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It's clearly an unconstitutional move for a publicly funded school (part of the government) to dictate that a teacher must use outright false pronouns for certain children.
Frequent Traveler Sues CDC, Biden for ‘Unconstitutional’ Mask Mandate on Public Transport
BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN June 9, 2021
A Washington man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), President Joe Biden, and several other agencies, challenging the mask mandate on transportation systems.
Lucas Wall, who describes himself as a “frequent traveler,” argued in his lawsuit (pdf) that having to wear masks on transportation systems is unconstitutional, particularly while traveling within a state.
“They are improper, illegal, and unconstitutional exercises of executive authority,” Wall wrote.
Wall, who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, was turned away by Transportation Security Administration agents at Orlando International Airport on June 2 when they saw he wasn’t wearing a mask.
“No, I will not wear a mask, that’s why I have my vaccination card,” Wall told an agent.
That agent then told Wall that he needed a mask to fly from Orlando, Florida, to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Wall refused to wear a mask, saying that he suffers from anxiety and breathing difficulties.
“I am a frequent traveler, having flown more than 1.5 million miles and visited 134 nations as well as all 56 U.S. states and territories,” Wall wrote in his lawsuit. “I am currently stranded at my mother’s house in The Villages, Florida … because Defendant TSA refused to let me board a flight June 2, 2021, out of Orlando International Airport (MCO) for not wearing a mask even though I have a qualifying disability.”
“Due to my Generalized Anxiety Disorder, I have never covered my face. I tried a mask a couple times for brief periods last year, but had to remove it after five or so minutes because it caused me to instigate a feeling of a panic attack, including hyperventilating and other breathing trouble. I carry cards in my wallet to hand to anybody who asks me to wear a mask.”
The mask mandates have “ignored countless scientific and medical data showing that face masks are totally ineffective in reducing coronavirus spread,” Wall claimed in his lawsuit.
In March, the CDC updated its guidance on mask-wearing while using public transportation.
In its latest update, the CDC said people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, are generally no longer required to wear masks or social distance, including in most indoor areas.
Previous guidance from the CDC had recommended that people wear masks if they were within six feet of others outside, regardless of their vaccination status.
“Biden has no legal authority to do that,” Wall told ABC 7, referring to the current mask mandates. “It’s long past time this illegal and what I argue unconstitutional restriction be removed.”
He said he wants all transportation mask mandates to be lifted.
“I’m not going to be able to travel or be in airports for hours at a time just sitting around and wearing a mask that restricts my breathing so much and makes me uncomfortable,” Wall told the Washington Examiner.
The CDC didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.
Ted Cruz: Facebook is censoring “on behalf of the government” and is liable to be sued
Cruz sees a First Amendment angle.
Law Firm Boss Sued Over Dispute in Firing Pro-Trump Employees
BY LI HAI June 10, 2021
Three Minnesota attorneys have filed a lawsuit against their former boss, alleging that he wrongfully fired employees because they posted pro-Trump or pro-police content on social media.
June 18, 2021
Lawsuit against Twitter reveals how it works with Democrats to censor
Lawsuits fighting back against Big Tech censorship at the behest of public officials are mounting.
White Illinois Farmers Sue Over Race-Based Farm Loan Relief Program
BY MATTHEW VADUM June 20, 2021
White Illinois farmers are challenging part of the recent COVID-19 stimulus law in court because it allocates federal benefits based on skin color.
ICE Agents, Sheriffs Sue Biden Admin Over ‘Unlawful’ Deportation Policy
BY CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON July 1, 2021
GALVESTON, Texas—A group of sheriffs and active Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have filed suit against the Biden administration for its “unlawful and unconstitutional” requirements regarding the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens.
The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to a Feb. 18 memorandum that they say “commands ICE officers to violate the specific terms of federal immigration law.”
