LJC In The News
Legal Group Challenges New California Gender Identity Reporting Law
(The National Desk)—Legal advocacy group the Liberty Justice Center announced Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit challenging a new California law pertaining to K-12 students’ gender identities. AB 1955 makes it illegal for school districts to create policies requiring teachers to notify parents of their children’s gender identity. The bill...
CA School District Sues Newsom over Bill Banning Schools from Notifying Parents of Child’s Gender Identity
(Fox News)—A Southern California school district is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over a law banning schools from enacting polices to notify parents if their child uses different pronouns or gender identity at school. Newsom signed the law Monday and received extensive praise from LGBTQ lobbying groups. The school district argues...
Southern California School District Sues Newsom over Transgender Parental Notification Law
(National Review)—A public school district in southern California sued Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday after he signed a bill into law preventing school districts from requiring that teachers and administrators inform parents of their child’s change in sexual orientation or gender identity. The Chino Valley Unified School District, whose conservative...
Demandan al Gobernador de California por ley de Identidad de Género Estudiantil
(Univision 14)—El Liberty Justice Center presentó una demanda en el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Este de California contra el Gobernador Gavin Newsom, el Fiscal General Robert Bonta y el Superintendente de Instrucción Pública Tony Thurmond. La AB 1955, firmada por el Gobernador Newsom el...
College Graduate Sues after Learning Mandatory Tuition Fee Went to Liberal Student Activist Group
(The Daily Wire)—A graduate of St. Cloud State University is suing her alma mater after learning that she was charged a mandatory fee for an activist group that pushes liberal political speech. Tayah Lackie filed a federal lawsuit with the help of the Liberty Justice Center and the Upper Midwest...
College Grad Sues to Stop Mandatory Student Fee that Supports Liberal Activist Group
(The College Fix)—St. Cloud State University and Students United are facing a lawsuit over a mandatory fee, which the plaintiff argues violates her First Amendment rights. The federal lawsuit, brought by the Liberty Justice Center and the Upper Midwest Law Center on behalf of Tayah Lackie, argues that this mandatory...
Amicus Brief: Parents’ Constitutional Rights Aren’t Negotiable
(American Family News)—U.S. Supreme Court justices are being asked to hear a case challenging a school district’s gender identity policy. Attorney Emily Rae of Liberty Justice Center says the Eau Claire Area School District prevents parents from knowing if their child wants to “socially transition genders” at school. According to...
The Liberty Justice Center Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court, Supporting Legal Challenge to Wisconsin School District’s Gender Identity Policy
(WisPolitics)—On July 8, the Liberty Justice Center and Dr. Erica Anderson—a clinical psychologist with over 40 years of experience, focusing primarily on children and adolescents dealing with gender-identity-related issues—jointly filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari and hear Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire...
Legal Group, Psychologist Urge Supreme Court To Protect Parental Rights In Wisconsin
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center, a legal advocacy group, and Dr. Erica Anderson, a renowned clinical psychologist specializing in child and adolescent gender identity issues, have filed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case challenging the Wisconsin Eau Claire Area School District’s gender identity policy....
Tennessee Courts Will Look to Put Filings Online
(The Center Square)—Tennessee’s Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure decided to start a committee looking into rules to make court briefs available online moving forward. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight Tarwater will chair the committee, which will include commission Chairman Gino Bulso, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge...
U.S. Supreme Court Gives Miners, Farmers New Shot at Overturning Regulations
(Reuters)—Challengers to federal rules covering a range of industries including mining and farming got a fresh shot on Tuesday at rolling back regulations as the U.S. Supreme Court applied a new standard for reviewing the power of federal agencies. Nine lower-court rulings were vacated by the Supreme Court and sent...
Judge Combines TikTok Lawsuits, Opening Legal Brief Filed
(The Sacramento Bee)—The conservative Liberty Justice Center this week fired its opening salvo in the legal battle to save the social media platform TikTok, which Congress voted to ban unless the Chinese-owned app is sold. The Liberty Justice Center filed its opening brief in the case on June 28, arguing...
TikTok Ban Faces First Amendment Challenge: Legal Briefs Filed, Court Date Set
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) is suing the federal government over the TikTok ban, claiming that it violates free speech rights. Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Content Creators: On June 6th, the LJC filed suit challenging the ban on behalf of “BASED Politics,” a group using TikTok to...
Liberty Justice Center Challenges SEC’s “Gag Rule” in First Amendment Fight
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center is taking aim at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) controversial “gag rule” in a recent amicus brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The rule, implemented in 1972, compels individuals who settle enforcement cases with the SEC to...
Liberty Justice Center on Automatic License Plate Readers Lawsuit: “The Fourth Amendment Was Written Long Before We Had the Technology to Track Peoples’ Movements”
(Cook County Record)—A public interest law firm is suing Illinois law enforcement officials for monitoring the movements of Illinoisans with automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). The Liberty Justice Center (LJC), through two Cook County plaintiffs, is arguing that the monitoring, which began in Cook County and is now expanding statewide,...