LJC In The News
(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...
(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...
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. Adams, filed on behalf...
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 courts...
(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...
(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.”...
(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...
This article by Alex Hanson appeared on March 18, 2021 on 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....
(Paulick Report) – The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, together with state affiliates in Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and West Virginia (Mountaineer) have filed a federal civil suit in an attempt to put the brakes on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA)....
(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...