“The relief we are seeking is that the court order ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to simply follow the law,” lead attorney Kris Kobach said after filing the suit at the Galveston federal courthouse on July 1. “To follow the specific laws … that require them to detain and deport certain illegal aliens.”
The lawsuit (pdf) alleges that “many extremely dangerous illegal aliens who would have been detained prior to the February 18 Memorandum are now not being detained—against the wishes of the ICE officers seeking to detain them, and in violation of federal statutes requiring their detention and/or removal.”
Energy company TC Energy has said it is seeking $15 billion in damages from the United States government over President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline project.
In a statement on Friday, the Canada-based company said it had filed a notice of intent with the State Department to begin a legacy North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) claim under the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement.
The company said it aims to “recover economic damages resulting from the revocation of the Keystone XL Project’s Presidential Permit,” adding that it suffered a loss of more than $15 billion “as a result of the U.S. Government’s breach of its NAFTA obligations.” ...
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office halting the Keystone Pipeline project that President Donald Trump had approved, saying it was part of his administration’s larger agenda to tackle a projected climate crisis.
Florida Man Files Lawsuit Against CDC’s Mask Mandate in Supreme Court
BY JACK PHILLIPS July 6, 2021
A Florida man who frequently flies on planes asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mask requirements for public transportation, decrying the regulation as unconstitutional.
Lucas Wall appealed to the court on Tuesday and named the CDC, President Joe Biden, and other federal agencies as defendants in the case. Previously, he filed a lawsuit against seven airlines and alleged they engaged in discrimination against fliers who cannot wear face masks due to medical reasons.
“This Court has issued at least five emergency injunctive orders in the past seven months unequivocally holding that governments may not restrict First Amendment rights even in the name of fighting a pandemic,” Wall wrote in his Tuesday petition. Now, he wants the court to rule on whether other constitutional rights “can’t be suspended by the federal defendants because of COVID-19.”
Wall was ejected from the Orlando International Airport last month because he wasn’t wearing a mask, according to reports and video footage he posted online. In his previous lawsuit, Wall said he has a generalized anxiety disorder that makes it not possible to follow what he called an “improper, illegal, and unconstitutional” mandate on mask-wearing.
When he was ejected from the airport, Wall told Transportation Security Administration agents: “I refuse to comply with that,” reported the Washington Examiner, citing his video.
“I can’t wear a mask because of my anxiety. I will not wear a mask. I cannot wear a mask because of my breathing difficulties,” he said. The agents still refused to allow him to enter without a mask even after he showed them his COVID-19 vaccination card. ...
Wall’s lawsuit also stipulated that he has been stuck at his mother’s home in Florida for months because he’s not allowed to fly without a mask.
“I take medication for that, but I’m still prone to panic attacks,” Wall said in an interview with Business Insider published several weeks ago. “One of the triggers is, any time my breathing is obstructed, that brings a feeling of claustrophobia and a complete sense of unease.” ...
And earlier this year, the federal health agency revised its guidance to say that fully vaccinated individuals don’t need to wear a mask inside or outside but stipulated that they need to wear masks on public transportation.
COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court protected every American’s right to peacefully support causes they believe in without fear of harassment or intimidation.
Praise God—this is great news!
This ruling upholds a 60-year-old precedent in NAACP v. Alabama, in which the Supreme Court rebuked Alabama for demanding that the NAACP hand over its membership lists—exposing their members to harassment and violence.
So, you might be wondering: Why did this need repeating?
Well, apparently, California didn’t get that memo.
In 2012, the State took an old page out of Alabama’s playbook. The California Attorney General’s Office demanded that Thomas More Law Center (TMLC)—a Michigan-based legal organization that defends and promotes religious freedom, moral and family values, and the sanctity of life—hand over its top donors’ names and addresses to the state Attorney General’s Office. As you can imagine, this didn’t sit right with TMLC.
So, TMLC took a stand. And Alliance Defending Freedom represented the nonprofit before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thankfully, the Supreme Court ruled in TMLC’s favor, sending a clear message: It is unconstitutional to force nonprofits to reveal their donors’ private information.
