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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.