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Proposed Minnesota Licensure Rules Require Teachers Adhere to Gender Ideology
This week, The Federalist reported on Minnesota’s Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board’s (PELSB) attempt to require gender affirmation as a prerequisite to obtaining a state-certified license to teach in public and some private schools.
Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 14: The Most Underrated Issue Facing Minnesota
Watch the fourteenth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center attorney James Dickey discusses one of Minnesota’s most underrated issues: Government Transparency. Recently, UMLC filed a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court against the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and Commissioner Steve Grove on behalf of Journalist Tony Webster over DEED’s failure to provide Mr. Webster answers to data requests.
Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 13: Minneapolis Fed segregated, discriminated against unvaxxed employee
Watch the thirteenth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center Senior Trial Counsel James Dickey discusses an ongoing case against the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, which terminated Officer Rodney Maki following his request for a religious exemption to not receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
DEED and Commissioner Grove Fail to Provide Answers to Data Requests
This week, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) announced a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court against the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and Commissioner Steve Grove that alleges Commissioner Grove, acting in his official capacity but using his personal Twitter account, blocked his constituents and then refused to provide his “block list” in response to journalist Tony Webster’s data request.
UMLC Brings Lawsuit Against Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for Religious Discrimination
Today, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) announced the filing of a new lawsuit in the United States District Court of Minnesota against the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on behalf of Officer Rodney Maki, a nearly twenty-four-year law-enforcement employee of the bank. The Bank fired Maki in January 2022 because of Maki’s religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 11: Why Minnesota’s Mask Mandate was Illegal
Watch the eleventh episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center President Doug Seaton and Senior Trial Counsel James Dickey discuss the case against Governor Walz’s lack of authority to institute a mask mandate.
Proposed Minnesota Licensure Rules Require Teachers Adhere to Gender Ideology
This week, The Federalist reported on Minnesota’s Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board’s (PELSB) attempt to require gender affirmation as a prerequisite to obtaining a state-certified license to teach in public and some private schools.
Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 14: The Most Underrated Issue Facing Minnesota
Watch the fourteenth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center attorney James Dickey discusses one of Minnesota’s most underrated issues: Government Transparency. Recently, UMLC filed a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court against the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and Commissioner Steve Grove on behalf of Journalist Tony Webster over DEED’s failure to provide Mr. Webster answers to data requests.
Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 13: Minneapolis Fed segregated, discriminated against unvaxxed employee
Watch the thirteenth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center Senior Trial Counsel James Dickey discusses an ongoing case against the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, which terminated Officer Rodney Maki following his request for a religious exemption to not receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
DEED and Commissioner Grove Fail to Provide Answers to Data Requests
This week, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) announced a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court against the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and Commissioner Steve Grove that alleges Commissioner Grove, acting in his official capacity but using his personal Twitter account, blocked his constituents and then refused to provide his “block list” in response to journalist Tony Webster’s data request.
UMLC Brings Lawsuit Against Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for Religious Discrimination
Today, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) announced the filing of a new lawsuit in the United States District Court of Minnesota against the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on behalf of Officer Rodney Maki, a nearly twenty-four-year law-enforcement employee of the bank. The Bank fired Maki in January 2022 because of Maki’s religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 11: Why Minnesota’s Mask Mandate was Illegal
Watch the eleventh episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center President Doug Seaton and Senior Trial Counsel James Dickey discuss the case against Governor Walz’s lack of authority to institute a mask mandate.
