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      <title><![CDATA[Should the Geek Squad need private-investigator licenses?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/18/smallbusiness/texas_pc_pi_law.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2008071819]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Texas law, now being challenged in court, says computer technicians could need PI licenses.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Battle against eminent-domain abuse now centers in Nashville, Clarksville]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080721/OPINION03/807210337/1008/OPINION01]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[What happens in Nashville and Clarksville will have a significant impact on the rights of all Tennesseans to protect their homes and businesses....]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Attorney general’s bad advice disrupted state voucher programs]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://whatiknow.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/17/attorney-generals-bad-advice-disrupted-state-voucher-programs/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Attorney General Goddard may start developing a reputation of incompetence in a fundamental aspect of his job...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Massage therapist wants more than an OK to work with horses]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=146157&type=Daily]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Litigation will proceed in light of Runde’s contradictory statements and the still-pending threat from the chiropractic board...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AUDIO: Chip Mellor on economic freedom]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_story=00ab1842af7a1c80ea0f4bea778f53dc96bb3fb6&rf=bm]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has eviscerated constitutional liberty that was intended by the founders...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magnum, P.C.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/5887766.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Computer technicians, not private investigators, are better at repairing computers and retrieving data.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Political protest hits a brick wall]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mural13-2008jul13,0,3421808.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[St. Louis officials say the mural is too big. Its author says they're against the message, not the medium.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 12, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[License and Exam Required to Speak for Money About History]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://volokh.com/posts/1215722953.shtml]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[IJ is challenging Philadelphia's new requirement that tour guides be licensed.  IJ seems to be exactly right on this: Such a requirement violates the First Amendment.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 10, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Follow-up On Texas PI Law For PC Techs]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/09/2226252&from=rss]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Network Performance Daily has put out an in-depth series on the Texas law that requires private investigator licenses for computer repair techs...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Swift SLAPP]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://reason.com/blog/show/127480.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Last May property rights activists in Clarksville, Tennessee, ran an ad in a local paper urging their neighbors to oppose a redevelopment project that involves the use of eminent domain...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Private eye law does not compute]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-fix_07edi.ART.State.Edition1.4d6c5f6.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Driver  has created a legal mess that the courts – and the next Legislature – must fix.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City Council mustn't be allowed to trample on tour guides' speech]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080702_City_Council_mustn_t_be_allowed_to_trample_on_tour_guides__speech.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Starting this fall, tour guides in Philadelphia will be threatened with fines of up to $300 for engaging in unauthorized talking....]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 2, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Licenses for Tour Guides?  Rubbish!]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080702_LICENSES_FOR_TOUR_GUIDES__RUBBISH_.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[I'M A LIFELONG Philadelphian who's fortunate to earn a living doing what I love: giving guided tours of our historic city....]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 2, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[District Court Denial of Preliminary Injunction Request Leaves SpeechNow.org Silenced]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/7_1_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A federal judge today denied a preliminary injunction request by SpeechNow.org, effectively silencing the citizen group in the midst of the 2008 election season.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 2, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Property rights group calls libel lawsuit 'retaliatory']]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NEWS01/807010332/1002/news01]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A motion to dismiss a libel lawsuit against members of the Clarksville Property Rights Coalition calls the suit "frivolous" and "retaliatory."]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Joy Ford Fights for Property]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wztv.com/newsroom/top_stories/vid_2050.shtml]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The city wants to seize a piece of property to make room for a new building.  Trouble is, the property owner won’t sell...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State court OKs school vouchers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0701vouchers0701.html#]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arizona Supreme Court decided the state could continue to give parents money to pay their children's private-school tuition...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[July 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Institute For Justice calls for dismissal of developers’ frivolous lawsuit]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/06/30/institute-for-justice-calls-for-dismissal-of-developers-frivolous-lawsuit/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the steps of our historic County Courthouse, a group of grassroots advocate citizens gave voice to an exercise that the founding fathers would have cherished...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legal battle divides horse industry]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/local/local_story_179103955.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lawsuits fought in the halls of Austin could play in to the working world of Weatherford. The issue in debate is equine dentistry, and it has pitted...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Massaging animals? Therein lies the rub]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.gazette.net/stories/062708/businew175509_32358.shtml]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Rockville massage therapist wants to ply her trade with animals — and has gone to court to do so legally.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Courts must stop laws gone wild]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/726462.