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Steamed NIMBYs Mandated Saunas To Stop New Housing

Several Lone Star cities are attempting to undermine new state-level zoning reforms by requiring new apartment buildings come with ritzy amenities.

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The New Texas Ban on Cell-Cultured Protein Is an Unconstitutional Interstate Trade Barrier, a Lawsuit Says

The ban's supporters, whose motivation is plainly protectionist, claim they are defending freedom by restricting it.

Reason

Texas sued over its lab-grown meat ban

Two California-based companies accuse the state of government overreach for banning the sale of their products for the next two years.

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An Alaska Man's $95,000 Plane Was Seized Over a 6-Pack of Beer. Now He's Taking His Case to the Supreme Court.

Alaska has been trying to seize Ken Jouppi's Cessna for 13 years over a misdemeanor crime.

Reason

Andrew Cuomo Proposes 'Zohran's Law' To Fix the Unfairness of Rent Law Cuomo Signed

Plus: Why Blackstone is good, actually, and a Georgia judge rules for tiny homes.

Reason

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Miami vice, tactical dog bites, and the tantalizing takings clause.

Reason

You Shouldn't Need a License to Talk

Occupational licensing can be useless, harmful—and even a threat to free speech.

Reason

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An Arkansas Town Agrees To Remove a License Plate Camera Aimed at a Couple's Home

Local officials initially were unfazed by complaints that the constant surveillance raised serious privacy concerns.

Reason

Conservative and Libertarian Public Interest Group Letter Opposing "Big Beautiful Bill" Provision that Undermines Access to Justice [Updated]

The provision requires litigants seeking preliminary injunctions against illegal government actions to post potentially enormous bonds.

Reason

The Government Seized Her Home for a Project That Never Happened

Twenty years after Susette Kelo lost at the Supreme Court, the land where her house once stood is still an empty lot.

Reason

South Carolina County Ends Its Civil Forfeiture Blitz After 20 Years

It’s time for the rest of the state to stop illegal searches and seizures that enrich police departments.

Reason

Denver Case Highlights the Potentially Deadly Hazards of Police Raids Based on Secondhand Information

Michael Mendenhall wants the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that allows home invasions based on nothing but hearsay.

Reason

Federal Court Scraps Rule That Gagged Tennessee Civil Rights Attorney From Criticizing a Private Prison

For nearly three years, Daniel Horwitz faced contempt of court for talking about a private prison that was one of his most frequent courtroom opponents.

Reason

The Man Who Fought Chicago for His Cadillac—and Never Got It Back

Spencer Byrd's case helped spark reforms and a federal lawsuit, but he died before seeing justice.

Reason

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The Government Threatened To Seize His Home Over Tall Grass

Bureaucrats in Dunedin, Florida, originally hit Jim Ficken with a fine close to $30,000. When he couldn't pay that, things turned dire.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Crypto rules, false statements, and regulatory habitats.

Reason

DEA Ends Airport Gate Searches After Years of Documented Abuses of Civil Asset Forfeiture

The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of "significant risks" of constitutional violations.

Reason

The Government Took a Developer's Land and Gave It to a Competitor. In New York, That's Business As Usual.

The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.

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Institute for Justice Petitions Supreme Court to Take Case Seeking to Overrule Kelo v. City of New London

Kelo is the 2005 ruling in which the Supreme Court held that the government can take property for private "economic development.""

Reason

Sheldon Gilbert: The New President of the Federalist Society

A brilliant fusionist who has done remarkable work for the Chamber of Commerce, the Institute for Justice, the National Constitution Center, and as a senior counsel at Walmart.

Reason

Pasco County Sheriff Will End Predictive Policing Program to Settle Lawsuit Over Harassment

Body camera footage shows Pasco County deputies harassing families and threatening them with code violations because one of them was placed on a "prolific offender" list.

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DEA Suspends Random Searches At Airports After Scathing Report

DEA halts random searches at airports due to critical report on search procedures and ethics, prompting Justice Department action.

Reason

Justice Department Orders DEA to Halt Airport Searches Because of 'Significant Issues' With Cash Seizures

The DEA paid one airline employee tens of thousands of dollars to snoop on travel itineraries and flag passengers for searches.

Reason

Arizona Voters Keep Libertarian Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick

He’ll be around to protect our freedom for a few more years.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Private searches, threatening tweets, and constitutional abominations.

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