<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Monday, the Liberty Justice Center, famous for its victory in the 2018 case <em>Janus v. AFSCME</em>, filed a <a href="https://libertyjusticecenter.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83224351d03304b411508c597&amp;id=c07267d35d&amp;e=ce285af94b" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://libertyjusticecenter.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D83224351d03304b411508c597%26id%3Dc07267d35d%26e%3Dce285af94b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1728486235188000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1U7EQUyk4oddfQUZwOQyrY">motion</a> urging an Oregon court to reinstate a high school track and field coach who was fired after he proposed a separate division for transgender athletes so girls could only compete against other girls.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">John Parks, an Oregon track and field coach for 40 years, wrote an open letter proposing a separate division for transgender athletes in a track and field state championship. In June, he was fired by the Lake Oswego School District and the Lake Oswego School Board. He was accused of harassing transgender athletes at recent track meets, a claim Parks says is false.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">On July 24, the Liberty Justice Center filed a <a href="https://libertyjusticecenter.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83224351d03304b411508c597&amp;id=08acf39301&amp;e=ce285af94b" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://libertyjusticecenter.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D83224351d03304b411508c597%26id%3D08acf39301%26e%3Dce285af94b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1728486235188000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2HBybqLVWpg8a-3TFqKX2A">First Amendment lawsuit</a> on Parks’ behalf. The Center contends the firing of Parks in alleged retaliation for the letter violated his First Amendment right to free speech. Liberty Justice Center has filed multiple <a href="https://libertyjusticecenter.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83224351d03304b411508c597&amp;id=cb5eff20ed&amp;e=ce285af94b" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://libertyjusticecenter.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D83224351d03304b411508c597%26id%3Dcb5eff20ed%26e%3Dce285af94b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1728486235188000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1WrJkxpz74NQ5DaZCqeJ7b">declarations</a> from parents whose children competed on the Lake Oswego track and field team under Coach Parks in 2024 that want Parks reinstated.</p>
<p><b><a href="https://www.amiracist.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amiracist.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726313279401000&amp;usg=AOvVaw115_qPFFEePDP86-Fvo-Vd">Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here!</a></b></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“School employees do not lose their constitutional right to free speech when they step onto school grounds,” Buck Dougherty, Senior Counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, stated. “Coach Parks faced unjust and unconstitutional retaliation at the hands of the Lake Oswego School District and School Board. We urge the court to grant a preliminary injunction to uphold his First Amendment rights.”</p>
<p>In <em>Janus, </em>the Supreme Court held  that the State of Illinois’ “extraction of agency fees from nonconsenting public-sector employees violated the First Amendment,” <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-1466">according</a> to Oyez, an exploration and archive of Supreme Court rulings, adding, “the Court concluded that the state’s collection of agency fees from nonconsenting public employees was a violation of the First Amendment &#8230; the Court stated that requiring individuals to endorse ideas they disagreed with runs counter to First Amendment principles, and that even under a more permissive standard than the ‘exacting’ strict scrutiny that the Court had applied in evaluating the constitutionality of agency fees in the past, the Illinois scheme could not pass muster.”</p>

<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

Motion Filed To Restore Track Coach’s Job After He Was Fired For Protecting Girls’ Sports

CONTINUE READING

The Election ‘Denier’ Democrats Couldn’t Keep Behind Bars

Lesbian Couple Kicked Out Of LGBTQ Spa Over Star Of David Pendant

Strut The Line, Serve The Time: Home Run Trot Gets Player Tossed

Purple Heart Hero Levels Radical Dem Who Mocked His War Wounds

NHL Icon Claude Lemieux Dead At 60 After Apparent Suicide

Bari Weiss Is Remaking CBS News And The Left Is Panicking

News

Education

High School

Oregon

Transgender

Transgender Athletes

U.S.

Women's sports

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Evening Wire: Lebanon Ceasefire Begins & Murder-Suicide Rocks VA | 4.16.26

The Pendragon Cycle

Menu

— News —

Motion Filed To Restore Track Coach’s Job After He Was Fired For Protecting Girls’ Sports