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Imagine being told that the computer repair shop you’ve relied on for years can no longer work for you because the owner doesn’t private investigator’s license...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Computer technicians cry foul over private investigator law]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/062608kvuePIlaw-cb.40583a30.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A lawsuit filed Thursday by some computer repair technicians says they're being forced to become licensed private investigators.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 26, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RADIO: Computer Guys = Private Investigators ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://kut.org/items/show/13122]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A recent change to Texas law could put your local computer repair shop – and even you – in jail. One group says is the unintended consequence of an amendment to a state privacy law...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 26, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Economist: Eminent domain drove biz from Baltimore]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D91GJQGO0.htm]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a new report by a Loyola College economist published by the Institute for Justice...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 24, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City said to drive residents away]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.domain24jun24,0,1428335.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Baltimore's heavy-handed use of eminent domain and persistently high property taxes have forced residents and businesses to flee the city...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 24, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Northwest Interior Designers Want Greater Respect]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4015]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Interior designers want to distinguish themselves from decorators.  That’s why groups of designers are after legislation in Washington...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Patterson: School choice foes stack deck against disabled students]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/119090]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Not long ago, a 6-year-old boy from Gilbert named Max was headed nowhere. Diagnosed as autistic, he suffered constant...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[House in CT eminent domain dispute finds new home]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-seizing-property-move,0,4995128.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A small house that was once at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on government seizure of private property has found a safe haven.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Home at center of U.S. Supreme Court ruling finds new berth]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8535679&nav=3YeXMOWQ]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Fort Trumbull home that sparked a nationwide debate over the use of eminent domain has a new permanent address on Franklin Street.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study: Cabbies, company owners differ in regulatory needs]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nhregister.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/BigDaily?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.content=%2FMAIN_REP%2FArticle%2F2008%2F06%2F21%2F2244577]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A study of the state’s taxi industry is expected to wrap up by December...drivers and company owners have divergent ideas about what the legislation should contain.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Study Details Baltimore’s Flawed Revitalization Efforts]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_23_08apr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[“Plan-Control-Subsidize Redevelopment” Does Not Work]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[On Kelo Anniversary: Two New Studies Detail How Cities Block Private Revitalization Efforts]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_23_08bpr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Government-driven redevelopment efforts stifle economic development projects and actually hinder the revitalization of the nation’s cities, argue two new studies from the Institute for Justice. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Please donate TODAY to help stop eminent domain abuse]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://www.ij.org/keloday/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's infamous Kelo decision, which allowed private property to be taken for someone else’s private gain.

With your help, we can and will stop this abuse.

Click here to send a message to those in power that eminent domain abuse must be stopped.

A small donation today, can make a big difference in defending your home tomorrow.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Ever Happened to the Kelo House?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://reason.com/blog/show/127111.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[This Monday is the third anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London...the Institute for Justice, the libertarian public interest firm that litigated the case...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 20, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Taxi drivers seek better deal]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8522983]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Taxi troubles got a full airing at the State Capitol from cab drivers who say the rules and regulations on starting a taxi business have got to change.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 20, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Voucher Victims]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:112137]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dina Phipps worries that her children won't continue to progress without a scholarship program that's become mixed up in a battle over vouchers...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 19, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cab Industry Investigated]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/state_capitol/cab_industry_investigated.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cab drivers from across state rallied at the Capitol to urge lawmakers to make it easier for drivers to start their own taxi company...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 19, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pink House That Inspired a Nation Reopens This Weekend]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/connecticut/6_18_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Meanwhile the New London, Conn., Area That Was Subject of Landmark Eminent Domain Suit Remains Barren Three Years After Court “Win”]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 20, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Constitution protects our right to be left alone]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.republican-eagle.com/articles/index.cfm?id=51084&section=Opinion]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[It just does not make sense to violate the privacy rights of more than 95 percent of renters and landlords in Red Wing when less than 5 percent...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 18, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is the Habeas Ruling Really One of the Worst Decisions in American History?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://reason.com/blog/show/127075.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[As a measuring stick, I'd suggest using The Dirty Dozen, a new book by the Cato Institute's Robert Levy and the Institute for Justice's Chip Mellor.