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For 30 years, the Institute for Justice has come to the aid of real people fighting outrageous government abuse.

Arlington, Virginia Katılım Ağustos 2008
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Now, in a major #FirstAmendment victory, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has repealed the unconstitutional attorney gag rule. This amendment came after IJ filed a federal lawsuit in 2024 on Daniel's behalf. Read more about his case here: ij.org/ll/ij-win-unga…
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Court Forced Lawyer to Delete Tweets—He Won 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
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What started as a fun neighborhood tradition has turned into a free speech dispute. 🦴 Meet Hector & Henrietta, the neighborhood-famous skeletons at the center of it all.
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Reporters, activists and other interested folks: @IJ is hosting an online event about the future of license plate surveillance after the Supreme Court's Chatrie decision
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#Zoning is supposed to regulate a property's impact on neighbors—not pick winners and losers between nearly identical home businesses. But that is what's happening in Leavenworth, Wa. The city lets home massage therapists and salons operate in residential neighborhoods—but not licensed physical therapist Nicole Bulow. Today, IJ is challenging that arbitrary decision. Read more: ij.org/press-release/…
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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…
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The city where America began tried to regulate speech. How un-American. Celebrating America's 250th by revisiting our Philadelphia Tour Guide victory. 🇺🇸
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This case is part of IJ’s broader #FirstAmendment work aimed at protecting the free speech rights of those who speak for a living. Earlier this month, IJ won a lawsuit on behalf of a death doula in Fort Wayne, Indiana, challenging a law that required her to get costly, irrelevant funeral home and funeral director licenses just to discuss end-of-life options with families. To support our work, please visit IJ.org/donate!
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For more than 20 years, Virginia counselor Elizabeth Brokamp has helped people through some of life's toughest moments. But when her practice moved online during the pandemic, D.C. regulators told her she had to turn away new clients simply because she wasn't licensed in the district—even though all she was doing was talking with them. Now, Elizabeth can once again serve clients in D.C. ij.org/press-release/…
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🚨 Victory for Free Speech and Access to Mental Health Care 🚨 This week, a federal court struck down a Washington, D.C. law that prevented licensed therapists from other states from providing online talk therapy to D.C. residents. 🧵
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