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"Michael Soyfer, an attorney with @ij.org , a nonprofit that has sued several cities over their use of Flock cameras, called the ruling 'major'." More on how the #SCOTUS decision in Chatrie could impact other forms of mass surveillance from @cleveland.com www.cleveland.com/court-justic...

New SCOTUS decision could be used against Flock, attorneys say. Here’s how.

A Supreme Court ruling on geofence warrants may influence legal challenges to Flock license plate readers over privacy concerns, attorneys say.

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“No one should have to prove their innocence on the side of the road because a camera couldn’t tell a zero from an O.” New @ij.org research shows that dozens of innocent drivers have been held at gunpoint or incarcerated due to errors by ALPR cameras. ij.org/dozens-of-in...

Dozens of Innocent Motorists Have Been Pulled Over, Detained at Gunpoint, or Jailed Due to AI License Plate Camera Errors - Institute for Justice

As the number of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) has skyrocketed nationwide, erroneous stops, detainments and arrests are becoming increasingly common.

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"An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone’s location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information." A big Fourth Amendment decision from #SCOTUS in Chatrie v. U.S. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · last mo.

🎉We're headed back to the Supreme Court🎉 #SCOTUS has granted cert in @ij.org's case on behalf of North Dakota ranchers who are seeking fair compensation after a pipeline company took their land through eminent domain. ij.org/press-releas...

Ranchers’ Fight for a Fair Price from Pipeline Company that Took Their Land Heads to the US Supreme Court - Institute for Justice

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from a group of North Dakota ranchers who fought for years to obtain a fair […]

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Interesting: A federal judge has struck down a D.C. law that prohibited therapists from outside the city from doing online consultations with D.C. clients, saying it's a violation of the First Amendment. ij.org/press-releas...

Virginia Counselor Wins Lawsuit Challenging District of Columbia's Restrictions on Teletherapy Sessions - Institute for Justice

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia struck down a D.C. law that barred therapists from other jurisdictions from doing online teletherapy visits with ...

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Another @ij.org First Amendment victory! Last night, the U.S. District Court in D.C. struck down a D.C. law that barred therapists from other jurisdictions from doing online teletherapy visits with clients in the district. ij.org/press-releas...

Virginia Counselor Wins Lawsuit Challenging District of Columbia's Restrictions on Teletherapy Sessions - Institute for Justice

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Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear @ij.org's lawsuit challenging Pottstown's rental inspection ordinance. The court can make it clear: If the government wants to search your home they need a warrant based on individualized suspicion. ij.org/press-releas...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Lawsuit Over Pottstown’s Rental Inspection Ordinance - Institute for Justice

HARRISBURG, Pa.—On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review a nearly decade-old lawsuit, brought by Pottstown residents and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), challen...

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Sandersville Railroad Company is still trying to use the state's eminent domain power to take property from @ij.org's clients to build a rail line that the public can't use. Yesterday, we asked the Georgia Supreme Court to hear this case. ij.org/press-releas...

Property Owners Ask Georgia Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Private Railroad's Land Grab - Institute for Justice

ATLANTA—On Monday, a group of property owners in rural Sparta, Georgia filed a petition asking the Georgia Supreme Court to hear their case challenging a private […]

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FIRST AMENDMENT VICTORY Today, a federal court approved a consent decree allowing @ij.org client Lauren Richwine to continue running her death consulting business without getting costly, unrelated funeral director and funeral home licenses. 🧵 ij.org/press-releas...

Fort Wayne Death Doula Secures Final Victory in First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging State’s Restrictions on Discussing End-of-Life Care - Institute for Justice

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana entered a consent decree cementing a Fort Wayne death doula’s victory in her First […]

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It turns out when you give government agents access to incredibly powerful surveillance tools and put no real safeguards in place, bad things happen. www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

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For years, the Feds have been saying that the point of REAL ID is that it definitively proves who a person is. But now, after our client Leo Garcia Venegas was detained three times, a DHS official has testified that ICE agents can't trust REAL ID. reason.com/2026/06/08/i...

