April 1, 2025

IJ Makes Headlines

These articles and editorials are just a sample of favorable local and national pieces IJ secured in the weeks prior to the release of the April issue of Liberty & Law.

By getting our message out in print, radio, broadcast, and online media, we show the real-world consequences of government restrictions on individual liberty—and make the case for change to judges, legislators and regulators, and the general public.

January 20, 2025

‘This Is Personal’: Marine Veteran Reacts To Judgment On Federal Loophole Police Used To Seize His Cash

January 27, 2025

A Montana Town Is Waging War On Its Unhoused Citizens. One Shelter Is Fighting Back

January 28, 2025

Diana Simpson And Will Aronin: Chicago’s Abusive Towing Practices Flip American Justice On Its Head

January 31, 2025

Supreme Court Ruling Could Change How FBI Operates

February 10, 2025

‘The Licensing Racket’ Review: There’s A Board For That

February 13, 2025

New Hampshire Town And Bakery Take Their ‘First Amendment’ Legal Battle Over Colossal Pastry Mural To Trial

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February 19, 2025

The Supreme Court Can Fix This Mess Of Its Own Making

February 27, 2025

The Reason Nobody Can Afford A Lawyer? It’s Lawyers.

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Also in this Issue

Nevada Highway Patrol officers seized Stephen Lara’s life savings, despite not charging him with any crime. Now the state high court has ruled that the state broke the law in taking Stephen’s money.

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IJ Win Closes Civil Forfeiture Loophole In Nevada

April 1, 2025

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Property Owner Hit With $7 Million Fine Will Have Her Day In Court

April 1, 2025

Awa Diagne is free to open her braiding salon after IJ quickly secured a court victory holding that a Georgia city violated Awa’s rights by denying her a permit in order to protect another business.

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Victory: IJ Client Accused Of “Unfair Competition” Now Free To Open Shop

April 1, 2025

Wilmington, Delaware, residents Ameera Shaheed (left) and Earl Dickerson (right) lost their cars to the city’s predatory tow-and-impound scheme. Now the city has worked with IJ to create a new, just system.

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Busted! Wilmington Agrees To Overhaul Its Predatory Impound Scheme Busted!

April 1, 2025

Des Moines barber Craig Hunt got his license, but IJ’s new report shows licenses aren’t needed to keep the public safe.

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New IJ Research Makes Case For A Clean Cut From Licensing

April 1, 2025

Castle Hills jailed Sylvia Gonzalez after she criticized it. On June 20th, 2024 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sylvia, holding that Americans’ First Amendment rights are violated when they are arrested in retaliation for their speech.

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Building On Sylvia Gonzalez’s Historic Supreme Court Win

April 1, 2025

IJ client and small-business owner Chuck Saine is facing $50,000 in penalties without an independent judge.

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Government Asserts: All Your Cash Belongs To Us

April 1, 2025

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Viva Pat Caswell (1941–2025)

April 1, 2025

Trina (left) and Gabe (right) holding a picture Gabe drew shortly after the raid, showing officers swarming the house.

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GRANTED! Supreme Court Will Hear FBI Wrong-House Raid Case

April 1, 2025

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