After Homeowners Threaten Lawsuit, Seattle Backs Down From ‘Housing Affordability’ Fees

After more than a year of refusing to issue a renovation permit, the city changed its mind after the Institute for Justice got involved

Minnesota Wine Makers Win Right to Use Out-of-State Grapes

Federal Judge Strikes Down Minnesota’s Protectionist Law Mandating that Winemakers Use Mostly Minnesota Grapes

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Hear Illinois Case That Gives Government Leeway to Punish Speech “of Purely Private Significance”

U.S. Supreme Court Case Spotlights Chicago’s Rampant Abuse of Fines & Fees

Diverse Coalition Files Brief Asking High Court To Come to Aid of Debtor Who Had Car Impounded & Faces Crippling Fines & Fees

Tampa Woman Joins Class Action Suit Challenging TSA and DEA Airport Seizures

Federal lawsuit was launched after retiree’s life savings were seized at the Pittsburgh Airport

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Correct Dangerous Vermont Ruling That Guts Property & Other Constitutional Rights

Ignoring clear U.S. Supreme Court precedent, Vermont Supreme Court ruling allows for warrantless searches of people’s private property.

Civil Rights Groups Remind Supreme Court: Police Can Violate Constitutional Rights Even If They Don’t Kill or Disable You

Institute for Justices Takes on the Fight for Owners’ “Right to Rent” in Wilmington, N.C.

Lawsuit challenges city’s unconstitutional use of “amortization” to dole out rental-rights in a lottery

Pennsylvania Court Strikes Down Licensing Law that Kept Two Philadelphia-area Women from Working in Cosmetology

Commonwealth Court finds that barbers and cosmetologists must be treated equally when applying for licenses

Lawsuit Challenging Chicago’s Impound Program Will Move Forward

North Carolina Parents Join Legal Battle to Save State’s Opportunity Scholarship Program

The Opportunity Scholarship Program provides scholarships to low-income North Carolina families for their children's education

Hindsight on 2020: IJ Launches Legislative Initiative to Help Lawmakers Craft and Enact Responsive Reforms to Crises of This Year

“Why are there so few ICU beds?” New report lambasts “patchwork” of laws limiting health care access

Report details how states responded to COVID-19 by dropping decades-old protectionist laws

Maryland Court of Appeals Upholds Protectionist Food Truck Rules

Court rejects challenge to 300-foot ban on mobile vendors selling food “similar” to brick-and-mortar restaurants

Tennessee Property Owners Score Early Win in Lawsuit Against Warrantless Trespassing, Surveillance on Private Land