United States Justice Foundation (USJF)

USJF advocates for and litigates seeking originalist interpretations of the Constitution with past cases on issues involving race and gender-based admissions to K-12 schools and an amicus brief supporting President Donald Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court claiming absolute presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. ^{3 4}

Advocacy

United States Justice Foundation posted and supported an opinion piece in The Hill in 2021 titled “DC Statehood is bad policy and Worse Politics.” ⁵

USJF published a report titled “Judicial Coup: Democrats’ Dangerous Scheme to Overthrow United States Supreme Court” that put forth the position that “packing” the court by adding additional Justices would violate separation of powers and provides a history of changes made to the court since the nation’s founding. ⁶

USJF commended President Donald Trump for the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh praising him as an “All-American jurist.” ⁷

USJF lobbying expense for 2020, and 2021 totaled $571,131 (13.6 percent of total expenses). ⁸

Legal Action

The United States Justice Foundation filed suit against the city of Oakland to block Measure S, a measure passed by voters to allow noncitizen residents who are the parents, legal guardians, or legally recognized caregivers of a child residing in Oakland to vote for school board as a violation of the California Constitution. ^{9 10}

USJF published a report evidencing potential bias by National Public Radio (NPR) followed by filling a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging NPR’s political coverage did not meet the requirements for a press exemption and as a result their coverage should be treated as a contribution to the Democratic Party. ¹¹

United States Justice Foundation supported a legal complaint against MSNBC and the President Joe Biden campaign for failure to qualify for exemption from political regulations and was thus an illegal coordination of in-kind support. ¹²

The U.S. District Court found in favor of James V. Lacey and the United States Justice Foundation ordering President Biden’s State Department to pay $80,000 in attorney fees for wrongfully withholding documents relating to Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case. ¹³

Financials

United States Justice Foundation raised $13,153,565 from 2018 through 2022 from gifts, grants, contributions, and fees. ¹⁴

$3,975,155 in revenue was generated through the Richard Norman Company and ForthRight Strategy direct mail campaigns offset by $543,877 in campaign expense. ¹⁵

People

James Lacey is founder, president and CEO of United States Justice Foundation and author of “Taxifornia.” Lacey was a member of the board of directors of the American Conservative Union for thirty-eight years. ¹⁶

J.D. Hayworth is chairman of the board of advisors of USJF, and a seven-term Republican member of Congress for Arizona’s 6^th Congressional District. Hayworth is a television and radio host and guest host for Mark Levin and Laura Ingram and has been a stand-in anchor for MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country” and CNN’s “Crossfire.” ¹⁷