For thirty years, Carlos Pena ran a print shop in North Hollywood. His world was turned upside down, however, in August 2022, when a fugitive forced his way into Carlos’s shop and barricaded himself i...

ARLINGTON, Va.—A new report, “Public Benefit, Private Burden,” released today by the Institute for Justice (IJ), sheds light on an important question that the United […]

New Book Spotlights the Founding and Growth of the Institute for Justice New Release Whip and Ride:The Hard-Charging Early Years of the Institute for Justice […]

ARLINGTON, Va.—In a memo quietly issued last week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ceased operations of its controversial Transportation Interdiction Program (TIP). The program’s “consensual...

Leo Feler was far from Chicago when he got an alert from his security camera.

ARLINGTON, Va.—A federal appeals court revived a First Amendment lawsuit from a customer and small business owner seeking to provide true information on food labels. The United States […]

OKLAHOMA CITY—On Thursday, the District Court of Oklahoma County denied the state of Oklahoma’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its restrictions on selling caskets. The lawsuit was brought in ...

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For more than 15 years, licensed physical therapist Nicole Bulow has helped people get back to the lives they love, guiding active adults through injury […]

Across the U.S., more than 100,000 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) capture the driving data of Americans going about their daily lives. The detailed information [...]

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AB 1796 will set up a wasteful, expensive regulatory scheme and put most of California's 2,000 certified interior designers out of work.

ATLANTA—On Monday, a group of property owners in rural Sparta, Georgia filed a petition asking the Georgia Supreme Court to hear their case challenging a private […]

WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by an innocent man who was brutalized by members of a joint state-federal task force when he was […]

Across the United States, communities are rethinking their use of Flock cameras and other automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems, and in many cases ending [...]

A class action lawsuit filed against San Jose and its police department Wednesday aims to require police to get warrants to track drivers.

FLORENCE, Ala.—On Thursday, the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County granted the state of Alabama’s motion to dismiss a constitutional lawsuit challenging a statute that permits game wardens to search private property without a warrant […]

A federal judge last week ruled that a Fort Bend County Sheriff's deputy wrongfully arrested a self-styled "citizen journalist" for allegedly interfering during a welfare check while videotaping the i...

ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Erma Wilson, who had her life turned upside down by a conviction […]

HOUSTON, TX—Yesterday afternoon, Judge George Hanks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas handed a win to independent journalist Justin Pulliam […]

WASHINGTON—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) submitted an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case Chatrie v. United States, urging the court to recognize that the execution of a multi...

Arlington, Va.--Late last Friday, State Representative June Speakman filed HB 8036 to help combat the housing crisis that is being felt across the state. Informally [...]

PHOENIX—Penny McCarthy, a grandmother wrongly arrested by U.S. Marshals, overcame a critical legal hurdle in her lawsuit against the United States government and federal agents over […]