🖐️ Hands up if you’re a lawyer and you’ve never written a memo of confidential litigation advice for your client and then accidentally filed it with a court.

So, the government has decided it doesn’t need a WARRANT to enter a home under the Alien Enemies Act? Two thoughts: 1. Yes, it does. And a JUDICIAL warrant at that. 2. If federal agents enter your home without a warrant, reach out. I would like to sue them (pro bono). 1/2

I love this photo of the Institute for Justice team leaving the Supreme Court after we argued Martin v. U.S. last week. Working at IJ has been a dream come true. If you'd like to join me and my friends—helping people, fighting gov't bullies, and having fun—apply now! ij.org/careers/

Man, I love it when people get opportunities to drop lines like this

VICTORY! In July 2022, a federal court in Nashville imposed a gag order that prohibited civil-rights attorney Daniel Horwitz from talking publicly about a wrongful-death case he brought against a private prison. Yesterday, District Court judges for Middle Tennessee amended the

The judges tried to wear us down with procedural moves. We had to file 12 briefs in six months before they gave in and repealed their unconstitutional rule. Now Daniel Horwitz—and all attorneys in the Middle District of Tennessee—are finally free to talk about their cases.

Federal court rule in Middle TN barring lawyers from speaking publicly on cases scrapped tennessean.com/story/news/202…

🚨Institute for Justice CERT ALERT🚨 We (Jared McClain, Rob Johnson, Michael Peña, and Sam Gedge) have filed cert. in Thomas v. Humboldt Cnty. (24-1180), asking the Supreme Court to incorporate the Seventh Amendment's jury trial right against the states via the Fourteenth Amendment. 1/

Local governments can treat code enforcement like a cash grab because they can ignore the Seventh Amendment. Our cert petition asks the Supreme Court to finally close this loophole in the Constitution. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

I respect Sam as a scholar, and I am not an expert on many of the finer points here. But I think Robert E. Lee handing his sword to Ulysses S. Grant largely answers Sam's critiques. The Civil War was fought over "states rights." And the side advancing them lost. 8/

Bray has a thoughtful take on which cases the Seventh Amendment covers. But his unhappiness with SCOTUS’s test isn’t a good reason to let states ignore the right. As our petition argues, the law will be better if courts consider 7A’s reach across all levels of government.

I blogged it. Sam Bray’s arguments against 7A incorporation show why the Court should grant Institute for Justice’s cert petition and decide the issue now. ij.org/cje-post/no-in…

The MI Ct. of App. just held in Reeves v. Wayne Co. that Institute for Justice has overcome #ProsecutorialImmunity. Our 1A claims can proceed against a prosecutor who charged our client with a crime because he sued to halt Detroit's #CivilForfeiture scheme. DO NOT MESS WITH IJ CLIENTS.

Hey, Institute for Justice and our clients won Martin v. United States! Federal accountability is back on the menu.

What a special moment! Sr. Attorney @PJaicomo calling to let our client know we won her #SupremeCourt case. #MartinVUS

"If federal officers raid the wrong house, causing property damage and assaulting innocent occupants, may the homeowners sue for damages?" You might think you could answer in a single word. ("YES!") But: "The answer," the Court warns us, "is not as obvious as it might be."

1/ It’s worth reviewing the govt’s preposterous arguments in Martin v US, seeking to avoid accountability for a horrifically irresponsible wrong-house SWAT raid. In essence, the govt proposed what amounts to a “heads the govt wins, tails the injured plaintiff loses” regime.

"When you just have to rely on the good faith of police to not put this data to bad use after they collect it, that's a troubling place to be," Institute for Justice Attorney Jared McClain on potential abuse of license plate reader cameras. fox7austin.com/news/license-p…

In Medina, Justice Thomas concurs to express his skepticism about the Section 1983 cause of action. This is frustrating for several reasons—not least of which because he purports to revisit the original meaning of 1983 while using an ellipsis to omit the Notwithstanding Clause.

Oh look! More police departments who claim they don't share license plate reader data for immigration enforcement sharing data for ... immigration enforcement. We need warrant requirements for accessing these cameras. sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oak…