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For 35 years, the Institute for Justice has come to the aid of real people fighting outrageous government abuse.

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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 23/09/2026
Federal Judge Orders ICE to Follow Constitution
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 21/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge in Alabama orders ICE and CBP to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining people without individualized suspicion, and to stop detaining people who present valid ID.
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In 2022, a fugitive broke into Carlos Pena's small Los Angeles print shop and barricaded himself inside. A SWAT team arrived and caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. The US Marshals, city of LA and Carlos' insurance all denied payment. ij.org/case/los-ang...
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Pena v. City of Los Angeles - Institute for Justice
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...
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: nationwide study from @ij.org looks at claims for compensation from property owners whose property was damaged by police. Key findings: - Most are innocent bystanders - Damage causes genuine hardships - Compensating would not hurt government budgets ij.org/press-releas...
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New Study Lands as Supreme Court Weighs Whether Cities Must Pay for Property Destroyed by Police  - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 09/09/2026
Today, IJ fights government abuse across the United States. But before IJ could change the law, our founders had to build a different kind of law firm. 📘 "WHIP AND RIDE" tells the origin story of one of the nation’s most influential public interest law firms. Get your copy here:
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Whip and Ride: The Hard-Charging Early Years of the Institute for Justice - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 03/09/2026
For 35 years, IJ has fought for everyday Americans, standing up for their rights—and we won't stop now!
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 27/08/2026
Victory for California homeowners! After years of crushing fines and delayed hearings, Humboldt County’s unconstitutional code-enforcement system is being dismantled. This settlement gives IJ’s clients their lives back and sends a clear message: government can’t fine first and ask questions later.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 20/08/2026
Ken Jouppi has spent more than a decade fighting Alaska's attempt to permanently take his $95,000 bush plane over a passenger's 6-pack of beer. This term, the #SupremeCourt will have the opportunity to make clear that the #ExcessiveFines Clause is a meaningful check on government overreach.
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Adam Linthicum @listlessscholar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Almost 2 years ago, the DEA ended it's similar interdiction program, thanks in no small part to footage that @ij.org obtained that displayed the level of interest an average DEA agent has in constitutional protections. It's great to see another such program get scrapped.
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DEA Ends Transportation Interdiction Program After Watchdog Report Triggered by Footage Showing Agents Threatening, Abusing Innocent Traveler - 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...
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 10/08/2026
She Fought Federal Surveillance—and Won
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 06/08/2026
When Leo got home, he found damage that totaled more than $30,000. But the violation was deeper than the monetary cost. Learn about Leo's fight for justice here:
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Chicago Homeowner Sues Immigration Officers Over the Warrantless Raid That Damaged His Home
Leo Feler was far from Chicago when he got an alert from his security camera.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 06/08/2026
Leo Feler was far from home when he got an alert from his security camera. He watched helplessly as Customs and Border Protection agents invaded his property, trying to arrest the workers who were fixing his house.
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Chicago Homeowner Sues Immigration Officers Over the Warrantless Raid That Damaged His Home
Leo Feler was far from Chicago when he got an alert from his security camera.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 06/08/2026
Millions of Americans struggle with digestive issues. But federal food labeling rules prevent companies from truthfully telling consumers which foods are low-FODMAP. Luckily, the Ninth Circuit just revived IJ's First Amendment lawsuit challenging that ban.
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Major Ruling in Favor of True Food Labels as Federal Appeals Court Revives First Amendment Lawsuit Against FDA and USDA  - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 05/08/2026
Under Oklahoma law, it’s a crime for anyone but a state-licensed funeral director to sell caskets to the public. IJ teamed up with Candi & Todd, who run a small, family-owned casket company, to fight back. Last week, we scored an early win in our lawsuit challenging restrictions on selling caskets!
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Oklahoma Small Business Gets Early Win in Lawsuit Challenging Restrictions on Selling Caskets - Institute for Justice
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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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Leo watched this entire unconstitutional raid unfold on his Ring cameras from a hotel in Toronto. Over the cameras, he repeatedly told the CBP agents to get off his property or show him a warrant. They refused.
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
3 of the 4 workers managed to escape. The fourth was cornered in Leo's garage and detained. He was eventually released and has a pending habeus petition.
