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Overturning the federal machine gun ban could roll back decades of bad Commerce Clause jurisprudence. We have a real chance to win.

The qualified immunity doctrine made it nearly impossible, in most situations, to sue the government for trespass.

We discussed warrantless searches (Case v. Montana) and maximum sentences (Burnett v. United States) on the latest episode of Rightly Decided texaspolicy.com/multimedia/art…

If a law enforcement officer does something that is not "objectively reasonable" in order to save a person's life, that officer is liable for criminal trespass and can be sued. Case v. Montana raises questions about the scope of the Fourth Amendment's "emergency aid" exception.

Challenging the federal government's overly broad regulatory authority under the Commerce Clause is a first step toward reclaiming rights that Congress never had the power to take away.

The Constitution is a contract whose moral legitimacy is based on the fact that it was consented to by the Founders. If it is interpreted in a way that departs from its original meaning, then you start to move outside of that original consent.

The Commerce Clause does not give the federal government unlimited power to regulate anything it wants. That includes possession of machine guns.

Parental rights pre-exist the state. John Locke called the parent-child relationship a form of natural government. You don't have the concept of a state unless you have families.

Learn more about our lawsuit challenging the federal machine gun ban 👇 texaspolicy.com/multimedia/art…

Overturning the federal machine gun ban could roll back decades of bad Commerce Clause jurisprudence. We have a real chance to win.

Second Amendment aside, does Congress even have the constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause to ban machine gun possession? Find out how a win could reshape federal regulation far beyond firearms on the latest episode of The Right Idea. texaspolicy.com/multimedia/art…

"A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is also strong enough to take everything you have."

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"The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), which is supporting the litigation, described the lawsuit as an effort to vindicate law-abiding citizens’ rights to possess machine guns for lawful purposes, including personal defense, recreation, and training."

Texas Gun Club Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging 1986 Machine Gun Ban dlvr.it/TRRFdD

The Supreme Court's so-called "Shadow Docket" is "the litigation before the litigation."

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“It’s never too late to claw back liberties that the federal government has stolen,” @TPPF Attorney Laura Beth Latimer said in the press release. “The Commerce Clause does not give Congress unlimited power to regulate simple possession of anything. This case is a first step toward reclaiming rights that Congress never had the power to take away.”

@FDRLST Big win for parental rights! We discussed this case on the latest episode of Rightly Decided: texaspolicy.com/multimedia/art…

What To Know About SCOTUS’s Mirabelli Decision And How It Protects Parents And Kids thefederalist.com/2026/03/11/wha…

What happens when California school policies, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Supreme Court’s mysterious "Shadow Docket" collide? TPPF's VP of Policy, @MrACBrown, joins Rightly Decided to unpack the procedural rollercoaster of Mirabelli v. Bonta. texaspolicy.com/multimedia/art…

In a victory for parental rights, SCOTUS stepped in to pause a California rule requiring teachers to hide a child’s social transition.