LJC In The News
C-SPAN Washington Journal: Daniel Suhr on Supreme Court’s Religious Liberty Rulings
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maine’s Unconstitutional Tuition Program For Excluding Faith-Based Schools – The Federalist
(The Federalist)—In a win for religious freedom and education choice, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Maine government program that only granted tuition aid to parents who sent their children to a pre-approved private school without any religious affiliation is unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision that reversed...
The Center Square Sues to Open Meetings at Tennessee Judicial Conference
(The Center Square)—The executive editor of The Center Square is suing the Director of the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts in an attempt to open meetings at the upcoming Tennessee Judicial Conference to members of the public and the press. The suit contests that a new policy closing meetings...
Lawsuit: Tennessee Illegally Closes State Judges’ Meetings to Public and Press
(Legal Newsline)—A Tennessee state judiciary official faces a federal lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment by closing meetings of state court judges to the public and press. At the Tennessee Judicial Conference meetings, state court judges and Conference committees discuss guidelines on state court policies and rules and recommend...
Tennessee Supreme Court Declines to Rehear School Voucher Case
(The Tennessean)—The Tennessee Supreme Court has declined to rehear the case challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Lee’s controversial school voucher program. Davidson and Shelby county governments filed a petition asking the court to rehear the case following its May 18 ruling that found the program does not violate the...
Court Denies Petition Seeking to Block Amendment 1 from Ballot; Plaintiffs to Appeal
(The Center Square) – A Sangamon County Circuit Court judge on Thursday denied a petition that sought to block an amendment that would codify union powers in the Illinois state constitution from appearing on the November ballot. The case was brought by parents and teachers from Chicago Public Schools and...
Is Affirmative Action Next for SCOTUS? Here’s How It Could Happen
(The Daily Caller)—The Supreme Court is currently considering a case challenging the consideration of race in college admissions, and amicus briefs filed by plaintiffs reveal how the court could rule. The court will decide whether admissions programs that consider race at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC)...
Labor Amendment Lawsuit Heard in County Court
Fear & Politics: Judges, Lawyers Reluctant to Defend Rights vs Guv’s, Mayors’ Emergency Power Amid Pandemic
(Cook County Record)—The decision did not make as many headlines as it could have. In February, Cook County Judge Sanjay Tailor struck down an effort by Cook County health officials to force a public school student to quarantine for 10 days, only because health officials believed the child may have...
Illinois Constitutional Amendment Faces First Legal Challenge Friday
(WMBD-TV) — The June primaries may be about a month away, but come November, Illinois voters will have the chance to vote on a constitutional amendment. This amendment faces the first legal challenge on Friday. “The goal of this lawsuit is to keep this unconstitutional measure off the ballot,” said...
Illinois Amendment 1 Faces First Legal Challenge Friday
(WMBD News)—Jacob Huebert, President of the Liberty Justice Center, spoke with WMBD News about Sachen v. Illinois State Board of Elections, the lawsuit challenging Illinois’ unconstitutional ballot amendment.
...Bennett Liebman: New Fifth Circuit Ruling ‘Uphill Fight’ for HISA
(Thoroughbred Daily News)—With just over a month before the racetrack safety component of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) is set to go into effect, two separate lawsuits cast looming shadows over the program’s legal and operational future. One of the suits challenging HISA’s constitutionality was filed by the...
Court Clears Path for Long-blocked Tennessee School Vouchers
(The Washington Post)—Tennessee’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher program does not violate the state’s constitution, clearing the path for families to soon use taxpayer dollars on private schools. The Tennessee Supreme Court’s 3-2 decision overturns several lower court rulings that had previously determined the...
Appeals Panel Says States Can Make Lawyers Join the Bar Based on ‘Undermined’ Law, but SCOTUS Might Say ‘No’
(Cook County Record)—A Chicago federal court has ruled it is constitutional for states to make lawyers belong to the state bar association, despite a Milwaukee area lawyer’s contention his dues support political causes he does not back. The appeals court said membership helps uphold standards in the legal profession. However,...