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Some issue warnings about labor amendment as report shows union membership is up slightly in Illinois – The Center Square

This article by Kevin Bessler was published Sep. 7, 2022 on thecentersquare.com. (The Center Square) – For the first time in five years, union membership is up in Illinois just as a battle is brewing over an amendment on the November ballot regarding collective bargaining....

What the Proposed Workers’ Rights Amendment Could Mean for Illinois – WTTW Chicago Tonight

This article by Eunice Alpasan was published Sep. 5, 2022 on news.wttw.com. As the U.S. observes Labor Day, Illinois voters are set to cast their ballots in the November general election on a state constitutional amendment that could give workers more rights in the workplace....

A Big Labor Takeover in Illinois – Wall Street Journal

Amendment 1 would further entrench the power of public unions. This article by The Editorial Board was published Aug 29, 2022 on wsj.com. Public unions already dominate government in Illinois, and Democratic lawmakers now want to amend the constitution to entrench that power and block...

Parents for Public Schools v. Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration

Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the federal government has set aside relief funding for both public and independent schools to help navigate the resulting challenges. Unfortunately, opponents to non-public schools have repeatedly tried to prevent these schools from receiving one-time, emergency relief grants....

C-SPAN Washington Journal: Daniel Suhr on Supreme Court’s religious liberty rulings

Managing Attorney Daniel Suhr appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's 2021-2022 session including recent religious liberty opinions in favor of school choice.

Chicago parents file lawsuit against teacher’s union: ‘Rug ripped right out from under them again’ – Fox News

The decision by Chicago Teachers Union members not to show up to work is taking a toll on students' mental health, Ammie Kessem, a parent of a student within the Chicago Public Schools

Some parents are suing the Chicago Teachers Union after their refusal to teach in person caused classes to be canceled – Insider

A group of parents is suing the Chicago Teachers Union after a stand-off over Covid-19 safety measures led to canceled classes. The teachers union voted last week to refuse to teach in person until additional safety measures to combat the Covid-19 surge are implemented.

Talks Continue, Legal Filings Fly As CPS Classes Remain Out Over Remote Learning Fight – CBS Chicago

Legal actions are flying as the more than 300,000 CPS students continue to sit out of class and wait. The latest legal action was filed by the Liberty Justice Center on behalf of Chicago Public Schools parents – asking a judge to force teachers back.

Chicago parents sue teachers union over canceled classes – The Hill

A group of Chicago parents is suing the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) after teachers refused to return to in-person instruction due to COVID-19 concerns and school officials canceled classes entirely.

Louisiana at center of debate over proposed federal Covid vaccine requirements, SCOTUS will decide – KLFY

Question: Does the federal government have the power to order private businesses and health care workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19?

Chicago Parents Sue Teachers’ Union to Demand Return to In-Person Instruction – National Review

A group of parents sued the Chicago Teachers Union after the union’s members went on strike to teach remotely, forcing the school district to cancel classes until an agreement could be negotiated.

Several CPS parents file lawsuit in attempt to end teachers union strike – FOX 32

Chicago parents have filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Chicago Teachers Union, calling this week's school closures an "illegal strike," demanding that teachers return to school for in-person learning.

Parents sue to end illegal Chicago Teachers Union strike

A group of Chicago parents have filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Teachers Union, calling this week’s school closures an “illegal strike” and demanding that teachers return to school for in-person learning.

Illinois rental owners file new lawsuit to end federal eviction ban – 23 WIFR

The Illinois Rental Property Owners Association and two individual rental property owners are suing to end the Biden Administration’s moratorium with help from attorneys at the Liberty Justice Center, a national public-interest law firm.

Bigotry and Cares Act Cash – Wall Street Journal

A federal lawsuit in South Carolina is taking direct aim at one of the state’s uglier legacies: the Blaine Amendment embedded in its state constitution.

Burying the bigotry of South Carolina’s Blaine amendment – The Hill

A recently filed lawsuit could make South Carolina the second state in the nation to be forced to stop using vestiges of 19th century bigotry, in the form of the Blaine Amendments, to block 21st century education reform.