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 18, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hacking Through Legal Red Tape Might Require Help]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.usnews.com/blogs/risky-business/2008/6/17/hacking-through-legal-red-tape-might-require-help.html?s_cid=rss:risky-business:hacking-through-legal-red-tape-might-require-help]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IJ Clinic, which assists low-income, inner-city small businesses with figuring out "the legal intricacies" that come with being an entrepreneur...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Second Amendment haze]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/17/second-amendment-haze/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[This month, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide District of Columbia v. Heller, the most important Second Amendment case in the court's history...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cash Seizures by Police Prompt Court Fights]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91555835&ft=1&f=1070]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities can confiscate your money without ever charging you with a crime, as long as they can prove it's tied to illegal activity — but sometimes it happens even when they can't...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Local senator helps state overcome an inconvenient law]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.republican-eagle.com/articles/index.cfm?id=50986&section=Opinion]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sen. Steve Murphy certainly knows that just because a law is pro-business, it doesn’t mean it is pro-free enterprise...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 13, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Maryland Veterinary Practice Act Under Fire]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=12067]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mercedes Clemens is a licensed massage therapist who received a cease and desist order from the threatening her license to practice on humans if she continued to work on animals...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 13, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City of St. Louis is being sued for trying to erase eminent domain protest mural ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1297431&sectionID=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[St. Louis is being sued over its role in trying to erase an eminent domain protest mural visible from interstates 44 and 55 near downtown St. Louis.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 11, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suit: You shouldn’t need a vet’s license to massage a horse]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=5623&type=UTTM]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A person need not be a doctor or chiropractor to give someone a massage in Maryland, H. Mercedes Clemens states in her lawsuit by the Institute for Justice...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 11, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bob Ewing: Shameful U.S. legacy persists]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.examiner.com/a-1433293~Bob_Ewing__Shameful_U_S__legacy_persists.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mercedes Clemens is a successful Maryland entrepreneur filing a lawsuit to help correct a gross violation of justice that has plagued our nation for well over a century.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 10, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[County Council sees one side of 'open and fair' election story]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/366365_publicfund10.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[King County Council members are pushing a plan to fund their campaign coffers with citizens' tax dollars...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kelo Day - June 23, 2008]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/keloday/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Susette Kelo Sends Message on Eminent Domain With One-day Fundraising Event]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IJ Files Amicus in Brooklyn Eminent Domain Case]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/editorial/brooklyn-amicus.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Should Preserve Judiciary’s Role In Examining the Question of “Public Use”]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court fight brewing over school vouchers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=861130]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arizona Supreme Court will be asked to reverse a decision that could affect where hundreds of students attend school.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Major Law Firm Urges Stop to Atlantic Yards Development]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nysun.com/new-york/prominent-law-firm-urges-atlantic-yards/79581/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The firm that challenged eminent domain in the landmark case Kelo case is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Atlantic Yards development project in Brooklyn.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Property owner claims city has vendetta]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/07/20080607swv-tollesondispute0607-ON.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[East said he was told by a lawyer that the city can condemn his land and take the property, so a legal fight may not be worthwhile financially...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Voucher ruling could oust kids from schools]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/117927]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 350 schoolchildren in Arizona might be forced to leave their schools this fall, when the state will stop...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Susette Kelo Sends Message on Eminent Domain With One-day Fundraising Event]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/connecticut/6_5_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[10,000 Activists Sought to Donate On June 23—Third Anniversary of Kelo Supreme Court Ruling—To Stop Eminent Domain Abuse]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Skirting the principle]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0530fri2-30.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[By rejecting a program that provided funding for special-needs children, the Arizona Court of Appeals relied on a seemingly unambiguous section of the state Constitution...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special needs vouchers aid students, not schools]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/117259]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The challenged scholarship programs are already changing lives. Nothing in the Constitution prohibits the state from aiding Lexie...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 28, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Growing government from left and right]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ocregister.com/articles/court-government-constitution-2052374-judicial-power]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court nominations are a crown jewel of a presidential race. But recent quotes from both Sens. Obama and McCain on the subject should give us all pause...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[In the spirit of the Constitution, a veto]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_9385880?nclick_check=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Blaisdell is one of the cases found in "The Dirty Dozen," authored by William Mellor, president and general counsel at the Institute for Justice...]]></description>