California needed to be reminded of that.
In 2010, the California Attorney General’s Office instituted a new policy demanding that all nonprofits who fundraise in the state provide all their major supporters’ information every year—with no reason to think they’re doing anything wrong and no regulatory need for that information. And, even more troubling, California doesn’t exactly have a stellar record of keeping private information, well…private.
TMLC supporters, employees, and clients have faced intimidation, death threats, hate mail, boycotts, and even an assassination plot from ideological opponents. And if California were to leak the private information of nonprofit donors—either accidentally or on purpose—they would be in very real danger.
On top of that, the Supreme Court has held that the freedom of association is protected by the Constitution. That means we have the freedom to choose which groups or causes we associate with (or donate to) and whether or not we make that association public knowledge.
Church Awarded $220,000 by Washington DC After Filing Lawsuit Over CCP Virus Religious Restrictions
BY KATABELLA ROBERTS July 9, 2021
A Washington, D.C., church has been awarded $220,000 after it filed a federal lawsuit challenging the district’s restrictions on gatherings at places of worship during the CCP virus pandemic.
The mural contained in the letter “E” showed Joanne Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur, who was convicted in 1977 for murdering a state trooper in New Jersey but escaped from prison and fled the United States. Chesimard is a wanted fugitive who is regarded highly by some racial activists.
The mural also contained a logo attributed to the New Black Panthers, which is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “virulently racist and antisemitic organization whose leaders have encouraged violence against the whites, Jews, and law enforcement officers.”
The officers were forced to pass by the mural every time they reported to work, which amounted to a “discriminatory and harassing work environment,” the suit stated.
“Not only did the defendants allow the harassing and discriminatory iconography to exist in the workplace, but they also sanctioned, approved, encouraged, and paid for it,” it said.
Officers raised concerns about the messaging in the mural t...
NYC school's faculty rebels against principal who 'conspired to get rid of white teachers' and who 'definitely has something against white people'
High School for Law and Public Service principal Paula Lev is facing probe by NYC Dept of Education for allegedly discriminating against white teachers
Faculty members filed the complaint last week and voted that they have 'no confidence' in her leadership
A faculty member writes in the complaint that Lev tried to conspire with him to terminate a white, female employee
Complaint claims that Lev 'flagrantly but unsuccessfully attempted to divide our school by race'
'She definitely has something against white people,' it adds
Students Sue CA State Colleges Over COVID Vaccine Mandates
PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF Comes now Plaintiffs, by and through their undersigned counsel, who move the Court for the issuance of an injunction to restrain the Federal Defendants1, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, to stop the approval of Covid-19 vaccinations until such time as procedures are established to require prescreening prior to injection to establish whether the individual has had, or currently has, the Covid-19 virus; to restrain the State Defendants from mandating a person receive the vaccine prior to the implementation of said procedures; and for declaratory relief on the issue whether vaccination of those who have either had the virus, or currently have the virus, are at risk of death or serious illness
Lawsuits are the answer.
Students Sue CA State Colleges Over COVID Vaccine Mandates
Unfortunately, my kid's doctor refused to give the waiver, likely from orders above. If not for that extension
Parents Sue DC Over Allowing Kids to be Vaccinated Without Parent’s Consent
BY LI HAI July 16, 2021
Four parents filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia on Monday, alleging the district’s recently enacted law deprives parent’s constitutional rights and endangers children’s safety by allowing minors as young as 11 years old to get vaccinated without their parent’s consent or knowledge.
Facebook, White House Colluding on Censorship: Lawsuit
BY ZACHARY STIEBER July 20, 2021
Facebook is censoring Americans at the behest of President Joe Biden’s administration in violation of the First Amendment, a new lawsuit alleges.
As evidence of the collusion, the class-action complaint quotes White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s recent admission that the administration is “flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.”
