LJC In The News
(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...
(The Indiana Lawyer) – According to the complaint, the four plaintiffs were freshman pledges to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity when IU began investigating allegations of a hazing incident in the fall of 2018. The plaintiffs told the university they were in their dorm rooms at the time in question,...
(CBS2 Idaho News)—A group of parents have filed a lawsuit against the West Ada Education Association, claiming this week’s sick-outs are an illegal strike. Daniel Suhr, who is a lawyer with the Liberty Justice Center is representing those parents. He spoke with 670 KBOI’s Nate Shelman on Tuesday afternoon. “Idaho...
(Associated Press)—Chicago-area Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging Illinois’ expanded vote-by-mail program is a “partisan scheme” to help Democrats get votes and could open the door to election fraud. The lawsuit is the latest GOP effort to curb mail-in voting, which President Donald Trump has called flawed and the...
(The Chicago Tribune) – The Cook County Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the state’s new enhanced vote-by-mail law, contending the measure was a scheme by Democrats under Gov. J.B. Pritzker to amplify their vote totals and dilute GOP ballots in the Nov. 3 general election. The...
(Law 360)—A Seventh Circuit Judge pushed back Tuesday on Illinois Republicans’ claim that they should be exempted from group-size limits like religious gatherings are under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest COVID-19 safety order, saying the party isn’t comparing apples to apples under the First Amendment. Counsel for the Illinois Republican Party...
(WISTV) – A hearing was held on Wednesday in Orangeburg regarding a lawsuit filed to stop Gov. Henry McMaster from allocating money to help families pay for private school tuition. Judge Edgar Dickson did not make a decision in the case Wednesday afternoon. Attorneys representing the plaintiffs and defendants in...
(WTTW News) – With an historic election less than six months away, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider says the GOP is at a disadvantage due to the terms of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive order. The party is seeking to get restrictions — which currently include a ban on gatherings...
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled for conference a case that could determine whether public employees will be refunded hundreds of millions of dollars in union dues taken out of their paychecks against their will. At the conference, scheduled for June 18, justices could discuss whether...
(The Washington Times) – Mark Janus’ name is now enshrined in the annals of American law as the Supreme Court plaintiff who took on and beat public-sector unions. He wants to do it again. The 2018 ruling known simply as Janus freed nonunion public employees from being forced to pay...