The Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause promises "just compensation" when private property is taken for public use. But some courts have ruled that it does not always apply when police are involved.

George Will, In @postopinions.bsky.social, on @ij.org's case taking on Oklahoma's casket cartel: "In Oklahoma, you can be buried in a cardboard box, or a shroud, or nothing. But not in a casket unless the purchase of it enriches the state’s funeral cartel." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Today, @ij.org asked #SCOTUS to hear the case of an innocent small businessman whose shop was destroyed by a SWAT team in 2022. Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch have said the court may eventually need to address this issue. What better time than now? ij.org/press-releas...

I spent about 15 years of my life watching Congressional hearings regularly (it was a living). I don't know that I've ever seen someone get to turn every single question back on the Member in such a brutal and effective way. Congrats @davidjbier.bsky.social!

Our client Leo Garcia Venegas and two other victims of DHS’s lawlessness got to introduce themselves to Secretary Noem today. The room fell silent when they stood.

Running for office is a basic right in our democracy. Government officials can't use their power to intimidate people who run for office. Fernie ran against the County Attorney's wife and ended up being harassed out of the campaign: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZIN...

@kenwhite.bsky.social Is this one a RICO? oag.dc.gov/release/atto...

The TSA is directing its screeners to watch for cash and alert agents so they can take money with civil forfeiture. @ij.org's class action lawsuit revealed secret procedures that have existed for years. Read more here: ijupdate.substack.com/p/the-tsa-is...

Eric Andre’s Warrantless Search Was No Joke

In America, police can’t treat an innocent teenager walking near school like an armed threat over a minor theft. And once officers realize they’ve detained the wrong person, the Constitution requires them to let him go immediately.

what’s unfolding in Minneapolis follows a pattern, but it’s fundamentally untrue that chaotic raids are only in blue areas that won’t work w/ICE Agents in a FBI/ICE/local operation in Idaho violently detained citizens, broke car windows over kids & zip-tied a 14YO girl apnews.com/article/immi...

Leo is a U.S. citizen. They tackled him. They handcuffed him. They ignored his REAL ID. Weeks later, he was detained again. Now, represented by IJ, Leo is fighting back, because if Americans must follow the law, the government must follow the Constitution. More here: ij.org/case/alabama...

Today, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social with @theatlantic.com talks to @ij.org client George Retes about his ICE arrest and detention. A timely discussion about federal law enforcement: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

An innocent teen spent years in jail because a St. Paul detective lied to protect her witness in a bogus investigation. @ij.org has been fighting for justice for years and hasn't given up yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLp_...

Welcome to 2026, here’s 5 @ij.org cases to watch this year. First up, our case against 4th Amendment violating immigration enforcement in Alabama.

Once again, DHS is lying about our client. If George "assaulted law enforcement," they would've charged him with something during the 3 days he was detained. They released him without charges. That doesn't happen if you assault someone.

NEW CERT PETITION: Shannon McKinnon was charged with a felony. But the case fell apart when it turned out the detective was secretly working for the complainant in the case. @ij.org is working to revive Shannon's lawsuit after the cop was given immunity. 🧵

Constitutional rights shouldn’t depend on a person's ability to pay. That's why, at IJ, we never charge our clients a dime. ❤️ Join our fight for freedom and justice today: https://ij.org/monthly

Thanks to @katiecouric.bsky.social for having @ij.org attorney Jaba on to talk about our cases on behalf of citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents. Watch the interview here: katiecouric.substack.com/p/attacks-on...

This is George Retes' story of being arrested and held for three days without any communication. He was let go without ever being told what crime he had been accused of and missed his daughter's 3rd birthday. Please watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y91V...

You are not paranoid. You are being watched. And police may pull you over for almost nothing if automated cameras flag you as suspicious. When @ij.org client Alek Schott sued a Texas county over an unconstitutional traffic stop, we had no idea what we had uncovered. @apnews.com story below.

In Indiana, prosecutors are supposed to report all forfeiture cases, but @ij.org found a huge gap between filed cases and reported cases. The study shows that Indiana lawmakers are getting a far from complete report card when it comes to forfeiture. It may be sending them the wrong signals.

