LJC In The News
(News Channel 3 Memphis) — A Shelby County School principal is suing the district after his suspension last month. Barton Thorne of Cordova High School was placed on paid administrative leave after comments he made over the district’s virtual learning platform. The audio of Thorne’s remarks, which lasts a little...
(WMC Action News 5)—The principal of Cordova High School is suing Shelby County Schools. He’s been off the job since last month, suspended for comments he made to students after the uprising at the Capitol. Attorneys for Principal Barton Thorne claim his right to free speech was violated after...
(WNWS 101. FM) — A Memphis-area high school principal is suing his school district after he was placed on administrative leave for speaking with his students about the importance of free speech. The principal has retained legal counsel from the Liberty Justice Center, a national public interest law firm that...
(USA Today)—My family is one among the millions trying to figure out how to keep their children’s educations on track in the fog of the pandemic. I have three kids in three different schools. My sixth grade son has attended an independent school the last couple of years. He’s currently...
(Fox News)—Liberty Justice Center is representing Chicago area parents as they navigate the battle for in-person education, while the Chicago Teachers Union continues to keep schools closed. The following interview aired on Fox News Your World with Neil Cavuto on February 02, 2021.
...(WBBM NewsRadio) — A legal advocacy organization said it will sue the Chicago Teachers Union on behalf of nine Chicago Public Schools families if members of the CTU go on strike. Bob Bartlett is a Chicago Police officer who said he has devoted his days off during the pandemic to...
(Fox News) – Chicago parents upset over the impasse between school district officials and the teacher’s union said they are prepared to sue in order to force educators to return to their classrooms. The Chicago Teacher’s Union and Chicago Public Schools have been engaged in a standoff over the reopening...
(The Chicago Tribute) – The Chicago Teachers Union approved a measure Wednesday night that would call for all staff to work remotely Monday, including those K-8 teachers scheduled to work at school that day. If the teachers who refuse to work in person are blocked from using their remote teaching...
(The College Fix) – ANALYSIS: Lawsuit filed over swipe-card data collection could pave way for precedent on students’ Fourth Amendment rights An important lawsuit is unfolding that has the potential to affect the Constitutional rights of college students across the United States. College students don’t sign away their privacy rights...
(Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs) – The Oklahoma Education Association continues to criticize school-choice policies and efforts to preserve in-person instruction at public schools. But the teachers’ union is drawing strong online pushback from parents—even on the OEA’s own Facebook page. This week, the union criticized a new poll that...
(Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs) – An official opinion issued by the office of Attorney General Mike Hunter concludes the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) acted illegally when it imposed new regulations on a state scholarship program for children with special needs. To serve beneficiaries of the Lindsey Nicole...
(Courthouse News) — Wisconsin’s governor is unfairly barring a conservative think tank’s journalists from attending press events because of the group’s political views, its attorney argued in the Seventh Circuit on Friday. The Madison-based John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, which refers to itself as “the free market voice...