Bride-to-Be Sues DC Mayor Over Dancing Ban – Fox and Friends

Liberty Justice Center Senior Attorney Daniel Suhr and bride-to-be Margaret Appleby appeared on Fox and Friends to discuss DC's dancing ban.

Liberty Justice Center discusses #1AWarrior on Glenn Beck

Principal Thorne’s experience illustrates the dangers of cancel culture. Thorne warned his students that anyone’s voice can be cancelled for any reason by a small group of people. And Shelby County Schools silenced him for that.

Bishop of Charleston v. Adams

Bishop of Charleston v. Adams seeks to prevent South Carolina officials from using a long-standing discriminatory law to deny independent and religious schools access to federal COVID relief funds.

National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association v. Black

Attorneys at the Liberty Justice Center are representing Thoroughbred horse owners and trainers in a federal lawsuit to stop the new law, pointing out HISA unlawfully grants the Authority government powers despite the U.S. Constitution and subsequent foundational U.S. Supreme Court decisions declaring that Congress...

Liberty Justice Center and Principal Barton Thorne on Tucker Carlson Tonight

Liberty Justice Center discusses Principal Barton Thorne on Glenn Beck

5 Things to Know About Principal Barton Thorne and His Case Against Shelby County Schools

Tennessee principal sues Shelby County Schools for violating First Amendment rights

Principal Thorne’s attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit against the district for violating his First Amendment and contractual rights for placing him on administrative leave for discussing current events and free speech with students.

Thorne v. Shelby County Board of Education

Memphis-area principal Barton Thorne’s attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit against the district for violating his First Amendment and contractual rights for placing him on administrative leave for discussing current events and free speech with students.

Parents shouldn’t have to do this – LJC Blog

It should never have come to this. Parents shouldn’t have to threaten to sue the teachers union at their school for holding their children’s education hostage.

Remote learning failed my third-grader miserably. I pulled her out of public school. – USA Today

Parents of students in Virginia’s largest school district are working to ensure that teachers union leaders do not repeat an illegal work stoppage that took place in late October.

Liberty Justice Center President Pat Hughes appears on Fox News to talk Chicago Public Schools

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.

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.

9 CPS families say they will sue Chicago Teachers Union if they strike – WBBM NewsRadio

The Liberty Justice Center said it will sue the Chicago Teachers Union on behalf of nine Chicago Public Schools families if members of the CTU go on strike.

Chicago teachers strike looms, parents may sue – Fox & Friends

LJC's Daniel Suhr appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss Chicago parents' battle for in-person education while the Chicago Teachers Union continues to keep schools closed.

Chicago parents promise to sue teacher’s union if members strike – Fox & Friends

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.

Chicago parents represented by Liberty Justice Center – 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.

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.

A CTU strike would be wrong – and likely illegal – Chicago Tribune

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.

School choice lawsuit surge pushes possible high court fight – ABC News / Associated Press

A group of Vermont parents are suing the state and local school districts over unequal access to education under the state’s 150-year-old Town Tuitioning system. The parents say the program violates the state constitution by allowing children residing in certain school districts to attend the...

Arizona parent confronts school district, union over illegal teacher “sick out” in Chandler

A parent of a student in one of Arizona’s largest school districts is placing teachers union and school leaders on notice if teachers repeat an illegal work stoppage that took place in December. As the Chandler Unified School District Board of Education meets again this...

Parents’ suit challenges Vt. school tuition system – Bennington Banner

Tuition lawsuit filed against BFUHS, WNESU and state – Brattleboro Reformer

Vitale v. Vermont

A group of Vermont parents are suing the state and local school districts over unequal access to education under the state’s 150-year-old Town Tuitioning system.

Vermont parents sue state over unequal access to education

Virginia parents confront school district, union over illegal teacher “sick out” in Fairfax

Parents of students in Virginia’s largest school district are working to ensure that teachers union leaders do not repeat an illegal work stoppage that took place in late October.

‘Kids are not pawns’: Fairfax Co. parents angry about organized teacher mental health day – ABC7 WJLA

Parents of students in Virginia’s largest school district are working to ensure that teachers union leaders do not repeat an illegal work stoppage that took place in late October.

Liberty Justice Center represents North Carolina General Assembly in fight to protect scholarships for low-income students

Attorneys from the Liberty Justice Center are representing the North Carolina General Assembly in a legal fight to protect a scholarship program that provides educational opportunities for thousands of low-income students.

Idaho parents fight to ensure the teachers union won’t shut down schools again

As the West Ada School District announced it would reopen on Wednesday, a group of parents filed a lawsuit arguing this week’s “sick out” was an illegal union strike, and that the teachers union cannot use the threat of another work stoppage to force the...

Judge Urged to Keep Montana Political Spending Rule – Beaumont Enterprise

The lawsuit announced Wednesday asks a federal judge to strike down Montana’s nearly year-old policy that requires certain businesses seeking contracts with the state to disclose donors and spending on elections.

Cook County Republican Party v. Pritzker

"Vote early and vote often" is a tongue-in-cheek joke for many Chicagoans, but Illinois' new Vote By Mail program brings up new concerns for the notoriously corrupt and mismanaged state.

Fight over SAFE Grants heads to the South Carolina Supreme Court

Today’s action escalates the legal battle from the state trial court to the South Carolina Supreme Court. Palmetto Promise Institute and the Liberty Justice Center continue to fight to protect SAFE Grants and plan to consent to bringing the case before the High Court.

Hearing Held Regarding Funds Set to be Allocated From Emergency Fund for Private School Tuition – WISTV

On July 20, McMaster announced he would be using $32 million received in Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds to provide one-time scholarships for students to attend private schools during the 2020-21 school year.

Palmetto Promise Institute fights to restore SAFE Grants for South Carolina students

Palmetto Promise Institute asked an Orangeburg, S.C. judge to allow the governor’s new Safe Access to Flexible Education (SAFE) Grants program to move forward. If the judge sides with Palmetto Promise, thousands of students from moderate and low-income families will have the opportunity to attend...

Adams v. South Carolina

In order to provide South Carolina children the ability to remain in a school of their choice or to have a new alternatives for quality education in a safe setting, Gov. McMaster recently used $32 million in federal CARES Act funds entrusted to his discretionary...

U.S. Supreme Court Schedules Conference in Followup to Landmark Janus Case – The Center Square

In a major victory for First Amendment rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27, 2018 in Janus v. AFSCME that non-union government workers cannot be required to pay union fees as a condition of working in public service. This landmark case restores the First...

Liberty Justice Center attorneys committed to defending scholarships for low-income students

“The ESA program is urgently needed to help low-income Tennessee students escape failing schools and access better education opportunities,” said Brian Kelsey, senior attorney at the Liberty Justice Center. “We plan on making this argument in the Court of Appeals on August 5, and we...

Salem Media Files Lawsuit Against Illinois Governor for Barring Radio Host from COVID Press Briefings – Townhall

'"I think they'd been looking for an excuse to get rid of me...All I want is to get back back in that press room. I've been asking questions in this town since 1996,' she says."

Janus lawyers applaud Texas Attorney General for new opinion siding with public employees’ rights

In a new opinion built on the rights secured for public-sector workers in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton affirms the right of Texas public employees to make a free choice whether or not to join or remain in...

Nonprofit Appealing Judge’s Ruling that Tennessee’s Voucher Law is Unconstitutional – Fox

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A nonprofit is appealing a judges ruling that Tennessee’s school voucher law is unconstitutional. Davidson County Chancellor Anne C. Martin struck down state’s private school voucher law, known as the Education Savings Account (ESA) Pilot Program, Monday night, citing it violates...

Union Foe Janus Wants High Court Return in Fee Dispute – Law 360

The ex-Illinois state worker who persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to let public-sector workers refuse to fund their unions urged the high court Monday to review a ruling that his union doesn’t have to return the possibly millions of dollars in fees it collected over...

Liberty Justice Center & VUGO, Inc. ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear case arguing for commercial advertising in Uber, Lyft and other rideshare vehicles

(Jan. 7, 2020) The Liberty Justice Center, the public interest law firm behind the 2018 Supreme Court victory in Janus v. AFSCME, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that challenges bans on advertising in Uber, Lyft and other rideshare vehicles.

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