The latest from @jaredmcclain.bsky.social, a senior attorney at @ij.org, who represents Leonardo Garcia Venegas in a federal class-action lawsuit:

"When officers detain groups of people based on their occupation, their location, or 'how they look,' ... the stop will rarely — if ever — be justified." [email protected]'s @jaredmcclain.bsky.social on ICE's unconstitutional work site raids. @postopinions.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Federal officers are abusing people in Chicago. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court cracked the door open for people all over the U.S. to get justice in a case brought by Trina Martin. She talks with @cbschicago.bsky.social about the legal battle: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Libby Souder taught swim lessons to kids in her backyard in Columbia, SC for years and she did it with the approval of the city. But last year, the city reinterpreted its rules and banned her backyard lessons. Now @ij.org is helping her fight back against abusive zoning rules.

Throughout the country, local governments are partnering with private companies to install automatic license plate reader cameras (#ALPRs) on their roadways. But IJ is fighting back against mass surveillance.

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/alabama-citizen-detained-by-ice-twice-asks-judge-for-class-action.html  A U.S. citizen who was arrested twice at work by federal agents is asking to expand his lawsuit to a class action case.

This is nowhere close to being true. Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more. Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.

Another blockbuster story from @nicolefoy.bsky.social. This time on immigration agents smashing windows. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm... IJ client George Retes had his window smashed as agents were yelling contradictory directions, telling him to both back up his car and leave his car.

George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention

Latest: I wrote about the DHS Office of Public Affairs shameless lies about ICE arrests and all the times it's lied to me and other reporters lately. DHS did not respond to my request for comment about all the lies it's told. reason.com/2025/10/22/h...

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer. @nicolefoy.bsky.social

I’ve been asked about Joe Arpaio and last decade’s “show me your papers” laws in a few interviews recently. The current regime feels even worse because showing ICE your papers is not enough if you look Latino. Officers just refuse to believe the papers are real. ij.org/case/alabama...

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Leo, an American citizen, was violently detained by immigration agents after he recorded them making an arrest. DHS claims he obstructed agents, but the cell footage shows the reality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BeI...

Yesterday I was in Mobile to launch a new @ij.org case on behalf of a U.S. citizen detained multiple times by immigration enforcement. If the Fourth Amendment means anything, then law enforcement can't waltz onto private property and stop people who are doing nothing wrong: youtu.be/rYSfX9Wxs3M?...

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID? It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

🚨 New Case Alert 🚨 Leo Garcia Venegas is an American citizen and construction worker in south Alabama. Even though he has done nothing suspicious and is working on private property, Leo has been repeatedly detained (once violently) by federal officers enforcing immigration laws. 🧵

U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers who are carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

About once a year I write a @forbes.com article about some outrageous use of forfeiture funds. Today is that day and this self-serving "newsletter" is the subject this time.

DHS says that George was arrested for assaulting officers but released him without charges. Some way to stand up for law enforcement. @ij.org's take: ij.org/press-releas...

With federal law enforcement surging onto the streets, it's a good time to remember that recording officers in public is protected speech. Recently another federal court struck down a "buffer" law in Indiana. It's the 3rd such law to be struck down in recent years. 🧵

VICTORY: Officers Denied #QualifiedImmunity for Arresting and Jailing Woman at Christmas 🧵

US citizens across the country have been caught up in immigration raids, arrested, and detained. How do they get justice when their constitutional rights have been violated? @ij.org is taking on the case of veteran George Retes.

Great news for property rights and the Constitution!

FOIA Files is back! When DOJ seized Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin from Martin Shkreli and then sold it 3 yrs later the agency concealed the sale price citing “trade secrets.” Now, after a four year FOIA battle, I finally got DOJ to reveal the price www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Sonoma County code enforcers are flying drones over homes looking for any violations they can find. If this is the future, then no property owner is safe from potentially ruinous fines. A 🧵 on the threat of blanket searches from the sky.

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit against the FBI in a damages claim arising from an incident in which agents raided the wrong house in Atlanta: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of a family fighting for justice after an FBI SWAT team wrongly raided their home. This is a big victory for holding federal law enforcement accountable when they make mistakes and hurt people: ij.org/press-releas...