A white former Seattle city employee filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the city’s racially discriminatory treatment of employees and its mandatory cultural sensitivity programs that he claims constitute racial indoctrination aimed against white people. Cultural sensitivity training sessions are controversial. They often rely on radical, unproven academic theories—such as Marxist-derived critical race theory—that…
White Former Seattle City Employee Sues Over Racially Discriminatory Indoctrination
November 17, 2022
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Lawyers Challenging EPA Claim About Surface Water on Private Property Optimistic About SCOTUS Case
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in an upcoming Supreme Court case are upbeat about their challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-controversial claim that the presence of surface water on private property makes it a protected wetland subject to federal regulations. The case, Sackett v. EPA, is scheduled for oral argument on Oct. 3. A…
Midwife Clinic Sues Georgia After Local Hospitals Block Its Opening
August 18, 2022
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A birth center to be staffed by midwives is suing Georgia in federal court for unconstitutionally denying it permission to operate after three local hospitals expressed opposition to it. At present, there are only three non-hospital birth centers in Georgia, a state with more than 120,000 human births annually, but none are within a 130-mile radius of Augusta,…
Texas Restaurant Owner Sues US Labor Dept. Over Compensation Rule
Texas restaurateur Robert Mayfield is suing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to halt a rule that restricts his ability to offer his managers compensation packages that he believes are appropriate. The legal complaint (pdf) in the case, Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor, court file 1:22-cv-00792, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western…
Texas Restaurant Owner Sues US Department of Labor Over Compensation Rule
Texas restaurateur Robert Mayfield is suing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to halt a rule that restricts his ability to offer his managers the compensation packages he believes are appropriate. The legal complaint (pdf) in the case, Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor, court file 1:22-cv-00792, was filed in U.S. District Court for the…
Michigan Charter Schools Sue US Department of Education Over New Rule
August 8, 2022
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An organization representing Michigan charter schools is suing the U.S. Department of Education over a new rule its lawyers say will undermine charter schools. The Biden administration, which is closely aligned with public school teachers’ unions, is hostile to charter schools. On the campaign trail in 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden said he’s “not a fan…
Mobile Art Dealer Sues Town Over Requiring Donation of All Profit to Charity
June 8, 2022
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A mobile art gallery owner is suing a North Carolina town over a local ordinance that forces itinerant vendors like her to give 100 percent of profits to charity in exchange for the right to sell during the high tourism season. Ami Hill is the proprietor of mobile art gallery #Bus252 and of the Muse Markets,…
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Appeal by Montana Property Owners Complaining of Forest Service ‘Bait and Switch’
The Supreme Court announced on June 6 that it will hear the appeal of two Montana property owners who claim the U.S. Forest Service unilaterally and unlawfully changed the terms of a decades-old public access agreement affecting their private land. The case is Wilkins v. U.S., court file 21-1164, an appeal against a ruling by…
Census Bureau Sued Over ‘Intrusive’ Annual Survey Questions
June 5, 2022
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Two U.S. citizens have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Census Bureau, claiming the long, detailed American Community Survey the agency requires millions to fill out each year is illegal. The lawsuit comes as the U.S. Census Bureau comes under fire for significant miscounts in the 2020 Census, with population numbers in six states being…
California Judge Strikes Down Law Forcing Companies to Appoint Women to Corporate Boards
May 17, 2022
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A California judge struck down as unconstitutional the state’s law forcing publicly held corporations headquartered in California to meet a quota of board members who self-identify as women or face fines. Los Angeles County-based California Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled (pdf) May 13 in Crest v. Padilla that the state law known as SB…
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