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The agents came driving the wrong way down Leo's one way street, tried to break down Leo's 6-foot fence, and then jumped over it and chased the workers throughout the property. They damaged construction equipment, ac units and fences.
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Last October, Leo Feler hired contractors to work on his Chicago home. When he was gone on a work trip, CBP agents stormed his property without a warrant and chased the workers. They caused $30K in damage to the property. Today, Leo teamed up with @ij.org to sue CBP over the warrantless raid.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
During the “Midway Blitz” last October, a clip from Ring camera footage went viral of ICE agents hopping a fence and trying to pull construction workers through a window. @ij.org just filed a lawsuit on behalf of the homeowner, Leo Feler, over the warrantless search. youtu.be/_bOgsyaZjlQ?...
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Federal Agents Raided His Home—Live on Ring
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 27/07/2026
🧮 We did the math: 7 mistakes for every 100 scans adds up fast when license plate readers scan 20 BILLION plates a month. View IJ's List of Known Incidents here: ij.org/dozens-of-innocent-motorists…
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 23/07/2026
City Threatens Church for Sheltering the Homeless
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 10/07/2026
$500/Day Fines for Yard Skeletons Defeated!
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 08/07/2026
As a #1stAmendment attorney, Daniel knew the court’s gag order was unconstitutional and imposed a special burden on civil-rights attorneys. Represented by IJ, Daniel challenged the court’s local rule that made it too easy for the government and its contractors to silence public discussion. We won!
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Victory: Tennessee Court Scraps Attorney Gag Order Rule Following Federal Lawsuit - Institute for Justice
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—On Thursday afternoon, judges from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee amended the court’s local rules to remove a provision […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 08/07/2026
The court applied a local rule that presumes, without any evidence, that an attorney’s public comments about a broad swath of topics will prejudice court proceedings. The rule then imposed a burden on the attorney to prove that his speech is not prejudicial.
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Judge Says Attorney Can No Longer Tweet
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 08/07/2026
In 2022, a federal court in Nashville imposed a gag order that prohibited civil-rights attorney Daniel Horwitz from discussing his cases against Tennessee’s privately run prisons. 🧵 @jaredmcclain.bsky.social
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 07/07/2026
#Zoning is supposed to regulate a property's impact on neighbors—not pick winners and losers between nearly identical home businesses. Leavenworth, Wa. lets home massage therapists & salons operate in residential neighborhoods—but not licensed physical therapist Nicole Bulow. She's fighting back.
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Physical Therapist Files Legal Challenge Against Leavenworth, Wa. for the Right to Run a Small In-home Practice - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 06/07/2026
Across the US, thousands of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) capture the driving data of Americans going about their daily lives—almost always without a warrant. July 8 learn what the #Chatrie Supreme Court ruling means for 4th Amendment law + how abuse & errors have harmed innocent people.
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The Future for License Plate Readers after the Supreme Court's Big 4th Amendment Decision - Institute for Justice
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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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 03/07/2026
America turns 250, and we're celebrating the IJ way. 🇺🇸 This week on Short Circuit, we look beyond 1776 to the rise of judicial review—the constitutional principle that shapes so much of IJ's work today. Listen to the newest episode: youtu.be/5fdpWD7m710?si=5_7_VKsxbJ4…
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 23/06/2026
California doesn't need another occupational license. AB 1796 is a job killer that would make it harder for interior designers to work—while protecting industry insiders from competition. If there's no public safety threat, lawmakers should not be restricting the right to earn an honest living.
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Proposal to license interior designers underscores California's hostile business climate
AB 1796 will set up a wasteful, expensive regulatory scheme and put most of California's 2,000 certified interior designers out of work.
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Sandersville Railroad Company is still trying to use the state's eminent domain power to take property from @ij.org's clients to build a rail line that the public can't use. Yesterday, we asked the Georgia Supreme Court to hear this case. ij.org/press-releas...
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Property Owners Ask Georgia Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Private Railroad's Land Grab - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 16/06/2026
Although James was denied his day in court, his case launched IJ's Project on Immunity and Accountability—through which we seek to ensure that every right guaranteed by the Constitution has a remedy in an American court. Every victory IJ obtains will always be in significant measure due to James.
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Project on Immunity and Accountability - Institute for Justice
Qualified immunity and other legal doctrines let government workers violate constitutional rights with impunity. IJ works to eliminate these barriers to accountability.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 16/06/2026
“What happened to me shouldn’t happen to anyone,” said James. “When the government violates someone’s rights, there should always be a path to accountability.”
