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Government Overreach

The government should not stop your business or non-profit from growing simply because it prefers your competitors.

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Freedom to Thrive

Every American has the right to earn a living and to pursue the American dream. Unfortunately, too often overzealous government regulations get in the way. The Liberty Justice Center stands up for the entrepreneurs and business owners who are the lifeblood of the American economy. Through our defense of free speech, we free businesses to serve their communities without cumbersome restrictions.

Our Cases Fighting Government Overreach

Glennon v. Johnson

The Liberty Justice Center is suing Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city of Chicago for imposing race-based and sex-based quotas on an upcoming casino project.

Filed January 30, 2025

McCoy v. Jacobson

The Liberty Justice Center is defending two truckers’ constitutional right to bear arms in public and carry them in their trucks across state borders.

Filed January 7, 2025

Weiss v. Chicago Teachers Union

The Liberty Justice Center is suing the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on behalf of four CTU members, demanding that the union produce an audit after failing to do so for four years.

Filed October 8, 2024

Chino Valley Unified School District v. Newsom

The Liberty Justice Center is challenging AB 1955, newly-enacted legislation that aims to ban parental notification policies across California.

Filed July 16, 2024

Scholl v. Illinois State Police

The Liberty Justice Center has filed a lawsuit to challenge Illinois’ dragnet surveillance of every citizen who drives a car or truck in the state—without a warrant or even the barest suspicion of criminal activity.

Filed May 30, 2024

Oil & Gas Workers Association v. Biden

The Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute have filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration's liquid natural gas (LNG) export ban.

Filed May 16, 2024

Our Fight in the News

The Epoch Times

Court Battle Ends with California School District Keeping Its Revised Parental Notification Policy

February 20, 2025

(The Epoch Times)—Neither California officials nor the Chino Valley Unified School District have appealed a court ruling over the district’s revised parental notification policy that would inform parents if their child requests changes to his or her school records, according to the school board president and the state attorney general....

The Wall Street Journal

Letter to the Editor: Mark Janus Would Like a Word on Precedent

February 14, 2025

(The Wall Street Journal)—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently said she wishes her court “went a little more slowly in undoing precedent” (“Sonia Sotomayor’s Elegy for Precedent,” Review & Outlook, Feb. 10). That’s interesting to me because my Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME, decided in 2018, overturned Abood...

Cook County Record

Lawsuits: City Hall, Bally’s Illegally Blocking White Males from Investing in New Chicago Casino

January 31, 2025

(Cook County Record)—“Chicago’s government has blatantly violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause by requiring a private business to enforce discriminatory provisions under threat of severe financial loss,” said Reilly Stephens, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, who is representing Glennon in his legal action....

Nebraska Examiner

Nebraska Supreme Court to Weigh Part of Handgun Restrictions Lawsuit Against Lincoln

January 28, 2025

(Nebraska Examiner)—The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether a group of gun owners needs to run afoul of Lincoln weapons ordinances and an executive order by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird before suing the city for enacting them. The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association, with help from the...