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Civil Forfeiture

Nationwide Class Action Takes Aim at FBI’s “Take Now, Explain Never” Forfeitures

IJ client Linda Martin has been stuck in FBI administrative forfeiture for two years. She inadvertently got caught up in the FBI’s raid on U.S. Private Vaults in March 2021, when—in direct violation of a warrant—the agency seized more than $85 million from customers’ safe deposit boxes. One of the boxes at U.S. Private Vaults contained the $40,200 Linda and her husband had saved for a down payment on a family home. The FBI won't tell her why it took her money, so she's fighting back with IJ in a new class action lawsuit.

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First Amendment

IJ Sues USDA and FDA to Challenge Food Label Censorship

The First Amendment does not allow the government to decide which facts consumers are allowed to know. Yet the federal government is preventing tens of millions of Americans with sensitive stomachs from receiving the information that they desperately need to alleviate their symptoms.

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Economic Liberty

Victory: City Grants Permit for Home Day Care Provider to Keep Business Open

Lakeway, Texas, granted a permit allowing Bianca King to keep her home day care business open, 16 months after she teamed up with IJ to file a lawsuit challenging the city’s home business law.

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Legislation

House Judiciary Committee Moves Forfeiture Reform Forward

An IJ-supported, bipartisan bill that would overhaul federal law on civil forfeiture is moving to the full House of Representatives.

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IJ Podcasts

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Short Circuit: More to Come

Short Circuit is delighted to welcome one of the “Founding Fathers” of #AppellateTwitter to our virtual studio, Sean Marotta.

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Short Circuit: The Concentration of Powers

We introduce you to concentration of powers. It’s pretty much what it sounds like, and it happens when people have to depend on legislatures to protect constitutional rights.

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