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      <link><![CDATA[http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/NEWS01/805250378/1001/news]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lonzo and Matilda Archie, along with other family members, fought the state of Mississippi to the state Supreme Court to keep their land, which had been promised to an automaker.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[City homeowners rally outside state courthouse ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2008/0522/Front_page/020.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[City homeowners stood on the steps outside a Trenton courthouse last week, just minutes before appearing in the state appeals court to defend their homes from what they say is an "abuse" of eminent domain.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge denies search warrants]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.republican-eagle.com/articles/index.cfm?id=50460&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=40161577&CFTOKEN=99947791&jsessionid=8830bdfd689a202395e2]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A group of local landlords and renters won a major legal battle against the city of Red Wing on Monday when a district judge denied the city’s request for search warrants.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 22, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Silencing Free Speech]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702281.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Failure to abide by these limits can lead to massive civil penalties. As a result of this threat, SpeechNow.org and groups like it have been silenced...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 18, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commerce summit comes to Chicago]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29472&seenIt=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A high-powered Commerce Department conference comes to Chicago next week on the future of the U.S. economy...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[San Tan Flat owner claims harassment]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116499]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several uniformed officers from the Pinal County's Sheriff's Office showed up and moved through the crowd, shining flashlights and asking restaurant patrons for identification...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court rules against school vouchers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2008/05/15/20080515voucherscase05152008-CR.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[IJ client Andrea Weck says her daughter thrived at a private school that teaches only autistic kids. The single mom explains she could not afford tuition without the vouchers...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[REASON TV: Victory at San Tan Flat—Dance Ban Lifted]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.reason.com/blog/show/126512.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[What a difference a video--and ongoing litigation courtesy of the libertarian public-interest law firm the Institute for Justice--makes!]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MTOTSA's Trenton rally sounds familiar themes]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/NEWS/805150589/1001/NEWS]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Speakers recalled group members who have died during the years of battling to save their homes, including Anna DeFaria and Al and Mary Viviano.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Long Branch homeowners take fight to appeals court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/long_branch_homeowners_take_fi_1.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A state appeals court panel heard more than two hours of arguments in the case of 11 Long Branch residents fighting an effort by the city to take 36 middle-class homes...]]></description>
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      <link><![CDATA[http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NEWS/805130418]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Members of the Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace, Seaview Avenue Alliance will join attorneys in Trenton in the next skirmish of their years-long battle to remain in their homes...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Slaying the Boogie Monster]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/08/smbusiness/san_tan_dance_ban.fsb/?postversion=2008050814]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Arizona saloon owner takes down antiquated dance ban.  Dale Bell finally trumped in his fight against  a 1962 Pinal County zoning ordinance by allowing patrons to swing their hips...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Surviving Eminent Domain]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://theday.com/re.aspx?re=593e9115-7e5b-4dae-980d-018f98c8c0ba]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE little pink house is back.  Its simple pink clapboard façade as bright and cheerful as ever, it might feel a little like magic.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[San Tan restaurant to celebrate legal dancing]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/115653]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[San Tan Flat owners Dale and Spencer Bell are so excited their legal tango with Pinal County is over that they’re having a party — and everyone is invited.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Music Row landowner gets help in fight against developers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080505/COLUMNIST0301/805050327/1097/COLUMNIST]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Institute for Justice has taken on Music Row property owner Joy Ford's fight...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judging the Judges]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120960427159258093.html?mod=googlenews_wsj]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA["The Dirty Dozen" by Robert Levy and Institute for Justice President Chip Mellor tells us how twelve misguided Supreme Court decisions...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[San Tan Flat can dance night away]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/115201]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[VICTORY!!  Judge O'Neil: "When a local government restricts freedoms it's a dangerous thing.  San Tan Flat is not an enterprise for dance."]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge OKs dancing at San Tan Flat]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0430santanflat0430-on.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kick off your boots and get ready to two-step because dancing is now allowed at San Tan Flat. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Eminent domain threatens Music Row studio]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8245315&nav=menu5_2]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Music Row record studio is at the center of a turf war with a Houston developer trying to bulldoze the landmark for a parking lot...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 30, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Speech Police Tackle a Subdivision]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502780.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[GEORGE WILL: Another example of what is being done around the nation by those irksome improvers whose animating ideology is McCainism...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger opposes Proposition 98]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-governor26apr26,1,329138.story?track=rss]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The governor says the measure would restrict the ability to exercise eminent domain. Backers say he is relying on a flawed legal analysis.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 26, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A certain lack of horse sense here]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/598961.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Horses have a special place in Texas history and in the hearts of many Texans. So it is a shame to see the State Board lining up...