[475] in libertarians
RE: IFC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raymie Stata)
Thu Dec 8 09:47:24 1994
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
From: Raymie Stata <raymie@larch.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 94 09:43:46 EST
If you're looking for a free-market ACLU, check out the Institute for
Justice. They have fought fought against restrictive licensing in the
areas of cosmetology and taxi service; they have fought for the rights
of high-school students to opt-out of mandatory public-service
programs; they have fought for the rights of city and state
_governments_ to limit welfare-benefits-increases to mothers who have
more children. Their most successful case to date (IMO) was the Dolan
case involving the right of a family to expand their plumbing store;
the Supreme Court ruled that the city's requirement that the family
build a "greenway" on their property and "donate" it to the city to
get permission to expand was a "taking."
The Institute has a training program for lawyers who want to pursue
constitutional cases against the gov't. They've been active in
publishing op-ed pieces and books.
Raymie
PS. You can contact them at:
The Intitute for Justice
Suite 200 South
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, SC 20004-2505
Phone: (202) 457-4240
Fax: (202) 457-8574
