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      <title><![CDATA[Court rules against school vouchers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2008/05/15/20080515voucherscase05152008-CR.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[IJ client Andrea Weck says her daughter thrived at a private school that teaches only autistic kids. The single mom explains she could not afford tuition without the vouchers...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[REASON TV: Victory at San Tan Flat—Dance Ban Lifted]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.reason.com/blog/show/126512.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[What a difference a video--and ongoing litigation courtesy of the libertarian public-interest law firm the Institute for Justice--makes!]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MTOTSA's Trenton rally sounds familiar themes]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/NEWS/805150589/1001/NEWS]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Speakers recalled group members who have died during the years of battling to save their homes, including Anna DeFaria and Al and Mary Viviano.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Long Branch homeowners take fight to appeals court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/long_branch_homeowners_take_fi_1.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A state appeals court panel heard more than two hours of arguments in the case of 11 Long Branch residents fighting an effort by the city to take 36 middle-class homes...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Appeals court to hear eminent domain case]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NEWS/805130418]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Members of the Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace, Seaview Avenue Alliance will join attorneys in Trenton in the next skirmish of their years-long battle to remain in their homes...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 13, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Slaying the Boogie Monster]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/08/smbusiness/san_tan_dance_ban.fsb/?postversion=2008050814]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Arizona saloon owner takes down antiquated dance ban.  Dale Bell finally trumped in his fight against  a 1962 Pinal County zoning ordinance by allowing patrons to swing their hips...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Surviving Eminent Domain]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://theday.com/re.aspx?re=593e9115-7e5b-4dae-980d-018f98c8c0ba]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE little pink house is back.  Its simple pink clapboard façade as bright and cheerful as ever, it might feel a little like magic.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[San Tan restaurant to celebrate legal dancing]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/115653]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[San Tan Flat owners Dale and Spencer Bell are so excited their legal tango with Pinal County is over that they’re having a party — and everyone is invited.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Music Row landowner gets help in fight against developers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080505/COLUMNIST0301/805050327/1097/COLUMNIST]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Institute for Justice has taken on Music Row property owner Joy Ford's fight...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judging the Judges]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120960427159258093.html?mod=googlenews_wsj]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA["The Dirty Dozen" by Robert Levy and Institute for Justice President Chip Mellor tells us how twelve misguided Supreme Court decisions...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[San Tan Flat can dance night away]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/115201]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[VICTORY!!  Judge O'Neil: "When a local government restricts freedoms it's a dangerous thing.  San Tan Flat is not an enterprise for dance."]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge OKs dancing at San Tan Flat]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0430santanflat0430-on.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kick off your boots and get ready to two-step because dancing is now allowed at San Tan Flat. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Eminent domain threatens Music Row studio]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8245315&nav=menu5_2]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Music Row record studio is at the center of a turf war with a Houston developer trying to bulldoze the landmark for a parking lot...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Speech Police Tackle a Subdivision]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502780.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[GEORGE WILL: Another example of what is being done around the nation by those irksome improvers whose animating ideology is McCainism...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger opposes Proposition 98]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-governor26apr26,1,329138.story?track=rss]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The governor says the measure would restrict the ability to exercise eminent domain. Backers say he is relying on a flawed legal analysis.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 26, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A certain lack of horse sense here]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/598961.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Horses have a special place in Texas history and in the hearts of many Texans. So it is a shame to see the State Board lining up...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[School choices for special-needs kids is matter of appeal]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/235522]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[How can the ACLU oppose a program designed to help children with disabilities get the best education available? As the mother of a child with MS, I have yet to fathom an answer...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Parents deserve choice on schooling for disabled]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/83271.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Arizona, it is inconceivable that the state constitution would favor a bureaucrat's right to choose a child's school over the right of parents...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge to rule on free speech]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8996258]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six neighbors who opposed the annexation of their Parker North neighborhood are waiting for a federal judge to decide whether a state campaign finance law violated their rights to free speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Historic home makes mark in present]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8184269&nav=3YeX]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[New London has a lot of historic homes which date back centuries. But, for years a little pink house stood as the symbol of New London's Eminent Domain struggle. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rental code battle fought in court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.republican-eagle.com/articles/index.cfm?id=49545&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=26890948&CFTOKEN=55579064&jsessionid=8830b707f05936a377c3]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Red Wing’s rental inspection code was under the microscope as lawyers for the city went head-to-head with a public interest law firm...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conflicting Tales Behind Cash Seized by FBI]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/Story?id=4656671&page=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Civil forfeiture gives the government a free hand to seize any property or cash without having to meet the burdens of ordinary criminal cases...