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[School choices for special-needs kids is matter of appeal]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/235522]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[How can the ACLU oppose a program designed to help children with disabilities get the best education available? As the mother of a child with MS, I have yet to fathom an answer...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Parents deserve choice on schooling for disabled]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/83271.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Arizona, it is inconceivable that the state constitution would favor a bureaucrat's right to choose a child's school over the right of parents...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge to rule on free speech]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8996258]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six neighbors who opposed the annexation of their Parker North neighborhood are waiting for a federal judge to decide whether a state campaign finance law violated their rights to free speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 21, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Historic home makes mark in present]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8184269&nav=3YeX]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[New London has a lot of historic homes which date back centuries. But, for years a little pink house stood as the symbol of New London's Eminent Domain struggle. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rental code battle fought in court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.republican-eagle.com/articles/index.cfm?id=49545&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=26890948&CFTOKEN=55579064&jsessionid=8830b707f05936a377c3]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Red Wing’s rental inspection code was under the microscope as lawyers for the city went head-to-head with a public interest law firm...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 17, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conflicting Tales Behind Cash Seized by FBI]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/Story?id=4656671&page=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Civil forfeiture gives the government a free hand to seize any property or cash without having to meet the burdens of ordinary criminal cases...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newton leaders accuse each other of politicking-again]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.njherald.com/secure_story/291467775593115.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Resident and outspoken opponent of eminent domain Connie Sutton asked if the city council had considered a draft ordinance she had given them... ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sued for Free Speech]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/parkernorth_free_speech/4_15_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Neighbors Go to Federal Court to Fight Colorado’s Campaign Finance Laws That Chill Grassroots Advocacy]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Opposition to annexation riles neighbors]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/13/speakout-opposition-to-annexation-riles/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[I never imagined that in America, I could be sued for speaking about politics.  My ordeal began when a petition seeking to annex our neighborhood...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court case tests political spending laws]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/11/political_fundraising/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A federal court is considering a case that would overturn Watergate-era laws limiting fundraising and spending by political groups...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pinal County officials are abusing their power]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=oid:109217]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the bizarre case of San Tan Flat exemplifies, it is not the remoteness of the power that is corrupting. It is the power itself.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SBTW sues DCNR for right to raft ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/04/08/news/news451.txt]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Somerset County summer camp is suing the state for the right to raft the Youghiogheny River with its own guides.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camp appeals ruling keeping rafts off Yough]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08099/871349-55.stm]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Christian camp booted off the Youghiogheny River now is making waves in Commonwealth Court.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summer Camp In Court To Defend Its Right to Raft]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/pa_riverrafting/4_7_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[May Pennsylvania bureaucrats forbid a popular Christian summer camp from continuing its 31-year tradition of safe whitewater rafting simply to protect the financial interests of a local rafting cartel?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Real estate Web site exempt from broker rule]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Real+estate+Web+site+exempt+from+broker+rule&articleId=350136d0-765b-4759-8d53-a23e25968e71]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[ZeroBrokerFees.com is exempt from regulation in New Hampshire as a real estate broker under the same exemption granted newspapers and other publications, a federal court judge has ruled.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Watch Out for That Pillow]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120701341410579079.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[You might stare at them incredulously for a moment, then look down at your calendar and say, "Oh, I get it -- April Fool!" Right? Wrong.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Speech Victory for Real Estate Websites]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/nh_free_speech/4_1_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a legal victory for online free speech, Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire ruled yesterday that real estate advertising company ZeroBrokerFees.com may do business online without having to first secure a real estate broker’s license. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[City of St. Louis Sues Eminent Domain Activist]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/st_louis/3_28_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[First The City Sought To Take Away His Property, Now It Wants to Silence His Speech ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unger to host mtg. on growth ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2008/0327/Front_page/009.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Steven Anderson of the Castle Coalition will discuss the results of a landmark economic impacts study on eminent domain released earlier this year...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revision may lift tax-faith barrier]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/27/m1a_xgr_religion_0327.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A constitutional amendment aimed at restoring Florida's school voucher program was approved for the ballot...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[House examines funeral home industry]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.funeral25mar25,0,2235454.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Charles S. Brown owns a cemetery in Hagerstown and has been trying to change state law to allow corporations to own funeral homes. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Radley Balko: Artificial Standards]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341111,00.