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Economic Liberty
 

For Second Straight Year, Florida Sets the Standard in Economic Liberty Reforms

In 2020, Florida enacted IJ’s historic overhaul of the Sunshine State’s occupational licensing barriers. It turns out that the Florida Legislature was just getting warmed up—and IJ was happy to help every step of the way. This spring, Florida lawmakers passed 10 different economic liberty bills actively supported by the Institute for Justice.
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Immunity & Accountability
 

New Mexico Leads the Way on Government Accountability
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National Food Freedom Initiative
Economic Liberty
 

IJ Delivers Food Freedom Nationwide
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Civil Forfeiture
 

Maine Becomes Fourth State to End Civil Forfeiture
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What is a “reasonable expectation” to be free from video surveillance in a world where everyone has a camera?
 
 
Short Circuit

Civil rights attorney Laura Schauer Ives joins us to discuss her win at the Tenth Circuit, which denied qualified immunity to police officers who failed to protect a woman from her stalking ex-partner.
 
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STRATEGIC RESEARCH | July 7, 2021

Beauty School Debt and Drop-Outs

This first-of-its-kind study uses federal educational data to examine education requirements for cosmetology licensing. The findings suggest the current system of state cosmetology licensing is a failed model that mainly transfers wealth from students and taxpayers to cosmetology schools.
 
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