LJC In The News
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.
...Litigation: First Amendment Rights Violated by Cabarrus County
(The Center Square)—A North Carolina county commission violated a citizen’s First Amendment rights when it banned him from speaking at meetings for three months, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a nonprofit group. The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners made the decision after James Campbell spoke at an April...
‘Forcibly Silenced.’ Man Files Lawsuit Against Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners
(Queen City News)—A lawsuit has been filed involving a Cabarrus County man who is accusing the county of silencing him and violating his First Amendment rights following an incident earlier this year at a Board of Commissioners public meeting. The lawsuit, announced by the Liberty Justice Center, was filed on...
Pressure Mounts on Chicago Teachers Union to Release Mysterious Missing Audits: ‘Something Doesn’t Line Up’
(The New York Sun)—Seven more of the Chicago Teachers Union’s members are joining an effort to get the union to release its financial audits—prompting serious concerns about why the union bosses are resisting their own bylaws. The additional members are joining an effort that started in October when the Liberty...
Advocacy Groups Accuse Consumer Product Safety Commission of Unsubstantiated Claims on Infant Sleep Products
(Sleep Review Magazine)—Two advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit and a demand letter accusing the CPSC and its commissioner of overreach and unsubstantiated claims about the safety of weighted infant sleep products. Summary: Two advocacy groups, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) and the Liberty Justice Center, have taken legal...