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, a bullying, cartel-like professional group met in New Orleans...to discus new lobbying strategies to scare off the lowly folks...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 24, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Civil injustice strikes Ohio]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1206001957245730.xml&coll=2&thispage=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite their four decades of hard work, an absurdly unjust law has turned their hope for the American Dream into an outrageous nightmare at the hands of the Cleveland FBI.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crowd spills out of forum venue]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/NEWS01/803210358/1002]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dozens of people had to be turned away as an over-capacity crowd turned out for the city's public hearing on the Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dance Police at The Saloon]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031902777.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Beyond the weeds there is this mighty oak of a principle: There must be a judicial leash on governments to prevent them from arbitrarily...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 20, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Residents oppose development]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_8581893]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Property owners rallied against a proposed multimillion-dollar development this week at a forum backing eminent domain reform.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let's not forget just whose domain it is]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/518737.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Property owners have a Texas-sized problem on their hands: eminent domain abuse, in which the government takes private property for private gain...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 9, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conservative Group Challenges Portions of Finance Law]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120494323497621511.html?mod=vocus]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[SpeechNow.org has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn some of the most basic parts of campaign-finance law...
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 8, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Property Is a Steal]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0324/020.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Usual way to acquire land for development: make the owner an attractive offer. New York way: make a lowball offer. If he doesn't want to sell, bring in thugs from city hall.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Justice institute could join sign walker dispute]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/110673]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A national libertarian law firm is considering taking a case to challenge Scottsdale's ban on commercial sign walkers from city sidewalks.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 6, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Policing for Profit and Political Gain]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/AboutUs/ArticleView.aspx?id=2071]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arizona’s laws generate millions of dollars each year for police by allowing their offices to seize and keep money and property...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[McCain and the Oath]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsweek.com/id/117839]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[He has not been bashful about advising the Supreme Court. He should weigh in again, against aspects of McCain-Feingold.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Litigating for Liberty]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.reason.com/news/show/124391.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Institute for Justice's Chip Mellor on campaign-finance reform, eminent-domain abuse, and licensing laws gone wild...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[March 1, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Sides With Big Trash]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-02-27/news/supreme-court-sides-with-big-trash.php]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Little guy gets rubbed out by a state Supreme Court that ran afoul of the vision of founding fathers...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 27, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Unions]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/part_forbes/2008/0225/100.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Middle Ages you couldn't be a baker unless you were admitted to the guild. In Louisiana you can't sell flowers. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 25, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Speak Easier]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120372754692987363.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Candidates do backbends obeying campaign finance laws, but what about citizen groups? That's the question posed by a group called SpeechNow...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government abuses eminent domain]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-opkea185582308feb18,0,6403009.column]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[How did downtowns - or any set of buildings - ever get built on Long Island without government development plans and politicians threatening property owners with condemnation?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 18, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unfettered Speech, Now]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502963.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Most Americans probably assume that they can gather with friends and neighbors to say whatever they want about politics to whoever is willing to listen... unfortunately, they would be wrong.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Group's boxing gym loses round in court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.signonsandiego.com//uniontrib/20080216/news_1m16gym.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A judge has dismissed a youth boxing program's lawsuit, which had sought to reverse National City's designation of its gym as a blighted site that can be seized for redevelopment.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 16, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[On message]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-speechnow15feb15,0,2572331.story]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Campaign finance laws that regulate political ads by interest groups also infringe on free speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suit Could Unleash Surge of Money in 2008 Presidential Race]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nysun.com/article/71349]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new lawsuit could unleash a late surge of multimillion-dollar contributions in this fall's presidential race...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suit aims to ease campaign fundraising limits]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/NATION/451161542/1002]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A free-speech group is suing the Federal Election Commission in a case that could loosen some campaign-finance restrictions.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 15, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free-Speech Group Targets Campaign-Finance Law]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/02/14/free-speech-group-targets-campaign-finance-law/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The lawsuit could have broad implications for spending by outside organizations in elections.

