Windy City struck down two of the state’s recently enacted judicial election reform laws. The first reform, enacted by the Illinois General Assembly in November 2021, barred non-Illinois residents from...