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Federal civil rights complaint filed against Illinois education board over Title IX violations
The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) have filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Illinois State Board of...
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New law limiting legal challenges to state laws and executive orders unconstitutional on many fronts: legal expert
Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, signed this week that limits challenges to his and the General Assembly’s Democratic agenda to circuit courts in Cook (Chicago) and Sangamon (Springfield) Counties is in direct violation of the Illinois Constitution on at least two fronts, Jacob Heubert, President of the Chicago-based Liberty Justice Center (LJC), tells Chicago City Wire.
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Activist: Pritzker accountable only to Madigan
Activist Jeffrey Carter agrees with the Illinois Republican Party’s decision to sue Gov. J.B. Pritzker in federal court. But he does differ with it on one phrase.
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From Prairie State Wire
Liberty Justice Center attorney says practical, ideological reasons led to SCOTUS decision on union fees
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.
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From Prairie State Wire
Janus ruling changes union enrollment process
A recent Supreme Court ruling reverses the way public employees now join unions.
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From Prairie State Wire
Founder of Liberty Justice Center Hughes lauds Supreme Court's union decision
The attorney for Mark Janus said a recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Janus vs. ASCME case is a giant win for constitutional freedoms and public sector employees nationwide.
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Liberty Justice Center files lawsuit against City of Chicago over home-sharing ordinance
The Liberty Justice Center has filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago for its new ordinance that targets home-sharers by levying fines, new taxes and other potential punitive measures for renting homes to non-residents.
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New Chicago ordinance cracks down on home-sharing
Some Chicago residents could face pre-revolutionary British-styled tactics of high fines, taxation and unreasonable home searches by the government thanks to a new city ordinance signed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel earlier this month.
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Illinoisan hailed as hero for fighting forced union dues; high court to take case
What started as one man fighting being forced to pay union fees might change business as usual for unions across the country.
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College costs already outrageous without hiring 'hack' to regurgitate words, pundit says
Offering a former Obama aide $30,000 for a commencement speech is the perfect example of how misguided spending is in Illinois, a conservative pundit said on Chicago-based radio talk show recently.
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Critics pan $5,000 fine over Mautino financial reports, request criminal inquiry
The Illinois State Board of Elections slapped a $5,000 fine on Auditor General Frank Mautino's campaign committee on Monday for failing to comply with board order to update financial disclosure reports filed in 2014 and 2015.
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Liberty Justice Center sues Chicago over 2016 home-sharing ordinance
The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago on Nov. 15, alleging that the constitutional rights of Chicago homeowners and renters are violated by a newly adopted ordinance that places a ban on home sharing by homeowners and renters, and imposes an elevated tax to those who rent for vacation purposes.
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Chicago taxpayers continue to pay for White Sox's stadium
As the White Sox’s stadium undergoes a name change, taxpayers continue to foot the bill for the stadium that was part of a ploy to keep the team in Chicago in the '80s.