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      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MTOTSA appeal could start in court this spring ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2008/0214/Front_Page/003.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A report on the effect of reforming eminent domain laws released; oral arguments in a Long Branch eminent domain case could be scheduled to start this spring.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Well Said]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://archive.aztrib.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVZULzIwMDgvMDIvMTIjQXIwMTQwMw==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The founder of the Institute of Justice offered this comment to explain why his law firm has started to challenge campaign finance reform laws. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 12, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SpeechNow.org Files Lawsuit To Protect Americans’ Rights To Organize and Speak About Politics]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/2_14_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[SpeechNow.org is a new group of citizens formed to protect the First Amendment at the ballot box on Election Day 2008 and beyond.  But before it can advocate for or against candidates based on their stand on free speech, it must go to court to secure its own First Amendment rights.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 14, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eminent Domain Proposed To Grab Pfizer N.Y. Plant]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=077c9f67-30a7-4862-ad5c-83b5b76a7721]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Affordable-housing activists in Brooklyn, N.Y., are proposing eminent domain be used to seize a prime piece of New York real estate from Pfizer Inc.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 8, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[John K. Ross: Restricting eminent domain no hindrance to development]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.examiner.com/a-1206208~John_K__Ross__Restricting_eminent_domain_no_hindrance_to_development.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Baltimoreans should know that progress does not depend on injustice. Maryland can reform its laws  and still welcome economic development.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 7, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash.: Bill would license designers]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/02/06/afx4622493.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[nterior designers are fighting over whether they should face greater oversight and be licensed by the state.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[February 5, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Split FEC Vote Leaves SpeechNow.org Silenced]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/1_24_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chairman’s Opinion Says Limits on Independent Citizen Groups Unconstitutional.  In a public meeting today, Federal Election Commission Chairman David M. Mason argued that the U.S. Constitution prohibits the FEC from imposing the contribution limits faced by “political committees” on SpeechNow.org, a new independent speech group that wishes to advocate for or against federal candidates on the basis of their support for free political speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 24, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Celebrity Tangos With Absurd Dance Ban]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/az_santanflat/1_23_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Actor Drew Carey Uses Video to Champion Small Business, Challenge Big Government Run Amok]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FEC Draft Opinion Would Silence SpeechNow.org, Independent Speech Groups]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/speech_now/1_22_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission today released a draft “advisory opinion” that would, if adopted, effectively silence SpeechNow.org, a new independent speech group that wishes to advocate for or against federal candidates on the basis of their support for free political speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 23, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[9th Circuit to Decide Fate Of Arizona School Choice Program]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/schoolchoice/az_taxcredits3/1_22_08pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The scholarships of nearly 25,000 Arizona schoolchildren will be on the line this Thursday, January 24, as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral argument in an eight-year-old challenge to the state’s scholarship tax credit program.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[January 22, 2008]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freeing Speech from Government Control]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/az_campaign_finance2/11_27_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Starting today, the First Amendment right to free political speech will get its day in court as the merits of a challenge to Arizona’s scheme of taxpayer-funded campaigns—one of the nation’s most far-reaching—go before a federal district court.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[November 28, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Signs of Abuse in St. Louis]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/st_louis/11_15_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Institute for Justice Challenges City’s Censorship Of Anti-Eminent Domain Abuse Mural]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[November 16, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free-market Gifts and Apparel Available at IJ's Online Store]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://fmarket.ij.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=51&category_id=6&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[So, you didn't name them Ayn Rand or Milton Friedman, well, IJ's baby onesie is the next best thing.  This soft, white, 100% cotton onesie is available in three sizes and is a great gift for baby showers or those 4 a.m. philosophical debates with the baby. 
