Cops and prosecutors in Indianapolis are stealing money by trolling through a FedEx hub. Institute for Justice is suing to stop them (and end the practice of legalized theft that is euphemistically called #CivilForfeiture). More from my colleagues Marie and Daryl James: dailynews.com/2024/08/26/pol…

I regret to inform this commenter that neither I nor Institute for Justice--as a public-interest law firm providing free legal representation in a case that seeks no money damages--stand to make millions from the lawsuit.

Just got a decision: this case is going to trial.

*Sighs* Time to tap the sign again: youtube.com/shorts/p4LmrUH…

It is *so weird* that egg farmers aren't greedy anymore

Such an important issue. Take the 5th Cir. last week. Prisoner has broken screws in his ankle causing extreme pain. Defs ignore it & *still* require manual field work. CA5 correctly rejects QI arg. that no previous case involved ankle screws. But w/ a more rigid test: QI applies.

The Georgia Public Service Commission just ruled that a private railroad's plan to take land from several property owners is a "public use" and they should receive the state's eminent domain power. Institute for Justice and our clients will appeal this ruling to the Fulton County Superior Court.

I regret to inform you that I have missed the deadline to accept my nomination for Lawyers of Distinction. I will not be receiving a crystal statute or customized plaque.

Regardless of your position on #CivilForfeiture* Rebel Ridge was genuinely great - well written, well acted, well paced, well shot. You should watch it. *You should also hold civil forfeiture in utter contempt because it’s literally legalized theft by the government and evil.

Murphy v. Schmitt (23-1228) is distributed for the #SCOTUS long conference.

For all those Netflix users googling “is civil asset forfeiture real,” it very much is. Watch the Nevada Highway Patrol steal the life savings of a Marine who was *never* charged with a crime. It’s government theft: youtu.be/MkeS_0NQUZs?si…

Gov't should praise good Samaritans, not fine them. But that's what Santa Clara, CA, is doing to Institute for Justice client Michael Ballard. After Ballard allowed a valued employee and his family to live on Ballard's 60-acre vineyard, the county fined him $120,000. Shame. youtube.com/watch?v=J9s1VW…