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
Opinion: How Trump’s Imposition of Massive Tariffs is Repeating the “Ship Money” Abuses of King Charles I
How Uncertainty Around Tariffs is Affecting Housing Affordability in the Capital Region
(Sacramento News & Review)—There is already a crisis of available and affordable housing in America. But now, political uncertainty and economic volatility could make home buying even less attainable. For the last two decades, higher housing prices have overrun workers’ wage increases that might have helped offset rising prices of...
Court Allows Trump to Uphold Tariffs
(Arkansas Democrat Gazette)—A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause granted shortly after another panel of judges ruled in late May that the import taxes were illegal. The decision from...
What to Know About the Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs
(Bloomberg)—The fate of President Donald Trump’s trade war lies in the hands of the courts as a legal battle plays out over his use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. The US Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that the vast majority of Trump’s levies were issued illegally...