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 16/06/2026
Yesterday, the #SupremeCourt 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 a college student in 2014. 🧵
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Innocent Man's Case Seeking to Hold Federal Agents Accountable for Brutalizing Him More Than a Decade Ago - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 02/06/2026
Anti-Weaponization Slush Fund Misses the Point #AntiWeaponizationFund
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 08/05/2026
IJ staff break down key findings from IJ’s newest report, Policing for Profit 4, and tackle some of the most common questions about civil forfeiture laws in the country.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 05/05/2026
This city built a 500-camera AI tracking network. Now IJ is fighting back. Learn more about our federal lawsuit: ij.org/case/san-jose-license-plate-… #ALPR
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 30/04/2026
Eminent Domain for a PRIVATE Rail Line? Learn more about IJ's fight against eminent domain abuse in Sparta, Georgia: ij.org/case/sparta-georgia-eminent-… @kinger-dc.bsky.social
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 29/04/2026
NJ Family Farm Ordered to Pay $500K+ This year the #SupremeCourt will hear a family farm’s challenge to an agency court that acts as prosecutor, judge and jury. Learn more about this case here: ij.org/case/sun-valley-administrati…
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 28/04/2026
The proliferation of police surveillance has led to incidents of police officers using #ALPR camera networks to keep tabs on their romantic interests. @cingraham.bsky.social
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Police Have Reportedly Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 14 Times in Recent Years - Institute for Justice
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 [...]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 12/04/2026
It’s Not a Speed Camera. It’s AI Surveillance. Learn more at plateprivacy.com!
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 16/04/2026
A Lie Led to a Warrant—Then a Felony Arrest Learn more about IJ's new #SupremeCourt petition here: ij.org/press-release/denver-man-ask…
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 16/04/2026
A Lie Led to a Warrant—Then a Felony Arrest Learn more here: ij.org/press-release/denver-man-ask…
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NEW CASE Today, 3 San Jose residents teamed up with @ij.org to file a class action lawsuit against the city over its warrantless use of nearly 500 license plate reader cameras. @nbcnews.com's @kevincollier.bsky.social has the exclusive: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 Flock police cameras that track drivers in California
A class action lawsuit filed against San Jose and its police department Wednesday aims to require police to get warrants to track drivers.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 12/04/2026
It’s Not a Speed Camera. It’s AI Surveillance. Learn more at plateprivacy.com!
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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Yesterday, an Alabama court upheld a law that allows game wardens to snoop on private land without a warrant or consent. @ij.org and our clients, who have had their land trespassed on by officers multiple times, will appeal this decision. ij.org/press-releas...
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Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Warrantless Trespassing by Alabama Game Wardens; Property Owners Will Appeal - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 06/04/2026
The cost of taking dangerous criminals off the street should be borne by everyone, not by a single, innocent, unlucky small business owner. Learn more about Carlos's #SCOTUS petition here:
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NoHo Print Shop Owner Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case Seeking Compensation After SWAT Team Destroyed Shop - Institute for Justice
WASHINGTON—Today, a Los Angeles small business owner filed a petition asking the United States Supreme Court to hear his case seeking compensation after a SWAT team destroyed […]
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 06/04/2026
Carlos Pena spent 30 years building his business. It took minutes for an L.A. SWAT team to destroy it. Now they refuse to pay damages estimated at tens of thousands of dollars. With IJ's help, Carlos is asking the #SupremeCourt to hear his case.
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 01/04/2026
Policing for Profit: $82 Billion Taken Since 2000 Learn more here: ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-4 #civilforfeiture #Forfeiture #PolicingforProfit #dueprocessmatters #lawstudents #PublicInterestLaw
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 01/04/2026
Fighting for the right to film the police isn’t anti-police, it’s pro-accountability.
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Federal judge finds for citizen journalist against Sheriff's Office, awards him $70K
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...
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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 31/03/2026
Today, the #SupremeCourt declined to hear the case of Erma Wilson, who had her life turned upside down by a conviction in which her prosecutor was on the judge’s payroll. ij.org/press-release/supreme-court-…
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Supreme Court Turns Away Texas Woman’s Challenge to “Bonkers” Constitutional Violation - Institute for Justice
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 […]
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