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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Denver Man’s Case to Revive Fourth Amendment’s Warrant Requirements
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a Denver man who challenged the constitutionality of a warrant that led to his […]
National Law Firm Warns Maine Town: Fines for Autistic Girl’s Lawn Ornaments Violate the First Amendment
Pyper LeBlanc loves roosters. The six-year-old girl with autism arrived at the home of David and Sara LeBlanc, her adopted parents, with a stuffed rooster. […]
Short Circuit 449 | Supreme Court Preview
Our annual Supreme Court term preview, this year from Wake Forest Law and released today, First Monday, the first day of the Supreme Court’s new […]
Brentwood’s Arguments About its Blight Designation and Eminent Domain Don’t Hold Up
ARLINGTON, Va.—Brentwood, Missouri has designated blocks of the Manchester Road Corridor as blighted, a first step in an envisioned plan to redevelop the neighborhood. Several […]
Short Circuit 448 | Are Prediction Markets Legal?
We’ve all seen the ads for prediction markets, like Kalshi, and some of us have even placed bets with them. But are they actually “bets”? […]
Victory! Court Allows East Cleveland Resident to Pursue First Amendment Political Retaliation Claims Against City and Officials
ARLINGTON, Va.—For over four years, William Fambrough has been pursuing justice against the city of East Cleveland, Ohio for violating his First Amendment right not […]
Federal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement in Brookside, Alabama Policing-for-Profit Lawsuit
Victims of predatory ticketing and towing scheme will be able to apply for compensation.
Pottstown Residents File Second Lawsuit After Borough Tries to Circumvent Court Ruling with New Rental Inspection Law
POTTSTOWN, Pa.—Yesterday, Pottstown tenants Dottie and Eddy Rivera, their landlord, Steve Camburn, and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed a second lawsuit against […]
Federal Jury Strikes Down Texas Sheriff’s Surveillance-Driven Traffic Stop Program
License-plate-reading cameras flagged an ordinary road trip as suspicious. A Bexar County deputy invented a traffic violation, interrogated the driver, and searched his truck. A jury said that was unconstitutional.
Victory! Danville Confirms Award-Winning Garden Complies with Local Code After IJ Letter
The city of Danville, Illinois will not be pursuing enforcement action against gardeners Jeremy Boggess and Kristi Church after the Institute for Justice (IJ) sent […]
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 […]
You Know IJ. Learn How It Began.
IJ was founded in 1991, but the story of how it came to be started nearly a decade earlier, in Chip Mellor’s backyard in Denver, […]
A Government of Laws, Not of Men: IJ’s Rule of Law Pillar
For much of human history, one person or a small group of people could rule at whim, imprisoning people the ruler did not like or […]