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Limit levy votes to general elections

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At The Center Square, The Buckeye Institute urges Ohio lawmakers to limit tax levy questions to general election ballots, writing, “Eliminating Ohio’s August special elections will improve state and local government by restraining the power of special interest groups and keeping elected officials accountable to their constituents. And allowing tax levies to appear only on ballots that also include federal or statewide offices will require levy advocates to convince a larger, more representative block of voters that a tax hike is the way to go.”

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The Buckeye Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege

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The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in In Re Grand Jury, calling on the court to protect attorney-client privilege in the tax context. “The U.S. tax code is so convoluted and complex that many taxpayers understandably need to consult with attorneys to ensure their returns comply with the law.” There is no legitimate justification for treating tax-related legal advice worse than other kinds of legal advice, and this case offers the U.S. Supreme Court an important opportunity to provide much-needed clarity on these matters.

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio’s October Trick & Treat Job Market

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The Buckeye Institute commented on the newly released jobs report, saying, “It is not unusual for the two surveys that make up the jobs report to paint different pictures of Ohio’s job market in any given month… However, the two surveys tell the same story when we look at the trend over the past few months—Ohio’s job market has slowed in the second half of 2022, with fewer Ohioans looking for work and a lower rate of private-sector job growth.”

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The Buckeye Institute to Court: Tell Congress to Give Clear Direction to OSHA

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The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Allstates Refractory Contractors v. Walsh, calling on the court to protect worker and workplace safety by requiring Congress to give clear direction to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on how to regulate safety in the workplace. “Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Congress did little more than tell the Department of Labor to do anything that was ‘reasonably necessary or appropriate’ to ensure workplace safety.”

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Originalism Bolsters the Democratic Process by Checking Judges

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At Bloomberg Law, The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt explains how an originalist approach to the Constitution respects the democratic process. He says this interpretation is a check on abuses by the majority against the minority, and prevents judges from substituting their own views. “Words, rules, statutes, and constitutions do have meaning. The judicial duty is to understand them as they were written and apply them without prejudice to the cases and controversies that arise. Originalism holds judges to that duty.”

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The Buckeye Institute Calls on Court to Rein in Overzealous EPA Regulators

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The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Texas v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on the court to stop the U.S. EPA from illegally imposing a de facto electric-vehicle mandate, something it has no authority to do. “In an attempt to force Americans to buy expensive electric vehicles, the U.S. EPA has misapplied the Clean Air Act to impose the government’s will upon consumers and manufacturers.”

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The Buckeye Institute to U.S. Supreme Court: Union Vandalism is Not a “Protected Activity” in Labor Disputes

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, urging the court to make it clear that the destruction of property is never a “protected activity” in labor disputes. “By denying Glacier Northwest any legal recourse for the destruction of its property during a labor dispute, the Washington Supreme Court is encouraging the use of vandalism and sabotage as a labor tactic.”

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The Buckeye Institute Fights Biden’s ARPA Tax Mandate in Court (Again)

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Texas v. Yellen with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Buckeye Institute previously filed briefs in similar cases (Ohio v. Yellen, West Virginia v. Yellen, and Arizona v. Yellen), which urged those respective courts to rule that the Biden Administration’s tax mandate—included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)—is ambiguous and therefore unenforceable and that the treasury secretary cannot fix Congress’s error through regulatory action.

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The Buckeye Institute’s D.C. Restaurant Shutdown Case

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John Vecchione, co-host of Administrative Static, a podcast produced by New Civil Liberties Alliance, interviews Robert Alt, The Buckeye Institute’s president and chief executive officer, on Flannery v. D.C. Department of Health, a Buckeye Institute lawsuit challenging D.C.’s unconstitutional emergency acts and orders, which were used to shut down a neighborhood bar and grill.;  

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The Buckeye Institute Responds to City of Cincinnati in Tax Case

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The Buckeye Institute filed its reply brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in Schaad v. Alder, responding to the city of Cincinnati’s arguments, which ignore the fact that Ohio’s emergency-based local income tax system is incompatible with the Due Process protections afforded by the U.S. and Ohio constitutions. “Not only has the city of Cincinnati completely ignored Mr. Schaad’s Due Process rights, but it ignored the Ohio Constitution’s provision, which allows the General Assembly to limit, not expand, municipal taxing authority.”

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