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Mr. Alt Goes to Washington—Pleading Buckeye’s Newest Case to Congress

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When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that restaurants in the District of Columbia would be required to turn away customers based upon their medical history, Eric Flannery, who owns a neighborhood bar, publicly stated that everyone was welcome at The Big Board. As a result, the city immediately revoked Eric’s operating and liquor licenses—shutting down his business entirely. Robert Alt, The Buckeye Institute’s president and CEO, and Buckeye’s courageous client Eric Flannery addressed Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.

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The Buckeye Institute Files Motion Demanding that D.C. Immediately Lift Suspension of The Big Board’s Liquor License

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The Buckeye Institute filed a motion with the District of Columbia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board demanding that it immediately lift the summary suspension of The Big Board’s liquor license. “It has been clear from the outset that Mr. Flannery and his restaurant The Big Board have been targeted not simply for refusing to enforce D.C.’s Covid mandates as many others have done, but rather because he publicly announced as much.” 

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Robert Alt and Eric Flannery Talk DC Covid Mandates on the Kibbe on Liberty Podcast

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The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt and our client Eric Flannery, Navy veteran and co-owner of The Big Board, join Matt Kibbe on his podcast, Kibbe on Liberty, to discuss Eric’s case against the District of Columbia, which has suspended Eric’s operating and liquor licenses for refusing to enforce the city’s contrived mandate that the city itself has already ended.;  

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The Buckeye Institute Calls on 6th Circuit to Protect Nashvillians from Government Extortion

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Knight v. Nashville urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to stop the city of Nashville, Tennessee from extorting payments from its citizens to build sidewalks in the city in return for granting building permits for work completely unrelated to sidewalks. “In Dolan v. City of Tigard, the U.S. Supreme Court was clear, city governments cannot impose conditions on citizens—such as forcing citizens to pay to build sidewalks—to receive a building permit that is unrelated to the permit itself.”

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The Buckeye Institute Demands D.C. Allow The Big Board to Re-Open

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The Buckeye Institute sent a demand letter to the District of Columbia’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) insisting that the suspension of Eric Flannery’s operating license be reversed and that Mr. Flannery be allowed to re-open his bar and restaurant, The Big Board, immediately. The letter requests a response from the city by Wednesday, February 23. “Mr. Flannery wants to get back to doing what he does best—serving great burgers in the city he loves.”

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Robert Alt and Eric Flannery Join WMAL’s O’Connor & Co. to Discuss Buckeye’s DC Covid Mandate Case

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O’Connor and Company talks with The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt and Buckeye’s client Eric Flannery, who was forced to close down his popular burger joint, The Big Board, after the District of Columbia recently suspended both his liquor license and operating license because he welcomed all customers regardless of their vaccination status.

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“DC bar fights to regain liquor license as mask, vaccine mandates end: ‘It makes no sense'”

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Fox & Friends talks with The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt and Buckeye’s client Eric Flannery, who was forced to close down his popular burger joint, The Big Board, after the District of Columbia recently suspended both his liquor license and operating license because he welcomed all customers regardless of their vaccination status.

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The Buckeye Institute-Championed Ohio Personal Privacy Act Passes Ohio House

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The Buckeye Institute issued a statement after the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 376, saying, “While Washington has abdicated its responsibility on data privacy, lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives have stepped up and passed the carefully crafted Ohio Personal Privacy Act. The Buckeye Institute-championed policies in this legislation—which is a model for the nation—balance the tradeoffs between protecting consumers’ data privacy and not overburdening businesses and consumers.” 

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The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt Reacts to the Passing of Ohio Speaker Bill Batchelder

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Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement on the passing of Ohio Speaker William G. Batchelder III, saying, “If Bob Taft was Mr. Republican, Bill Batchelder was Mr. Conservative. Ohio Speaker William G. Batchelder III graced all of us with his insight, wit, and leadership as the standard bearer of intellectual and personal integrity and he embodied conservative principles in action.”

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Rob Portman’s legacy on crack sentencing disparities: The EQUAL Act would end unjust mandatory minimum sentencing disparity

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On FoxNews.com, Robert Alt, president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, looks at U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s work on ending “unjust mandatory minimum sentencing disparity between the two pharmacologically and chemically similar versions of cocaine—smokable crack that comes in rock crystal format and the more expensive powder variety.” Alt writes, “Under Portman’s steady leadership, Congress finally appears ready to acknowledge and fix a glaring 35-year-old legislative mistake.”

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