“When she said that they were working with Big Tech then it changes everything because then it’s the government censoring, so that obviously can’t stand,” Richard Rogalinski, the plaintiff, told The Epoch Times.
Rogalinski made several posts about COVID-19 this year, including on April 6 remarking how he has seen data showing masks do not prevent the spread of the virus that causes the disease.
He has seen those posts appended with statements directing people to articles by so-called fact-checkers.
In one instance last month, Rogalinski posted an image of a tweet by Dr. David Samadi positing that “hydroxychloroquine worked this whole time.”
Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug that has been around for decades, has shown some success against COVID-19 as both a treatment and prophylactic.
But Facebook hid the post from public view and deemed it “false information,” citing a USA Today article from July 2020 that claimed hydroxychloroquine is not effective in treating COVID-19.
“They’re fact checking me with articles that are a year before that aren’t even relevant,” Rogalinski said.
The USA Today article included studies that indicated hydroxychloroquine isn’t effective and others that suggest it does help in some scenarios, but focused on how the latter ones attracted criticism and downplayed them. Experts have told The Epoch Times that many of the studies were flawed.
More recent studies have also indicated that hydroxychloroquine can be effective, but only in some instances.
Facebook, under pressure last year, “formed a dogmatic narrative about COVID-19,” even as it became “the last bastions of public forum” amid widespread lockdowns, the suit charges.
The company in 2020 ramped up labeling posts and removing users for violations of its policies, including posts that supported the theory that the virus that causes COVID-19 was created in a laboratory. The company abruptly changed course on that matter in May.
The complaint argues that censorship of Rogalinski and others came at the direction of the White House, making it a First Amendment issue.
“At the direction of the President of the United States, his highest levels of staff members, and other Federal Government agencies and officials, the Defendant has engaged in a course of conduct to censor, limit and otherwise chill the Plaintiffs rights to free speech as they pertain to COVID-19,” it stated.
That relationship means Facebook can be sued as a state actor, it added.
“We see this as a slippery slope that the government is now involved in telling Facebook who to censor. I think Facebook and social media has traditionally said, ‘well, we’re a private company and so we can control what’s on our platform,'” Andrew Tapp, who is representing Rogalinski, told The Epoch Times.
“But what you’ve seen from the Biden administration is a material change to that position, because now you have the federal government engaged with these platforms, identifying not only content but specific people to censor, and I think you run down that authoritarian or that Chinese Communist Party approach to governance that, frankly, we are not set up for and most of the people that live here don’t approve of,” he added.
Facebook did not respond to a request for comment.
The suit was filed in federal court in Tampa, Florida. It was assigned to U.S. District Judge Steven Douglas Merryday, a George H.W. Bush nominee.
Larry Elder Sues California Secretary of State Over Decision to Keep Him Off Recall Election Ballot
Teacher who criticized BLM and riots on Facebook sues school district after being fired
The teacher is suing on First Amendment violation grounds.
Larry Elder Sues California Secretary of State Over Decision to Keep Him Off Recall Election Ballot
Lawsuits are the answer!
Three Chico State students have filed a federal lawsuit, challenging the vaccination requirement for all California State University (CSU) students in order to participate in on-campus activities in the fall 2021 semester.
07/20/21
BIG PHARMA › NEWS
Federal Lawsuit Seeks Immediate Halt of COVID Vaccines, Cites Whistleblower Testimony Claiming CDC Is Under-Counting Vaccine Deaths
America’s Frontline Doctors filed a motion to stop the use of Emergency Use Authorization COVID vaccines for anyone under 18, anyone with natural immunity or anyone who hasn’t received informed consent. ...
The 67-page motion requests the judge issue a preliminary injunction pursuant to § 360bbb–3(b)(1)(C) for the following reasons:
There is no emergency, which is a prerequisite to issuing EUA and EUA renewals for COVID vaccines.
There is “no serious or life-threatening disease or condition.”
