Epic Public Interest Boot Camp, a Weekend for Law Students
Apply for the 2013 Law Student Conference; July 26 - 28th, 2013, Washington, D.C. Application deadline: April 1, 2013. http://iam.ij.org/107udgV IJ's law student conference is like boot camp for future...
View ArticleNewspaper Censorship in America: Is this Celebrated Advice Columnist a...
In May 2013, John Rosemond—America's longest running newspaper columnist—received an astonishing order from the Kentucky attorney general: Stop publishing your advice column in the Bluegrass State or...
View ArticleSacramento's Sign Police vs. The First Amendment and Got Muscle Health Club
Businesses need to advertise to survive. For small businesses, signs are their most effective and least expensive option. But the City of Sacramento bans businesses from using sandwich boards,...
View ArticleGov’t Forces Businesses to Overcharge Customers
Consumers and entrepreneurs—not the government—should decide how much a ride from a car service should cost. Consumers need the government protecting them from affordable prices as much as they need a...
View ArticleOut of control Feds raid family grocery store’s checking account over...
The government should not be able to use civil forfeiture to take money from people who have done nothing wrong. And yet, that is exactly what is happening to Terry Dehko, the hardworking owner of...
View ArticleHandcuffed hairbraider sues in federal court for right to teach
Isis Brantley is a widely recognized expert on African hairbraiding who wants to teach people to braid hair for a living in Dallas. But even with her decades of experience, is telling Isis she must...
View ArticleTerms of Engagement: More Constitution Less Government
Buy Terms of Engagement on Amazon now. The Constitution was designed to limit government power and protect individuals from the tyranny of majorities and interest-group politics. But those protections...
View ArticleHalf-baked: Gov't Restricts Homemade Cookie Sales
Can the government arbitrarily restrict where home-baking entrepreneurs can sell their treats or how much they can sell? According to a new lawsuit from the Institute for Justice and two Minnesota home...
View ArticleRaw Deal: Raw Milk Farmers Fight Censorship
In Oregon, it is perfectly legal for farmers to sell raw—or unpasteurized—milk...so long as they don’t talk about it. If they do, they face huge fines and jail time. But a major federal lawsuit filed...
View ArticleCity Forces Homeowners to Destroy Veggie Garden
May the government prohibit you from peacefully and productively using your own property to feed your family? That is the question the Institute for Justice (IJ) and a Miami Shores couple have taken to...
View ArticleLittle American Dream Factory: Chicago Bureaucrats Put the Brakes on an...
The story of Zina Murray, her innovative business, and how Chicago killed it leaving fifteen entrepreneurs without a home. Local and state governments should not impose barriers on new job creation by...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of the Caswell Forfeiture Victory
Last January, a federal court in Massachusetts dismissed a civil forfeiture action against the Motel Caswell, a family-run motel in Tewksbury, handing a complete victory to owners Russell and Patricia...
View ArticleThe Top 6 Craziest Things Cops Spent Forfeiture Money On
Under civil asset forfeiture, police can seize property suspected of involvement in criminal activity. Unlike criminal asset forfeiture, with civil forfeiture, people don't have to be convicted—or even...
View ArticleGov't Says "Naaayyyy" to Horse Massage
The Ariz. State Veterinary Medical Examining Board wants to throw entrepreneurs who massage animals without a veterinary license into jail and fine them $3,500 per violation. Celeste Kelly is a horse...
View ArticleAriz. Supreme Court Declares Edu. Choice Program Constitutional
The Arizona Supreme Court announced today that it will not review a unanimous Court of Appeals’ decision that declared Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program passes constitutional...
View ArticleGov't to Citizens: Want Free Speech? Take a number.
Can the gov't pass a law saying that only the first 12 people to vote in an election get to vote for every office, or that only the first 12 people who arrive at church get to stay for the entire...
View ArticleGov't grabs elderly man's home; won't give reason
New Jersey’s CRDA is trying to use eminent domain to seize Charlie Birnbaum's property as part of a “mixed-use development” project. The trouble is that CRDA has no concrete plans to do anything in...
View ArticleHalf-baked: Gov't Restricts Homemade Cookie Sales
Can the government arbitrarily restrict where home-baking entrepreneurs can sell their treats or how much they can sell? According to a new lawsuit from the Institute for Justice and two Minnesota home...
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