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newton leaders accuse each other of politicking-again]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.njherald.com/secure_story/291467775593115.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Resident and outspoken opponent of eminent domain Connie Sutton asked if the city council had considered a draft ordinance she had given them... ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sued for Free Speech]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/parkernorth_free_speech/4_15_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Neighbors Go to Federal Court to Fight Colorado’s Campaign Finance Laws That Chill Grassroots Advocacy]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Opposition to annexation riles neighbors]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/13/speakout-opposition-to-annexation-riles/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[I never imagined that in America, I could be sued for speaking about politics.  My ordeal began when a petition seeking to annex our neighborhood...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 13, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court case tests political spending laws]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/11/political_fundraising/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A federal court is considering a case that would overturn Watergate-era laws limiting fundraising and spending by political groups...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 11, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pinal County officials are abusing their power]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=oid:109217]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the bizarre case of San Tan Flat exemplifies, it is not the remoteness of the power that is corrupting. It is the power itself.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 10, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SBTW sues DCNR for right to raft ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/04/08/news/news451.txt]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Somerset County summer camp is suing the state for the right to raft the Youghiogheny River with its own guides.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camp appeals ruling keeping rafts off Yough]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08099/871349-55.stm]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Christian camp booted off the Youghiogheny River now is making waves in Commonwealth Court.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 8, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summer Camp In Court To Defend Its Right to Raft]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/pa_riverrafting/4_7_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[May Pennsylvania bureaucrats forbid a popular Christian summer camp from continuing its 31-year tradition of safe whitewater rafting simply to protect the financial interests of a local rafting cartel?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Real estate Web site exempt from broker rule]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Real+estate+Web+site+exempt+from+broker+rule&articleId=350136d0-765b-4759-8d53-a23e25968e71]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[ZeroBrokerFees.com is exempt from regulation in New Hampshire as a real estate broker under the same exemption granted newspapers and other publications, a federal court judge has ruled.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 2, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Watch Out for That Pillow]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120701341410579079.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[You might stare at them incredulously for a moment, then look down at your calendar and say, "Oh, I get it -- April Fool!" Right? Wrong.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Speech Victory for Real Estate Websites]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/nh_free_speech/4_1_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a legal victory for online free speech, Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire ruled yesterday that real estate advertising company ZeroBrokerFees.com may do business online without having to first secure a real estate broker’s license. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City of St. Louis Sues Eminent Domain Activist]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/st_louis/3_28_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[First The City Sought To Take Away His Property, Now It Wants to Silence His Speech ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unger to host mtg. on growth ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2008/0327/Front_page/009.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Steven Anderson of the Castle Coalition will discuss the results of a landmark economic impacts study on eminent domain released earlier this year...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revision may lift tax-faith barrier]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/27/m1a_xgr_religion_0327.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A constitutional amendment aimed at restoring Florida's school voucher program was approved for the ballot...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[House examines funeral home industry]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.funeral25mar25,0,2235454.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Charles S. Brown owns a cemetery in Hagerstown and has been trying to change state law to allow corporations to own funeral homes. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 25, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Radley Balko: Artificial Standards]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341111,00.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, a bullying, cartel-like professional group met in New Orleans...to discus new lobbying strategies to scare off the lowly folks...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 24, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Civil injustice strikes Ohio]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1206001957245730.xml&coll=2&thispage=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite their four decades of hard work, an absurdly unjust law has turned their hope for the American Dream into an outrageous nightmare at the hands of the Cleveland FBI.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crowd spills out of forum venue]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/NEWS01/803210358/1002]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dozens of people had to be turned away as an over-capacity crowd turned out for the city's public hearing on the Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dance Police at The Saloon]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031902777.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Beyond the weeds there is this mighty oak of a principle: There must be a judicial leash on governments to prevent them from arbitrarily...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 20, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Residents oppose development]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_8581893]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Property owners rallied against a proposed multimillion-dollar development this week at a forum backing eminent domain reform.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let's not forget just whose domain it is]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/518737.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Property owners have a Texas-sized problem on their hands: eminent domain abuse, in which the government takes private property for private gain...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conservative Group Challenges Portions of Finance Law]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120494323497621511.html?mod=vocus]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[SpeechNow.org has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn some of the most basic parts of campaign-finance law...
