February 1, 2024

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 February issue of Liberty & Law.

By getting our message out in print, radio, broadcast, and online media, we show the real-world consequences of government restrictions on individual liberty—and make the case for change to judges, legislators and regulators, and the general public.

November 1, 2023

Everything is Somewhere: A Few Words in Favor of Libertarian Ideals

November 6, 2023

Arrests Motivated By Politics Face A Supreme Court Test

November 8, 2023

New Jersey Keeps Newborn DNA For 23 Years. Parents Are Suing

November 14, 2023

In Federal Lawsuit, Owner Of Medical Marijuana Dispensary Says Mississippi Censors Business Owners

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November 24, 2023

A Supreme Court Case With Momentous Implications For Government Power

November 25, 2023

‘LEGAL THEFT’: Texas Class Action Lawsuit Aims To Make It Harder For Police, Prosecutors To Seize Cash

December 13, 2023

Brentwood Businesses Sue To Block Blight Designation

December 20, 2023

Indiana Woman Files Lawsuit To Cover Damages After SWAT Team Raids The Wrong House

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Also in this Issue

New Jersey mom Hannah Lovaglio joined with IJ to file a class action lawsuit after learning the state kept her son’s DNA without her knowledge or consent.

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Does the Fourth Amendment Protect Your DNA?

February 1, 2024

IJ scored a rare victory over judicial immunity after a West Virginia judge personally led a search party through IJ client Matt Gibson’s home.

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Appeals Court Brings Down Gavel on Wayward Judge

February 1, 2024

Ameal Woods (right) and Jordan Davis (left) scored a major victory when a Texas appeals court ordered $41,680 in seized cash to be returned to them. The state has declined to appeal but continues to delay returning the funds

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Loss and Win Combine for Perfect Forfeiture Appeal in Texas

February 1, 2024

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Podcast Tells History of Courts Bulldozing Property Rights

February 1, 2024

Clarence Cocroft II is the proprietor of Mississippi’s first black-owned medical marijuana dispensary, but the state’s advertising ban threatens to nip his young business in the bud.

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IJ Dispenses Free Speech in Mississippi

February 1, 2024

Leda Mox, a Minnesota resident and lover of all things equestrian, owns a thriving small business providing massage therapy to horses and teaching others her craft.

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When It Comes to Free Speech, IJ Isn’t Horsing Around

February 1, 2024

Jay Fink provides a niche service, going through clients’ inboxes to flag deceptive spam emails. But now California is demanding he spend years working in unrelated occupations to receive a private investigator license—just to read email.

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California’s License to Read Belongs in the Junk Folder

February 1, 2024

After IJ secured a major court win for economic liberty on behalf of lactation consultant Mary Jackson, Georgia lawmakers invited IJ to discuss reforming the state’s occupational licensing laws.

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Turning a Landmark State Supreme Court Decision Into Legislative Reform

February 1, 2024

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IJ Blazes New Trails for West Coast Cooks

February 1, 2024

Cynthia Fisher owns homes blighted by Ocean Springs.

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The Evolution of IJ’s Fight Against Eminent Domain Abuse

February 1, 2024

Amy Hadley watched a SWAT team ransack her home in pursuit of a suspect who was never there and who had nothing to do with her family. She and IJ are now fighting for the just compensation the Constitution requires.

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Seeking Just Compensation for an Indiana Mom

February 1, 2024

The paralegals of the North Carolina Justice for All Project want to provide both free and paid legal advice to people filling out court-created forms. Yet even though the paralegals are qualified, North Carolina allows only lawyers to provide even the most basic legal advice, on pain of up to 120 days in jail.

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IJ Takes On the Legal Monopoly in North Carolina

February 1, 2024

Amy Shaw and her family can continue using New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Accounts program to send their children to the school that’s right for them after a court rejected a challenge to the program.

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IJ Knocks Down Challenge to New Hampshire Choice Program

February 1, 2024

Tyson Timbs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Timbs v. Indiana: The Fight Against Excessive Fines Five Years Later

February 1, 2024

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