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Preserving Your Voice: The Battle for Election Integrity

UMLC engages in legal battles to ensure that every Minnesotan's right to fair and secure elections remains intact and aim to prevent any erosion of trust in our electoral processes. With the state under total left-wing control, the need to ensure election integrity has never been more urgent.

Minnesota’s New Laws: Troubling Times Ahead for Public Safety and Equality Under the Law

As the calendar flipped to August 1st, Minnesota residents woke up to a slew of new laws that have left many questioning the direction their state is heading. These so-called "progressive" changes might have far-reaching consequences for personal freedoms and individual rights.

ICYMI: Minnesota Supreme Court Grants Expedited Review of Police Defunding Decision

Upper Midwest Law Center sues Minnesota Department of Human Services based on discrimination and retaliation against long term employee

Golden Valley, MN – This week, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) sued the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Commissioner Jodi Harpstead on behalf of former employee Joseph Norgren in the Federal District of Minnesota. The suit claims racial and religious discrimination and retaliation.

The Upper Midwest Law Center Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota Secretary of State on Behalf of Minnesota Voters Alliance

The lawsuit challenges an administrative rule adopted by the Secretary of State that conflicts with the Minnesota statute requiring absentee ballot board members to verify that absentee ballots belong to the voter named on the ballot and ballot application. The challenged rule limits the situations in which a ballot may be rejected to only those where the name signed is clearly a different name than the name of the voter as printed on the signature envelope.

The Upper Midwest Law Center Sends Demand Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Golden Valley, MN – The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC), on behalf of Officer Rodney Maki, sent a letter today to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis demanding that the Fed reverse its placement of Officer Maki on unpaid leave and its threats of the termination of his employment based on his religious objection to receiving a COVID-19 vaccination produced or tested using fetal cells.

Upper Midwest Law Center Challenges Racist Critical Race Theory Indoctrination at Honeywell and Anaplan

(Golden Valley, MN) Upper Midwest Law Center’s (UMLC) lawsuit claims on behalf of Northland Baptist Church, Pastor John Bruski and Living Word Christian Center against Governor Walz’s discriminatory restrictions on Christian worship were sustained, and Attorney General Ellison’s motion to dismiss denied by Federal Court Order on March 30, 2021. These claims will go forward to trial per the Court’s Order.

Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Accelerated Review of Decision Requiring Mandated Minneapolis Police Funding

On August 10, the Minnesota Supreme Court denied the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Frey’s petition for accelerated review in the Spann decision requiring the City to take immediate action to fund an adequate police force as required by the City Charter.

UMLC Challenges Lakeville Schools’ Racially Hostile Viewpoint Discrimination

(Golden Valley, MN) As previewed at a recent press conference at the Minnesota Capitol, Bob and Cynthia Cajune, Native-American and White parents of multi-racial children at Lakeville Public Schools, alongside other Lakeville parents and students, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the posting of Black Lives Matter posters in school property while refusing to post divergent views on race and social justice, such as All Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter posters.

Upper Midwest Law Center Files Lawsuits on Behalf of Victims of CRT Bullying and Retaliation

(Golden Valley, MN) Tara Gustilo says: “I shouldn’t be demoted or retaliated against because I don’t agree with the racially divisive and demeaning CRT ideology.” Is she wrong?