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 8, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Property Is a Steal]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0324/020.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Usual way to acquire land for development: make the owner an attractive offer. New York way: make a lowball offer. If he doesn't want to sell, bring in thugs from city hall.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 6, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Justice institute could join sign walker dispute]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/110673]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A national libertarian law firm is considering taking a case to challenge Scottsdale's ban on commercial sign walkers from city sidewalks.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 6, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Policing for Profit and Political Gain]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/AboutUs/ArticleView.aspx?id=2071]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arizona’s laws generate millions of dollars each year for police by allowing their offices to seize and keep money and property...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[McCain and the Oath]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsweek.com/id/117839]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[He has not been bashful about advising the Supreme Court. He should weigh in again, against aspects of McCain-Feingold.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Litigating for Liberty]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.reason.com/news/show/124391.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Institute for Justice's Chip Mellor on campaign-finance reform, eminent-domain abuse, and licensing laws gone wild...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Sides With Big Trash]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-02-27/news/supreme-court-sides-with-big-trash.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Little guy gets rubbed out by a state Supreme Court that ran afoul of the vision of founding fathers...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Unions]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/part_forbes/2008/0225/100.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Middle Ages you couldn't be a baker unless you were admitted to the guild. In Louisiana you can't sell flowers. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 25, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Speak Easier]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120372754692987363.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Candidates do backbends obeying campaign finance laws, but what about citizen groups? That's the question posed by a group called SpeechNow...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government abuses eminent domain]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-opkea185582308feb18,0,6403009.column]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[How did downtowns - or any set of buildings - ever get built on Long Island without government development plans and politicians threatening property owners with condemnation?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 18, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unfettered Speech, Now]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502963.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Most Americans probably assume that they can gather with friends and neighbors to say whatever they want about politics to whoever is willing to listen... unfortunately, they would be wrong.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Group's boxing gym loses round in court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.signonsandiego.com//uniontrib/20080216/news_1m16gym.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A judge has dismissed a youth boxing program's lawsuit, which had sought to reverse National City's designation of its gym as a blighted site that can be seized for redevelopment.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[On message]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-speechnow15feb15,0,2572331.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Campaign finance laws that regulate political ads by interest groups also infringe on free speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suit Could Unleash Surge of Money in 2008 Presidential Race]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nysun.com/article/71349]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new lawsuit could unleash a late surge of multimillion-dollar contributions in this fall's presidential race...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suit aims to ease campaign fundraising limits]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/NATION/451161542/1002]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A free-speech group is suing the Federal Election Commission in a case that could loosen some campaign-finance restrictions.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free-Speech Group Targets Campaign-Finance Law]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/02/14/free-speech-group-targets-campaign-finance-law/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The lawsuit could have broad implications for spending by outside organizations in elections.

