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The Government Threatened To Seize His Home Over Tall Grass

Bureaucrats in Dunedin, Florida, originally hit Jim Ficken with a fine close to $30,000. When he couldn't pay that, things turned dire.

Reason · Apr 2, 2025

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Crypto rules, false statements, and regulatory habitats.

Reason · Jan 17, 2025

DEA Ends Airport Gate Searches After Years of Documented Abuses of Civil Asset Forfeiture

The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of "significant risks" of constitutional violations.

Reason · Jan 16, 2025

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The Government Took a Developer's Land and Gave It to a Competitor. In New York, That's Business As Usual.

The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.

Reason · Dec 27, 2024

Institute for Justice Petitions Supreme Court to Take Case Seeking to Overrule Kelo v. City of New London

Kelo is the 2005 ruling in which the Supreme Court held that the government can take property for private "economic development.""

Reason · Dec 18, 2024

Sheldon Gilbert: The New President of the Federalist Society

A brilliant fusionist who has done remarkable work for the Chamber of Commerce, the Institute for Justice, the National Constitution Center, and as a senior counsel at Walmart.

Reason · Dec 15, 2024

Pasco County Sheriff Will End Predictive Policing Program to Settle Lawsuit Over Harassment

Body camera footage shows Pasco County deputies harassing families and threatening them with code violations because one of them was placed on a "prolific offender" list.

Reason · Dec 4, 2024

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DEA Suspends Random Searches At Airports After Scathing Report

DEA halts random searches at airports due to critical report on search procedures and ethics, prompting Justice Department action.

Justice Department Orders DEA to Halt Airport Searches Because of 'Significant Issues' With Cash Seizures

The DEA paid one airline employee tens of thousands of dollars to snoop on travel itineraries and flag passengers for searches.

Reason · Nov 21, 2024

Arizona Voters Keep Libertarian Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick

He’ll be around to protect our freedom for a few more years.

Reason · Nov 8, 2024

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Private searches, threatening tweets, and constitutional abominations.

Reason · Nov 1, 2024

Doctor Fighting to Break Certificate of Need Barrier in North Carolina

The Institute for Justice partners with an independent eye doctor to challenge state regulations that protect hospital monopolies and restrict patient access.

Reason · Oct 29, 2024

Chip Mellor's Legacy Promotes a Broader Concept of Civil Liberties

For more than three decades, the Institute for Justice has shown that economic freedom and private property are essential safeguards for ordinary Americans.

Reason · Oct 16, 2024

William "Chip" Mellor, RIP

Mellor was cofounder and longtime president of the Institute for Justice, one of the nation's leading public-interest law firms.

Reason · Oct 15, 2024

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Reason · Aug 16, 2024

Michigan Officials Tried To Stop a 'Green' Cemetery. They Just Lost in Court.

After a Michigan couple indicated their intent to open a green cemetery, their local township passed an ordinance to forbid it. A judge found the rule unconstitutional.

Reason · Aug 8, 2024

Rebel Ridge Is an Upcoming Action Movie About Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse

The explosions may be fake, but the nightmare scenario is ripped from the headlines.

Reason · Jul 23, 2024

Michigan Supreme Court Rules Against Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Racket

The ruling is the second recent court decision that has curbed Detroit's aggressive vehicle forfeiture program.

Reason · May 30, 2024

These Strange Bedfellows Want SCOTUS To Remind the 5th Circuit That Journalism Is Not a Crime

An ideologically diverse mix of individuals and organizations supports a Texas journalist who was arrested for asking questions.

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Reason · May 15, 2024

Zoning Regulations Empower Control Freaks—and Bigots

The Institute for Justice has launched a project to reform land use regulation.

Reason · Apr 8, 2024

Mississippi Tethers Real Estate Agents to Outdated Rule

As remote work becomes the new normal, Mississippi's insistence on an archaic 50-mile radius for real estate supervision faces scrutiny.

Reason · Mar 14, 2024

Study Estimates Nearly 96% of Private Property Is Open to Warrantless Searches

The Institute for Justice says its data show that a century-old Supreme Court doctrine created a huge exception to the Fourth Amendment.

Reason · Mar 1, 2024

Town Says Burger Joint's Mural Can't Show Any Burgers

Salina, Kansas, restaurant owner Steve Howard argues in a new lawsuit that the city's sign regulations violate the First Amendment.

Reason · Feb 1, 2024

He Was Arrested for Making a Joke on Facebook. A Jury Just Awarded Him $205,000 in Damages.

The verdict vindicates the constitutional rights that Louisiana sheriff's deputies flagrantly violated when they hauled Waylon Bailey off to jail.

Reason · Jan 12, 2024

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Dishwashers, Nazi-looted art, and an ag-gag mixed bag.

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

A SWAT team destroyed this family’s home in a mistaken raid. Now they’re taking action

Amy Hadley claims that two local police departments in St Joseph County caused $16,000 worth of damage to her home and left her then 15-year-old son traumatised after he was wrongly arrested during the raid

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