Liberty Justice Center
Non-Profit Associations |
Policy/Advocacy
440 North Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Recent News About Liberty Justice Center
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On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order reversing the Biden Administration's ban on new applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects.
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The state of California has repealed AB2098, which would have forced doctors to provide patients only with state-approved information about Covid-19, or risk losing their medical license. The law had already lost in court, and the state faced "humiliation" before a federal appeals panel
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News editor files federal lawsuit to gain access to meetings where judges and committees set rules on state court policy and recommend legislation.
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The Bishop of Charleston and South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc. sued several state officials in South Carolina federal court claiming they unconstitutionally withheld COVID-19 emergency relief funds from private schools.
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AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — A nonprofit instrumental in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding union fees is urging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to adopt is recommendations concerning right to work laws and forced union membership.
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LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A special education teacher in California alleges his constitutional rights have been violated because a union refused to allow him to withdraw his membership.
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Compelling non-union government workers to pay so-called “fair share fees” to unions they do not wish to join violates the First Amendment speech rights of non-union workers and is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, finding in favor of an Illinois state worker who had sued to end the fees, also known as agency fees, in Illinois and across the country.
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A group of nine Republicans currently serving in the Illinois General Assembly, including two rookie state lawmakers, have signed their names to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to uphold the state’s ability to allow unions to extract fees from government employees who don’t wish to join a union, arguing the country’s founding federalist principles should allow the 50 states to decide such policy questions for themselves.
