LJC In The News
Liberty Justice Center Urges Court to Uphold a California School District’s Revised Parental Notification Policy
(Tampa Free Press)—The Liberty Justice Center, representing the Chino Valley Unified School District, has filed a motion for summary judgment, urging the Superior Court of California to issue a final ruling upholding the District’s revised parental notification policy. The case, California v. Chino Valley Unified School District, began in August...
Will Student Privacy or Parental Rights Prevail?
(American Family News)—An attorney says California lawmakers want to sow distrust in parents with a bill that would bar school employees from notifying them if their child wants to go by a new pronoun at school. Emily Rae of Liberty Justice Center, a law firm defending Chino Valley Unified School...
Opinion: Minnesota State University System Supports Group that Lobbies Government to Bail out Students
(St. Cloud Times)—It’s harder than it used to be to get through college without taking out loans. But I did it. When I was in 11th and 12th grade, I took classes at St. Cloud State University through a Minnesota program that allows high-school students to earn college credit tuition-free....
North Carolina Mom Sues Woke School District
(Sara Gonzales Unfiltered)—In an interview on Sara Gonzales Unfiltered, North Carolina mom Leah McGhee and the Liberty Justice Center’s Educational Freedom Attorney Dean McGee discuss the latest developments in a lawsuit defending Leah’s son Christian, who was wrongfully branded a racist and given a three-day out of school suspension—just for...
Appeals Court to Hear Challenges to Potential US TikTok Ban on September 16
(Reuters)—A U.S. appeals court on Monday said it will hold oral arguments on Sept. 16 on legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban. On May 14, a group of TikTok creators filed suit to block the...
License Plate Cameras Help Solve Crimes, But Are Creating a Backlash over Privacy Concerns
(The Chicago Tribune)—In 2022, a teenager accused of fatally shooting a young mother in the back of the head in Morris was caught driving a stolen car with the help of a license plate camera. That same year, a man wanted for a slaying in Maywood was arrested in Northbrook...
Illinois License Plate Cameras Are Violating People’s Constitutional Rights, Says New Suit
(Reason)—Can state police track drivers everywhere they go via hundreds of license plate cameras? A new lawsuit says that Illinois’ widespread use of such cameras—called automatic license plate readers (ALPRs)—violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches because it breaches citizens’ reasonable expectations of privacy. The complaint—filed by two residents...
Latest in Case Defending Student Suspended for Saying “Illegal Alien”
(Lou Dobbs Tonight)—The Liberty Justice Center’s Educational Freedom Attorney Dean McGee discusses the latest developments in a federal lawsuit defending Christian McGhee, a North Carolina student who was suspended for asking a question containing the phrase “illegal alien.” The Liberty Justice Center recently filed a preliminary injunction urging the court...
Opinion: I’m Suing the Biden Administration to Save Gen Z’s Free Speech
(Newsweek)—TikTok is not just cat videos, cringe-worthy dancing, and bad lip-syncing. Millions of Gen Z Americans like myself use TikTok to express ourselves, share news, and debate our ideas. Yet the federal government is trying to take this unique communication platform away from us. In April, President Joe Biden signed...
Ban TikTok? Not So Fast, Lawsuit from Conservative Group Says
(The Sacramento Bee)—The clock is ticking for TikTok, the social media video-sharing app from Beijing-based ByteDance. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law, signed by President Joe Biden, forcing ByteDance to either sell the app or shut it down. Such a measure was bound to draw legal challenges. TikTok has...
Illinois Judge Rules Election Law Change Unconstitutional for 2024 Cycle
(Patch)—A Springfield judge ruled that a new Illinois law that prevents political parties from slating candidates when no one runs in a primary election is unconstitutional. Wednesday’s order from Sangamon County Circuit Judge Gail Noll only applies to the 14 Republican candidates and the November 2024 election cycle. Passed by...
Judge Blocks Illinois Election Law That Repealed Slating, Deems It Unconstitutional
(The Epoch Times)—An Illinois judge has blocked enforcement of a controversial election law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that barred political parties from appointing candidates to fill out general election ballots where the party did not field a primary candidate, a practice known as slating. Judge Gail Noll granted...
Illinois Judge Slaps Down Democrats’ Attempt to Bar Republicans from Ballot
(The Daily Caller)—An Illinois judge ruled Wednesday against a Democratic effort to bar Republicans from running for statewide office by altering election laws midway through the campaign season. Illinois Democrats had attempted to use its supermajority to pass legislation rewriting the rules by which political parties can select candidates, according...
Right Wing TikTokers Sue Biden Admin, Challenging TikTok Action on First Amendment Grounds: ‘A Ban on Speech’
(Fox Business)—FIRST ON FOX: Right-leaning TikTok users filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the law President Biden signed forcing a sale of TikTok, arguing it violates the First Amendment. According to a press release obtained by FOX Business, the Liberty Justice Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of BASED Politics Inc.,...
Judge: Democrats Can’t Change 2024 Election Rules Now to Block Republicans From Fall Ballot
(Cook County Record)—A Springfield judge has slapped a permanent hold on a new state law, hastily enacted this spring by Illinois’ Democratic supermajority, which rewrote the rules by which political parties can select candidates, and which Republicans described as little more than brazen attempt to block Republican candidates from challenging...