
In a previous post, I criticized a dangerous provision of the Senate version of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that would radically undermine judicial protection for constitutional rights by requiring litigants seeking preliminary injunctions against illegal federal government actions to post potentially enormous bonds. There, I highlighted a critique by Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, who was previously a prominent libertarian public interest litigation.
Yesterday, a coalition of major, mostly libertarian and conservative, - public interest group leaders submitted a letter to the Senate opposing this provision and urging Congress to reject it. Signatories include leaders of the Firearms Policy Coalition (which organized the letter), the Institute for Justice, FIRE, the Goldwater Institute, the Liberty Justice Center, and more. Here is an excerpt from the letter: