Issue
Government Overreach
Freedom to Thrive
Every American has the right to earn a living and to pursue the American dream. Unfortunately, too often overzealous government regulations get in the way. The Liberty Justice Center stands up for the entrepreneurs and business owners who are the lifeblood of the American economy. Through our defense of free speech, we free businesses to serve their communities without cumbersome restrictions.
Our Cases Fighting Government Overreach
Our Fight in the News
(Iowa Capital Dispatch)—An Iowa company is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the federal government’s so-called “swampbuster law” that requires farmers to either leave wetlands untouched or forfeit certain federal benefits. The lawsuit was filed this week by CTM Holdings in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
(E & E News | Politico)—Conservative lawyers are asking a federal court to strike down a wetlands conservation law that they say unconstitutionally blocks farmers from using their property without compensating them for their loss. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
(Daily Caller)—When the government takes your land to build a road, highway or create a park, you get paid. That’s because while the government has the power of eminent domain—that is, the power to take private property for public use—the Fifth Amendment requires that it compensate you for any land...
(Center Square)—An Iowa man is challenging a decades-old provision that designates a portion of his land as “wetlands” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and prevents its use. The nonprofits Liberty Justice Center and the Pacific Legal Foundation are filing a lawsuit on behalf of Iowa farmer Jim Conlan, owner...