In lawsuit over construction raids, DHS official testifies ICE agents can't trust REAL IDs

A Homeland Security official's testimony that ICE agents couldn't rely on REAL IDs as proof of citizenship led a federal judge to reply, "Help me understand how that makes sense."

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“What Americans are starting to realize is there’s been an entire surveillance industry erected around them,” @ij.org's Rob Frommer on the proliferation of Flock cameras, and how Americans are fighting back. www.govtech.com/spotlight/wh...

Why Flock Safety Finds Itself in a Surveillance Backlash

Flock Safety and its automated license plate reader tools have many supporters. But a growing backlash against the company around privacy and data sharing could impact its future in American cities.

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Laura Schaefer, a botany instructor, transformed a set of vacant lots in Millstadt, Illinois into a flourishing garden of native plants and vegetables. But the city has cited her for having "high grass and weeds." Today, @ij.org told the city to back off. ij.org/press-releas...

Illinois Village Orders Woman to Destroy Garden, a Violation of the State’s Right-to-Garden Law - Institute for Justice

ARLINGTON, Va.—Laura Schaefer knows the difference between a weed and a desirable plant. A botany instructor with decades of experience, Laura has spent more than five years […]

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Many cities are canceling their ALPR contracts. But how do they ensure the cameras are offline after canceling their contract but before the company takes the cameras down? By covering them with trash bags. More from @cnet.com 👇 www.cnet.com/news/privacy...

Some Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Getting the Trash-Bag Treatment

Facing public backlash over surveillance cameras, cities are turning to a low-tech fix to stop Flock from watching.

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Cameras originally meant for ticketing cars that passed school busses with their stop signs out, now photograph every vehicle a bus drives by. “Who would have thought that school buses would be turned into the mass surveillance state?” @ij.org 's Michael Soyfer. www.404media.co/buspatrol-pu...

‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access

BusPatrol plans to scan the license plates of all vehicles the buses drive past, and then let law enforcement search that data. The plan would essentially turn school buses into roaming surveillance v...

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🎊HUGE WIN🎊 The 5th Circuit just upheld a lower court ruling that @ij.org client Vicki Baker is entitled to $60,000 plus interest under the Texas Constitution after a SWAT team destroyed her home in 2020.

It's not every day you have members of the Freedom Caucus and Progressive Caucus co-sponsoring reforms. Momentum is growing to stop license plate reader abuse! @wired.com www.wired.com/story/a-bipa...

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection.

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Today, @ij.org filed a lawsuit on behalf of PA real estate broker Kevin Gaughen, challenging a law that requires brokers in the Keystone State to have a brick-and-mortar office. It costs him $35,000 per year to maintain an office neither he nor his clients use. ij.org/press-releas...

Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker Files Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania Law Requiring Brokers to Have Brick-and-Mortar Offices - Institute for Justice

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Today, a Lemoyne real estate broker filed a lawsuit challenging a law that requires all Pennsylvania real estate brokers to have a physical office in […]

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Seems bad! www.404media.co/the-fbi-want...

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers

Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

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Sunday marks 4 years since the city of Pasadena, Texas agreed to let @ij.org client Oz Sepulveda open his auto shop w/o adding 23 parking spots he can't afford & doesn't need. Since then the city has been using delay tactics to keep him closed. But that may FINALLY be changing.🧵

Institute for Justice @ij.org · 3mo ago

The Nebraska Board of Barber Examiners has threatened a speakeasy in Omaha with criminal punishment for calling itself "The Barbershop." The bar has temporarily changed its name to "The Censored Shop" and @ij.org has joined the bar's 1st Amendment lawsuit. ij.org/press-releas...

Omaha Speakeasy Forced to Change Its Name to “Censored Shop” After Nebraska Barber Board Claims Ownership of the Word “Barber” - Institute for Justice

OMAHA, Neb. — Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ)—a national nonprofit public interest law firm—announced it is joining the legal fight to defend the First Amendment […]

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Eminent Domain for a PRIVATE Rail Line? Learn more about IJ's fight against eminent domain abuse in Sparta, Georgia: https://ij.org/case/sparta-georgia-eminent-domain/ @kinger-dc.bsky.social