Vaccines do not diagnose, treat or prevent SARS-CoV-2 or COVID.
Known and potential risks of the vaccine outweigh their known and potential benefits.
There are adequate, approved and available alternatives to vaccines.
Healthcare professionals and vaccine candidates are not adequately informed.
The authors of the motion attached a declaration by a whistleblower who came forward alleging deaths occurring within 72 hours of receiving a COVID vaccine are significantly under-reported in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
On Feb. 4, 2020, HHS invoked the PREP Act when it declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. On Jan. 21, HHS amended the act, extending the liability shield to include additional categories of qualified persons authorized to prescribe, dispense and administer COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In exchange for immunity for vaccine makers, under the PREP Act, the federal government pledged compensation for adverse reactions to COVID treatments and vaccines through a program called the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), run by HHS.
As The Defender reported July 1, since the CICP program’s inception in 2010, only 29 claims have been paid, with an average payout of around $200,000. The other 452 claims (91.4%) were denied. Ten claims won approval but were deemed ineligible for compensation.
Only about 8% of people who applied to the CICP with vaccine injuries in the past received payouts, and there are no protections from the U.S. legal system.
Minnesotans Take Legal Action Over Critical Race Theory
BY TOM OZIMEK July 31, 2021
A law firm has taken legal action on behalf of Minnesotans opposed to critical race theory (CRT) who argue that they’ve become victims of bullying and retaliation for speaking out against what they say is a divisive and discriminatory philosophy.
Parent Organization Sues Florida School District to Locate Alleged ‘Very Pornographic’ Children’s Textbooks
Why I’m Suing Over My Employer’s Vaccine Mandate
I have natural immunity, so there’s no justification for a coercive violation of my bodily autonomy.
In a few weeks I will begin my 24th year as a law professor at George Mason University. Last year I volunteered to teach in person, even though I’m in my 50s. Teaching law is my job and I owe my students my best. I also knew I could do it safely. During the spring of 2020 I contracted and recovered from Covid-19, which I later confirmed through a positive antibody test. Multiple positive antibody tests have since confirmed that I continue to have a robust level of immune protection.
But now my employer, a state institution, is requiring Covid vaccines. In my case, vaccination is unnecessary and potentially risky. My only other options are to teach remotely or to seek a medical exemption that would require me to wear a mask, remain socially distanced from faculty or students during, say, office hours, and submit to weekly testing.
It would be impossible for me to perform my duties to the best of my ability under such conditions. The administration has threatened those who don’t submit with disciplinary action, including termination of employment. This week the public-interest lawyers at the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed suit on my behalf, challenging the university’s mandatory vaccination requirement for those with naturally acquired immunity. This coercive mandate violates my constitutional right to bodily integrity for no compelling reason.
Clinical studies from Israel, the Cleveland Clinic, England and elsewhere have demonstrated beyond a doubt that natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 provides robust and durable protection against reinfection comparable to or better than that provided by the most effective vaccines.
Clinical studies from Israel,
@MartinKulldorff
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After lawsuit, @GeorgeMasonU grants professor @ToddZywicki a medical exemption to #COVID vaccine. He already has excellent immunity from prior COVID infection.
Jenin Younes (Leftylockdownskeptic)
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nclalegal.org/2021/08/george…
“NCLA is pleased that GMU granted Prof. Zywicki’s medical exemption, which we believe it only did because he filed this lawsuit....NCLA remains dismayed by GMU’s refusal...to recognize that the science establishes...that natural immunity is as robust"
9:37 PM · Aug 17, 2021
Businesses Sue New York City, Mayor de Blasio Over COVID-19 Mandate
BY ZACHARY STIEBER August 18, 2021
A group of restaurants and other small businesses sued New York City and Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for requiring customers show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter many indoor establishments.
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Corporations in particular are afraid of lawsuits because they have a lot of money. Sue them first.
But it's also useful to sue the government when they are violating our rights.
A nice suit started by https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org/ :