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[September 26, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Study Vindicates O’Connor’s Warning: Eminent Domain Disproportionately Targets Poor, Less Educated and Minorities]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_19_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arlington, Va.—The poor, less educated and minorities are disproportionately targets of eminent domain abuse.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 19, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[California Gym for Inner-city Kids Joins IJ in Eminent Domain Abuse Battle]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/nationalcity/6_19_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Study Vindicates O’Connor’s Warning: Government Kicks Out Poor To Make Way for Rich.  Kick out the poor, bring in the rich.  Those are the goals of a bogus “blight” declaration that National City, Calif., is expected to move forward tonight.  In renewing a declaration that two-thirds of National City (a predominantly Hispanic San Diego suburb) is “blighted,” the city government’s goal is not to remove blight, but rather to remove the poor and minorities who have managed to purchase property and replace them with the rich and politically powerful.
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 19, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New DVD Guides Homeowners On How To Fight Eminent Domain Abuse]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_6_07bpr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Homeowners and small business owners faced with eminent domain abuse will want to order a DVD released today by the Castle Coalition, a national grassroots organization that helps property owners from across the nation fight the use of eminent domain for private gain.

“Not for Sale:  A Comprehensive Guide to Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse” is a live-action DVD and companion to the Castle Coalition’s popular “Eminent Domain Abuse Survival Guide.”  The two can be purchased together for $3.95 at IJ's Freedom Market.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 6, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2007 Eminent Domain Report Card; Some States Still Don’t Make the Grade]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/private_property/castle/6_6_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[If your home is important to you—and whose home isn’t—you should read a report card released today that grades eminent domain reform legislation in all 50 states in the past two years.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 6, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cambridge Entrepreneur Wins Fight With City Hall]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/ma_jitney/6_4_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Erroll Tyler, an African-American entrepreneur from Melrose, Mass., scored a major victory for economic liberty on Friday, June 1, by showing that it is possible to fight city hall and win.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) granted Erroll a jitney license to operate his amphibious-vehicle tour service.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[June 4, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Speech Victory]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2007/16_3_07_a.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington Supreme Court rules speech is not money and cannot be regulated.  In April, the Institute for Justice halted one of the most egregious attacks on free speech in recent years.  The Washington Supreme Court unanimously ruled that on-air commentary by radio talk show hosts supporting an initiative campaign did not constitute an “in-kind” contribution to that campaign.  A lower court had held ...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 30, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IJ Takes the Fight to the Interior Design Cartel]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2007/16_3_07_c.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[A battle is raging within the interior design community between the vast majority of designers, who simply want to earn an honest living in the vocation they love, and a small faction that wants to regulate their competitors out of business.  Together with our clients and grassroots activists from all over the nation, the Institute for Justice is turning back this threat to economic liberty from the interior design cartel.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 30, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Texas Becomes Latest Battleground In Fight Against Interior Design Cartel]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_interior_design/5_9_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Should Texans interior designers need the government’s permission to truthfully describe what they do?  Should they need a government-issued license to use the words “interior design” or call themselves “interior designers” online or in Yellow Pages advertisements?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 11, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IJ Defends Free Market Taxi Reforms]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/economic_liberty/mn_taxi/5_1_06pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Can an entrenched cartel of Minneapolis taxi drivers violate the civil rights of entrepreneurs and consumers?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[May 2, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Victory for Free Speech & Free Press Over Campaign Finance Regulation In Washington Supreme Court]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/wa_political_speech/4_26_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arlington, Va.—In a unanimous ruling and a victory for free speech, the Washington Supreme Court today rejected one of the most outrageous abuses of state campaign finance laws in the nation when it ruled that media commentary does not qualify as an “in-kind” contribution that must be reported to the state.  The case is San Juan County v. No New Gas Tax.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 26, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report Finds School Choice is Constitutional in Nearly Every State]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/schoolchoice/other-news/50st_SCreport-4_24_07pr.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[Is school choice constitutional?  For the first time ever, legislators and advocates have a single authoritative and comprehensive resource for answering that question in every state in the union.  And that report finds that for nearly every state, the answer is yes, if the legislation is crafted properly.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 24, 2007]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BB&T Will Not Fund Eminent Domain Abuse]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2007/16_2_07_c.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[By John Allison

Let me share with you some background explaining why BB&T decided not to make loans to developers for projects where eminent domain is used to take property from one private individual for the benefit of another private individual.  BB&T is the 11th largest financial institution in the U.S. with ...]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[April 11, 2007]]></pubDate>
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