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After months of sleepless nights since having more than $107,700 seized by the Internal Revenue Service, L&M Convenience Mart owner Lyndon McLellan learned yesterday the… Read More
LawCommentary
American law enforcement is under assault. While seemingly every action taken by law enforcement of late is under intense public and media scrutiny, presumptions have… Read More
LawNews
A small business owner from Central Florida alleges she was denied service by one of the largest banks in the United States strictly because she… Read More
LawCommentary
In another midnight filing last week in the immigration lawsuit filed by 26 states against the Obama administration in the Southern District of Texas, the… Read More
LawNews
For most of his life, Lyndon McLellan has been in the business of country stores—the types of stores where the employees know customers’ names by… Read More
LawNews
To hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tell it, America’s freedoms don’t come from freedom of speech or freedom of the press. It’s not the… Read More
LawNews
Russ Caswell, owner of Motel Caswell in Tewksbury, Mass., fought the law and won. Now, he’s reflecting on his experiences with a law enforcement tool… Read More
LawNews
A bill has been passed by the New Hampshire state Senate that would require voters to reside in the state for 30 days before becoming… Read More
LawCommentary
One of the biggest problems in Washington is the overreach of federal agencies, many of which go far beyond their limited mandates. Instead of simply… Read More
LawCommentary
Cindy woke up to a battering ram at her front door. She opened the door to a rushing mob of policemen, yelling and barging through… Read More
LawCommentary
In “Courts’ War on FDR Continues With Obama,” Noah Feldman argues that the courts have played an outsized role in opposing President Obama’s policy agenda…. Read More
LawCommentary
Noncitizens are registering to vote and at best, it seems the federal government’s officials don’t care about this illegal activity. At worst, it raises questions… Read More
LawNews
In a small number of cities clustered in Los Angeles County, Calif., people are seeing their property and money seized by law enforcement through civil… Read More
LawCommentary
On Tuesday, April 28, Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller will be up before a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals again, his… Read More
LawCommentary
Last week, The Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Justice, the American Conservative Union, and the Charles Koch Institute co-hosted a panel discussion at the Capitol,… Read More
LawCommentary
Will the U.S. Supreme Court protect small raisin growers from the grasping hand of the federal government? On Wednesday, the attorney for California raisin growers… Read More
LawCommentary
Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon senior research fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, wrote about the same-sex marriage… Read More
LawAnalysis
The Supreme Court justices will be hard at work churning out decisions through the end of June, but April brings to a close oral arguments… Read More
LawCommentary
In a recent hearing on “The Need to Reform Asset Forfeiture,” the Senate Judiciary Committee focused on how the property of ordinary citizens could be seized… Read More
LawNews
Earlier this month, a small gun and pawn shop owner in Florida appeared to have found himself in the middle of an Operation Choke Point… Read More
LawCommentary
Last month, the New Mexico legislature unanimously passed a bipartisan bill essentially abolishing civil forfeiture in the Land of Enchantment (yes, that’s what they call… Read More
LawNews
Two children were picked up by police on Sunday after a caller reported seeing them walking unattended in their neighborhood. The parents of the children… Read More
LawCommentary
Americans were stunned last week by graphic video of North Charleston, S.C. Police Officer Michael T. Slager shooting an unarmed suspect in the back after… Read More
LawNews
Republican leaders on the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday formally demanded that four federal financial regulatory agencies “publicly disclaim” their involvement in Operation Choke… Read More
LawNews
The stark visual of watching a white policeman fire eight shots at the back of a fleeing black man in North Charleston, S.C. this weekend… Read More
LawCommentary
Florida is poised to become the new front in the civil asset forfeiture reform movement. State Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Republican from the Tampa area,… Read More
LawCommentary
In an order issued late Tuesday, federal district court Judge Andrew Hanen refused to lift the preliminary injunction he had previously issued stopping the implementation… Read More
LawCommentary
At almost the same time last week that the outgoing U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald Machen, gave Lois Lerner a get-out-of-jail free… Read More
LawCommentary
On March 31, Ronald Machen, the outgoing U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, wrote House Speaker John Boehner to inform him that the Justice… Read More
LawCommentary
For more than a decade, the U.S. Justice Department has engaged in the dubious practice of giving away the public’s money when it settles a… Read More