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      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MTOTSA appeal could start in court this spring ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2008/0214/Front_Page/003.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A report on the effect of reforming eminent domain laws released; oral arguments in a Long Branch eminent domain case could be scheduled to start this spring.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Well Said]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://archive.aztrib.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVZULzIwMDgvMDIvMTIjQXIwMTQwMw==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The founder of the Institute of Justice offered this comment to explain why his law firm has started to challenge campaign finance reform laws. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 12, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SpeechNow.org Files Lawsuit To Protect Americans’ Rights To Organize and Speak About Politics]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/2_14_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[SpeechNow.org is a new group of citizens formed to protect the First Amendment at the ballot box on Election Day 2008 and beyond.  But before it can advocate for or against candidates based on their stand on free speech, it must go to court to secure its own First Amendment rights.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eminent Domain Proposed To Grab Pfizer N.Y. Plant]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=077c9f67-30a7-4862-ad5c-83b5b76a7721]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Affordable-housing activists in Brooklyn, N.Y., are proposing eminent domain be used to seize a prime piece of New York real estate from Pfizer Inc.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 8, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[John K. Ross: Restricting eminent domain no hindrance to development]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.examiner.com/a-1206208~John_K__Ross__Restricting_eminent_domain_no_hindrance_to_development.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Baltimoreans should know that progress does not depend on injustice. Maryland can reform its laws  and still welcome economic development.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash.: Bill would license designers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/02/06/afx4622493.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[nterior designers are fighting over whether they should face greater oversight and be licensed by the state.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Split FEC Vote Leaves SpeechNow.org Silenced]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/1_24_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chairman’s Opinion Says Limits on Independent Citizen Groups Unconstitutional.  In a public meeting today, Federal Election Commission Chairman David M. Mason argued that the U.S. Constitution prohibits the FEC from imposing the contribution limits faced by “political committees” on SpeechNow.org, a new independent speech group that wishes to advocate for or against federal candidates on the basis of their support for free political speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 24, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Celebrity Tangos With Absurd Dance Ban]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/az_santanflat/1_23_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Actor Drew Carey Uses Video to Champion Small Business, Challenge Big Government Run Amok]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FEC Draft Opinion Would Silence SpeechNow.org, Independent Speech Groups]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/1_22_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission today released a draft “advisory opinion” that would, if adopted, effectively silence SpeechNow.org, a new independent speech group that wishes to advocate for or against federal candidates on the basis of their support for free political speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[9th Circuit to Decide Fate Of Arizona School Choice Program]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/schoolchoice/az_taxcredits3/1_22_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The scholarships of nearly 25,000 Arizona schoolchildren will be on the line this Thursday, January 24, as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral argument in an eight-year-old challenge to the state’s scholarship tax credit program.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 22, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freeing Speech from Government Control]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/az_campaign_finance2/11_27_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Starting today, the First Amendment right to free political speech will get its day in court as the merits of a challenge to Arizona’s scheme of taxpayer-funded campaigns—one of the nation’s most far-reaching—go before a federal district court.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[November 28, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Signs of Abuse in St. Louis]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/st_louis/11_15_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Institute for Justice Challenges City’s Censorship Of Anti-Eminent Domain Abuse Mural]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[November 16, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free-market Gifts and Apparel Available at IJ's Online Store]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://fmarket.ij.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=51&category_id=6&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[So, you didn't name them Ayn Rand or Milton Friedman, well, IJ's baby onesie is the next best thing.  This soft, white, 100% cotton onesie is available in three sizes and is a great gift for baby showers or those 4 a.m. philosophical debates with the baby. 
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[September 26, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Study Vindicates O’Connor’s Warning: Eminent Domain Disproportionately Targets Poor, Less Educated and Minorities]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_19_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arlington, Va.—The poor, less educated and minorities are disproportionately targets of eminent domain abuse.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 19, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[California Gym for Inner-city Kids Joins IJ in Eminent Domain Abuse Battle]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/nationalcity/6_19_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Study Vindicates O’Connor’s Warning: Government Kicks Out Poor To Make Way for Rich.  Kick out the poor, bring in the rich.  Those are the goals of a bogus “blight” declaration that National City, Calif., is expected to move forward tonight.  In renewing a declaration that two-thirds of National City (a predominantly Hispanic San Diego suburb) is “blighted,” the city government’s goal is not to remove blight, but rather to remove the poor and minorities who have managed to purchase property and replace them with the rich and politically powerful.
