LJC In The News
Illinois BOE Hit with Complaint over Gender-Inclusive Bathroom Policies
(National Review)—After Illinois mom Nicole Georgas blew the whistle on Deerfield School District 109′s “inclusive bathroom” policies that allowed a male in her 13-year-old daughter’s middle-school locker room, the Illinois Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools have been hit with a federal civil rights complaint. Filed this week by...
Title IX Complaint Accuses Illinois Schools of ‘Forcing’ Students to Share Private Spaces With Transgender Classmates
(Washington Examiner)—Two organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Illinois State Board of Education and the state’s largest school district over allegations that the academic institutions violated Title IX regulations. The ISBE and Chicago Public Schools failed to comply with Title IX regulations prohibiting sexual discrimination in the...
Simpson Co. Judge/Executive Mason Barnes Sued Over Alleged First Amendment Violations
(WBKO)—Simpson County Judge/Executive Mason Barnes is facing a lawsuit from the Liberty Justice Center, which claims he violated a whistleblower’s First Amendment rights by censoring online speech critical of county government. The lawsuit, filed March 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, alleges Barnes retaliated...
Bally’s Chicago Sells Private Shares As Minority-Only IPO Remains On Hold
(Providence Business Journal)—The IPO for women and minorities faces legal challenges and has yet to be approved by the SEC. Bally’s Chicago is working to sell $195 million in private shares as its controversial race and gender-based IPO remains stalled. The company, a subsidiary of the Providence-based Bally’s Corp., is...
Complaint: Illinois Education Board Violates Title IX By Forcing Students To Share Restrooms With Opposite Sex
(The Federalist)—The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) face a federal civil rights complaint challenging their policies that require students to use facilities like restrooms and locker rooms with students of the opposite sex. The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the...
Complaint: Illinois Ed Board’s Trans Policies Violate Title IX
(Conservative News Daily)—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed the Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday stating that both ISBE and CPS are complying with a state law “forcing students to share bathrooms, locker rooms, and...
Federal Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Illinois Education Officials Over Title IX Violations
(Tampa Free Press)—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), alleging violations of Title IX. The complaint, submitted to the U.S. Department of...
Lawsuit: Facebook Block From Simpson Judge-Exec Violates Man’s Free Speech Rights
(Bowling Green Daily News)—After a regional board found Simpson County Judge-Executive Mason Barnes committed an ethics violation regarding his vote in favor of a rezoning ordinance, a member of a citizens group who filed the original ethics complaint is suing Barnes. Joel Peyton alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in...
Appeal Filed Asking Court to Reopen Rulemaking Meetings
(The Center Square)—The Liberty Justice Center has filed its opening letter in a case challenging a decision that closed meetings of a court advisory commission in Tennessee. The Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure suggests court rule changes and then submits those recommendations to the Tennessee Supreme...
Liberty Justice Center Appeals Ruling On Tennessee Judicial Advisory Commission’s Closed Meetings
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) has taken its fight for press freedom and public transparency to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, filing an opening brief on March 13 challenging a lower court ruling that allowed Tennessee’s Judicial Advisory Commission to keep its rulemaking meetings...
Lawsuit Filed Against Kentucky Official Over Alleged Censorship Violations
(Legal Newsline)—On March 12, the Liberty Justice Center initiated legal proceedings to defend the First Amendment rights of a Kentucky whistleblower. The lawsuit claims that Joel Peyton’s online speech was censored after he exposed unethical conduct by county government officials. In 2023, Joel Peyton, a resident of Simpson County, discovered...
Liberty Justice Center Files Lawsuits Against Public-Sector Unions Over Employee Rights
(Legal Newsline)—More than six years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, government employees are still engaged in legal battles with public-sector unions over their rights. The Liberty Justice Center has filed three lawsuits on behalf of government workers against their respective unions. The Janus ruling established that...
Judge Allows Cabarrus Man to Pursue 1st Amendment Lawsuit Against Commissioners
(The Carolina Journal)—A federal judge will allow a Cabarrus County man to proceed with his First Amendment lawsuit against county commissioners. The judge issued an order Wednesday rejecting the county’s motion to have the case dismissed. James Campbell filed suit against the Cabarrus commissioners and then-Chairman Steve Morris last November....
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Challenging Colorado’s Therapist Speech Restrictions
(Legal Newsline)—The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case Chiles v. Salazar, which challenges Colorado’s restrictions on free speech for mental health professionals. The Liberty Justice Center, a public interest law firm, had filed an amicus brief in December 2024, supporting counselor Kaley Chiles in her challenge against...
Liberty Justice Center Takes On Kentucky Official In Free Speech Fight Over Whistleblower Censorship
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) launched a federal lawsuit today against Simpson County Judge Executive Mason Barnes, accusing him of trampling the First Amendment rights of a Kentucky whistleblower who exposed ethics violations in local government. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky,...