LJC In The News
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Federal TikTok Ban
(Tampa Free Press)—The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear constitutional challenges to the proposed federal TikTok ban. The Court has scheduled oral arguments for January 10, 2025, just days before the ban is set to take effect on January 19, 2025, one day before the presidential inauguration....
Supreme Court Asked to Block Federal TikTok Ban
(The Center Square)—The Liberty Justice Center, alongside some TikTok creators, filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to halt the enforcement of a federal law that would ban TikTok in the United States on Jan. 19, 2025. The emergency application requests that the Supreme Court temporarily block...
Biden’s DOJ Admits LNG Export Ban Is Probably Over
(The Center Square)—The U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal motion this week asking to end a legal battle over the Biden administration’s blockage of new liquefied natural gas sites because President-elect Donald Trump is expected to end the ban. The Biden administration in January announced a pause on new...
Liberty Justice Center Defends Michigan Students’ “Let’s Go Brandon” Sweatshirt Case
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of two Michigan middle school students challenging their school’s ban on sweatshirts featuring the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon.” The case, B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, raises...
Chicago Court to Hear Arguments on Illinois Dragnet Surveillance Lawsuit
(Tampa Free Press)—A pivotal legal challenge to Illinois’ use of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) will be at the center of a court hearing this Thursday. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of...
U.S. Supreme Court Drops Case on Parental Rights
(Alaska Watchman)—In a move that could have impacted a number of Alaska school districts, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Dec. 9 to hear Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District, a case aimed at resolving the growing national conflict between parental rights and controversial...
Liberty Justice Center: Statement on the Supreme Court’s Dismissal of Petition to Hear Case on Parents’ Rights
(WisPolitics)—On December 9, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a petition to hear Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District, a case highlighting the ongoing national conflict between parents’ rights and overreaching school policies—but with a dissenting opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, emphasizing...
Emergency Petition Urges Halt to TikTok Ban
(The Center Square)—The Liberty Justice Center filed an emergency petition alongside some TikTok creators, asking the court to halt the Jan. 19 ban until the U.S. Supreme Court gives its final ruling on the legal challenge. The emergency petition argues that the act violates the First Amendment because it bans...
Emergency Petition Filed to Halt TikTok Ban Pending Supreme Court Decision
(Tampa Free Press)—Following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision in favor of the federal government’s proposed TikTok ban, the Liberty Justice Center and a coalition of TikTok content creators have filed an emergency petition seeking to delay enforcement of the ban until the U.S....
NC County Faces Lawsuit over Alleged Ban on Criticizing Employees by Name
(Carolina Public Press)—A Cabarrus County man is suing his local board of commissioners for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights when they removed him from a meeting for “naming names” of county DSS employees during a public comment period. The Liberty Justice Center, a national litigation firm, filed a complaint...
TikTok Ban Upheld by Appeals Court—Clock Running out for ByteDance
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Rapidly Approaching TikTok Ban
TikTok Must Sell or Face Ban in the United States
(News Channel Nebraska)—The Liberty Justice Center reports that a U.S. appeals court has rejected constitutional challenges to a federal law that will ban the TikTok social media platform effective Jan. 19. Jacob Huebert of the Liberty Justice Center says the law threatens the free speech rights of millions of Americans...
Millions of Californians Use TikTok. It Could Go Away Next Month after Court Upholds Ban
(The Sacramento Bee)—On Jan. 19, 2025, tens of millions of Americans, including millions of Californians, will lose access to their TikTok accounts, unless the U.S. Supreme Court or President Joe Biden intervenes. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law, signed by Biden, to ban the social media video-sharing platform TikTok...
Opinion: Banning Employers from Talking about Politics and Religion Is Unconstitutional
(Crain’s Chicago Business)—The First Amendment protects the free-speech rights of everyone—including employers that want to speak to their employees about topics that are important to them. Read the full opinion piece by Senior Counsel Jeff Schwab here at Crain’s.
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