Nicole W.C. Yeatman

2 weeks ago | pacificlegal.org | Nicole W.C. Yeatman

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened a Title VI investigation into Thomas Jefferson High School’s admissions policy—a 2020 policy that parents, teachers, and alumni challenged in court as discriminatory in a case litigated for three years by Pacific Legal Foundation. Last year the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the Coalition for TJ case over strong objections from Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

1 month ago | pacificlegal.org | Nicole W.C. Yeatman

Board game companies Stonemaier Games, XYZ Game Labs, Spielcraft Games, Rookie Mage, and Tinkerhouse Games are suing the Trump administration over its tariffs, which President Donald Trump set at 145% for most products manufactured in China. Nearly 70% of board games are made in China, making the China tariff an “existential” threat to the American board game industry.

1 month ago | pacificlegal.org | Nicole W.C. Yeatman

Did a California school district violate the First Amendment when it punished a first grader for writing “Black Lives Mater [sic] … any life” on a drawing and giving it to a friend? That question was before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in oral arguments this week. Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Caleb Trotter argued the case of B.B. v.

2 months ago | pacificlegal.org | Nicole W.C. Yeatman

A shocking eminent domain scandal is unfolding in Johnston, Rhode Island: Last week, the Town secretly took possession of a family’s 31-acre property, only notifying the owners afterward in a letter demanding they “remove all vehicles and other personal belongings from the property immediately” or they’d be served with a no trespass notice.

2 months ago | pacificlegal.org | Nicole W.C. Yeatman

The COVID-19 pandemic happened “gradually and then suddenly,” to steal from Hemingway. In early 2020, the U.S. Commerce Secretary optimistically predicted that the coronavirus outbreak in China would “help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America.” New York City’s health commissioner encouraged New Yorkers “to go about their everyday lives.” A doctor wrote a Los Angeles Times op-ed discouraging masks.