LJC In The News
Lawsuit Filed Against SCS After Principal Placed on Leave, Violates Free Speech
(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 he...
Suspended Cordova High School Principal Is Now Suing Shelby County Schools Over Controversial “Free Speech” Video
(ABC Local 24)—The Cordova High School principal placed on administrative leave after a controversial video is now suing Shelby County Schools, accusing the district of violating his First Amendment and contractual rights. A nine-minute video posted in mid-January by Principal Barton Thorne was about free speech and focused on social...
Memphis High School Principal Sues After Being Suspended for Talking to Students About Free Speech, Tolerance
(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 defends constitutional...
High School Principal Barton Thorne Reinstated Following Civil Rights Lawsuit
(ABC4 News)—High school principal Barton Thorne, who was suspended last month over comments he made about free speech in the wake of the Capitol riot, is returning to work for the first time in six weeks. Thorne shared concerns about big tech companies’ ability to control information on their platforms...
Remote Learning Failed My Third-Grader Miserably. I Pulled Her Out of Public School.
(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...
Chicago Parents Set to Sue if Teachers Strike
(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. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=427999358628116
...Chicago Teachers Strike Looms, Parents May Sue
(Fox & Friends)—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 & Friends on January 01, 2021.
...9 CPS Families Say They Will Sue Chicago Teachers Union if They Strike
(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 helping his...
Chicago Parents Promise to Sue Teacher’s Union if Members Strike
(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 of...
Chicago Parents Represented by Liberty Justice Center
(Fox & Friends)—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 & Friends on January 30, 2021.
...Teachers Unions Want Schools Closed. Parents Need Their Power Back.
(Liberty Justice Center)—Suing teachers unions is the only way to empower parents, protect kids. For the better part of a year, we have witnessed the financial, emotional and educational struggles of families dealing with school shutdowns – school shutdowns that are extreme when compared to the rest of the industrialized...
A CTU Strike Would Be Wrong – and Likely Illegal
(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 devices, CTU’s...
‘Kids Are Not Pawns’: Fairfax Co. Parents Angry About Organized Teacher Mental Health Day
(ABC7 WJLA News)—Liberty Justice Center sent the Fairfax Education Association (FEA), the county’s largest teachers union, a letter warning further legal action if they take another ‘organized’ mental health day. Liberty Justice Center (LJC) said it represents several Fairfax County Public School families who are “deeply concerned” the union “encouraged...
Lawsuit Challenges University’s Authority to Track Students Through Data Collection
(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 the minute...
Parents Push Back Against OEA
(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 showed 61...