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 19, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New DVD Guides Homeowners On How To Fight Eminent Domain Abuse]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_6_07bpr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Homeowners and small business owners faced with eminent domain abuse will want to order a DVD released today by the Castle Coalition, a national grassroots organization that helps property owners from across the nation fight the use of eminent domain for private gain.

“Not for Sale:  A Comprehensive Guide to Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse” is a live-action DVD and companion to the Castle Coalition’s popular “Eminent Domain Abuse Survival Guide.”  The two can be purchased together for $3.95 at IJ's Freedom Market.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 6, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2007 Eminent Domain Report Card; Some States Still Don’t Make the Grade]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_6_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[If your home is important to you—and whose home isn’t—you should read a report card released today that grades eminent domain reform legislation in all 50 states in the past two years.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 6, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cambridge Entrepreneur Wins Fight With City Hall]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/ma_jitney/6_4_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Erroll Tyler, an African-American entrepreneur from Melrose, Mass., scored a major victory for economic liberty on Friday, June 1, by showing that it is possible to fight city hall and win.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) granted Erroll a jitney license to operate his amphibious-vehicle tour service.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 4, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Speech Victory]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2007/16_3_07_a.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington Supreme Court rules speech is not money and cannot be regulated.  In April, the Institute for Justice halted one of the most egregious attacks on free speech in recent years.  The Washington Supreme Court unanimously ruled that on-air commentary by radio talk show hosts supporting an initiative campaign did not constitute an “in-kind” contribution to that campaign.  A lower court had held ...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 30, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IJ Takes the Fight to the Interior Design Cartel]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2007/16_3_07_c.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A battle is raging within the interior design community between the vast majority of designers, who simply want to earn an honest living in the vocation they love, and a small faction that wants to regulate their competitors out of business.  Together with our clients and grassroots activists from all over the nation, the Institute for Justice is turning back this threat to economic liberty from the interior design cartel.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 30, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Texas Becomes Latest Battleground In Fight Against Interior Design Cartel]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_interior_design/5_9_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Should Texans interior designers need the government’s permission to truthfully describe what they do?  Should they need a government-issued license to use the words “interior design” or call themselves “interior designers” online or in Yellow Pages advertisements?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 11, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IJ Defends Free Market Taxi Reforms]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/mn_taxi/5_1_06pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Can an entrenched cartel of Minneapolis taxi drivers violate the civil rights of entrepreneurs and consumers?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 2, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Victory for Free Speech & Free Press Over Campaign Finance Regulation In Washington Supreme Court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/wa_political_speech/4_26_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arlington, Va.—In a unanimous ruling and a victory for free speech, the Washington Supreme Court today rejected one of the most outrageous abuses of state campaign finance laws in the nation when it ruled that media commentary does not qualify as an “in-kind” contribution that must be reported to the state.  The case is San Juan County v. No New Gas Tax.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 26, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report Finds School Choice is Constitutional in Nearly Every State]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/schoolchoice/other-news/50st_SCreport-4_24_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Is school choice constitutional?  For the first time ever, legislators and advocates have a single authoritative and comprehensive resource for answering that question in every state in the union.  And that report finds that for nearly every state, the answer is yes, if the legislation is crafted properly.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 24, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BB&T Will Not Fund Eminent Domain Abuse]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2007/16_2_07_c.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[By John Allison

Let me share with you some background explaining why BB&T decided not to make loans to developers for projects where eminent domain is used to take property from one private individual for the benefit of another private individual.  BB&T is the 11th largest financial institution in the U.S. with ...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 11, 2007]]></pubDate>
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