Speed's Auto Services v. Portland Protectionism in Portland, Oregon
Can the government bar entrepreneurs from offering competitive prices, online discounts and prompt service merely to protect politically powerful insiders from competition? That is the question the...
View ArticleCaveman Blogger Fights for Free Speech and Internet Freedom
Can the government throw you in jail for offering advice on the Internet about what food people should buy at the grocery store? That is exactly the claim made by the North Carolina Board of...
View ArticleSign Codes vs. Free Speech
Across the country, government is dealing a one-two punch to property rights and free speech. Using sign codes, cities are demanding large signs protesting eminent domain abuse be taken down. Free...
View ArticleIJ's Jeanette Petersen Explains Three Reasons You Can't Get a Cab
Ever wonder why it's so hard to get a taxicab? IJ's Jeanette Petersen explains that government-imposed barriers like caps on permits and minimum fare laws are designed to protect entrenched...
View ArticlePOLICING FOR PROFIT: Feds try to take innocent elderly couples' Mom-and-Pop...
Seeking to circumvent state law and cash in on the profits, the Tewksbury Police Department is working with the U.S. Department of Justice to take and sell the Caswells property because a tiny fraction...
View ArticleGame of T̶h̶r̶o̶n̶e̶s̶ [Food Trucks]: Chicago's Mobile Vendors in an Epic...
Should the city of Chicago be in the business of protecting a few politically connected restaurateurs from competition? That is the question to be answered by a major lawsuit filed Wednesday, November...
View ArticleA Deadline Looms for Your Tax Preparer
As part of a sweeping new licensing scheme, the IRS won't let tax preparers continue to prepare your tax returns in 2013 unless they first get a special permission slip from the government by paying...
View ArticleCourt Gives a Victory to Atlanta Street Vendors by Striking Down...
On 12/21/12, Christmas came early for Atlanta vendors Larry Miller and Stanley Hambrick when Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua of the Fulton County Superior Court struck down the city’s Public Vending...
View ArticleEnding Forfeiture Abuse: How States Can Be Tough on Crime and Respect...
Civil asset forfeiture is one of the greatest threats to private property rights in our nation today. Law enforcement can take your property without even charging you with a crime. According to...
View ArticleEpic Public Interest Boot Camp, a Weekend for Law Students
Apply for the 2013 Law Student Conference; July 26 - 28th, 2013, Washington, D.C. Application deadline: April 1, 2013. http://iam.ij.org/107udgV IJ's law student conference is like boot camp for future...
View ArticleSacramento's Sign Police vs. The First Amendment and Got Muscle Health Club
Businesses need to advertise to survive. For small businesses, signs are their most effective and least expensive option. But the City of Sacramento bans businesses from using sandwich boards,...
View ArticleHandcuffed hairbraider sues in federal court for right to teach
Isis Brantley is a widely recognized expert on African hairbraiding who wants to teach people to braid hair for a living in Dallas. But even with her decades of experience, is telling Isis she must...
View ArticleTerms of Engagement: More Constitution Less Government
Buy Terms of Engagement on Amazon now. The Constitution was designed to limit government power and protect individuals from the tyranny of majorities and interest-group politics. But those protections...
View ArticleNewspaper Censorship in America: Is this Celebrated Advice Columnist a...
In May 2013, John Rosemond—America's longest running newspaper columnist—received an astonishing order from the Kentucky attorney general: Stop publishing your advice column in the Bluegrass State or...
View ArticleGov’t Forces Businesses to Overcharge Customers
Consumers and entrepreneurs—not the government—should decide how much a ride from a car service should cost. Consumers need the government protecting them from affordable prices as much as they need a...
View ArticleOut of control Feds raid family grocery store’s checking account over...
The government should not be able to use civil forfeiture to take money from people who have done nothing wrong. And yet, that is exactly what is happening to Terry Dehko, the hardworking owner of...
View ArticleHalf-baked: Gov't Restricts Homemade Cookie Sales
Can the government arbitrarily restrict where home-baking entrepreneurs can sell their treats or how much they can sell? According to a new lawsuit from the Institute for Justice and two Minnesota home...
View ArticleRaw Deal: Raw Milk Farmers Fight Censorship
In Oregon, it is perfectly legal for farmers to sell raw—or unpasteurized—milk...so long as they don’t talk about it. If they do, they face huge fines and jail time. But a major federal lawsuit filed...
View ArticleCity Forces Homeowners to Destroy Veggie Garden
May the government prohibit you from peacefully and productively using your own property to feed your family? That is the question the Institute for Justice (IJ) and a Miami Shores couple have taken to...
View ArticleLittle American Dream Factory: Chicago Bureaucrats Put the Brakes on an...
The story of Zina Murray, her innovative business, and how Chicago killed it leaving fifteen entrepreneurs without a home. Local and state governments should not impose barriers on new job creation by...
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