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Zoning Justice

New IJ Project Restores Justice In Zoning

For more than a century, the freedom to use property has been eroded through abusive zoning practices that disregard individual liberty and emphasize top-down planning. Since the Supreme Court first blessed the concept of zoning about 100 years ago, modern zoning has morphed into something far beyond its questionable origins, driving up the cost of housing, preventing people from starting businesses, and governing nearly every aspect of lives. IJ's new Zoning Justice Project will offer the courts and the public an understanding of land use that is respectful of both property rights and mindful of legitimate public needs.

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Immunity & Accountability

When Officers Knowingly Place People in Danger, Do They Deserve Immunity?

When Desiree Martinez reported the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her police officer boyfriend, a fellow officer shared that confidential report with the boyfriend while Desiree was trapped in a room with him, leading to more abuse. Now free of that relationship, Desiree has spent 10 years trying to hold accountable the officers who protected her abuser. IJ is taking on Desiree’s case and appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure officers aren't granted immunity when they deliberately break the rules.

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Civil Forfeiture

Lawsuit Forces Release of Highway Search and Seizure Records

Every year, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, conducts a search-and-seizure blitz along Interstate 85 called Operation Rolling Thunder. Sheriff's deputies stop hundreds of cars and even dozens of commercial buses to search their passengers. IJ fought with the county for two years to get records of the campaign, including by filing a FOIA lawsuit. We now have 262 pages of records showing a systemic program of pretextual and potentially illegal traffic stops.

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Beyond the Brief: Will the Supreme Court Finally Curb Civil Forfeiture?

Recently, the Supreme Court decided an important civil forfeiture case. While the outcome was disappointing, the way they decided it gives us hope that the high court is finally ready to rein in this form of theft-by-government.

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Short Circuit: Zoning Justice

Emphasizing the justice in our name, IJ recently launched a new project to fight back against zoning laws, Zoning Justice. Joining us to talk about this new venture are the project’s leader Ari Bargil and IJ attorney Joe Gay.

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