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The Buckeye Institute Appeals Thompson v. MEA to United States Supreme Court

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The Buckeye Institute filed its petition for certiorari in Thompson v. Marietta Education Association with the United States Supreme Court. Buckeye’s petition calls on the Court to hear this important First Amendment case and end laws forcing public-sector employees to accept a union’s unwanted representation. The case was initially filed on June 27, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.;  

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The Buckeye Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn PruneYard and Protect Property Rights

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid arguing that the court should overturn PruneYard v. Robins, and protect the rights of property owners against trespassers. In filing the brief, Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, said, “It is far past time for the U.S. Supreme Court to dispense with the anomaly that is PruneYard, and to properly protect private property rights as the Constitution requires.”

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In Brief to U.S. Supreme Court The Buckeye Institute Supports New Hampshire’s Fight Against Taxation Without Representation

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in New Hampshire v. Massachusetts calling on the court to protect Granite Staters from unconstitutional taxation by its neighbor—Massachusetts. This unconstitutional taxation is one Buckeye has challenged in Buckeye v. Kilgore, where an Ohio law allowed municipalities to tax income from workers who do not live in, and were prohibited from working within, the city’s jurisdiction during Ohio’s stay-at-home order.

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“In Brief to U.S. Supreme Court The Buckeye Institute Argues Cuyahoga County Essentially Robbed Plaintiff of $79,000 in Equity”

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The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Feltner v. Cuyahoga County Board of Revision asking the high court to protect the rights of citizens who have their property seized. Buckeye’s brief argues that the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause requires a county government to refund excess equity to a landowner when the county seizes that land in a tax foreclosure.

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The Buckeye Institute: South Carolina’s Unconstitutional Forfeiture Laws Create Perverse Incentives to Use and Abuse Vast Police Powers

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The Buckeye Institute, jointly with Americans for Prosperity—South Carolina, filed an amicus brief opposing South Carolina’s unconstitutional asset forfeiture laws, which create perverse incentives for law enforcement to seize private property even when its owner hasn’t been convicted of a crime. The brief was filed in the South Carolina Supreme Court.;  

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The Buckeye Institute Joins National Coalition in Filing Third Amicus Brief to Help All School Safely Re-Open

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The Buckeye Institute joined a coalition of nationally recognized policy and education groups in filing an amicus brief in the third case challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s guidance to distribute CARES Act funding in a fair and equitable manner that will help all schools safely reopen. This newest brief was filed in NAACP v. DeVos with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on August 24, 2020.

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The Buckeye Institute Calls on Court to Help All Schools Safely Reopen

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The Buckeye Institute once again joined a coalition of nationally recognized policy and education groups in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Education’s guidance to distribute CARES Act funding in a fair and equitable manner that will help all schools safely reopen. This newest brief in Washington v. DeVos was filed with United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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The Buckeye Institute: CARES Act Money Should Help All Students Return to the Classroom

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The Buckeye Institute joined a coalition of 38 nationally recognized policy and education groups in filing an amicus brief in Michigan v. DeVos. The brief called on the court to allow money from the CARES Act to be distributed fairly and equitably to serve all students and help all schools safely reopen. The brief was filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 

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The Buckeye Institute Files Suit Against City of Columbus and State of Ohio

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The Buckeye Institute, along with three of its individual employees, filed a lawsuit calling for the court to declare unconstitutional a state law allowing the City of Columbus to tax income from workers who do not live in, and were prohibited from working within, the city’s jurisdiction during Ohio’s Stay-at-Home order. The lawsuit was filed on July 2 in Franklin County Common Pleas Court against the City of Columbus and the State of Ohio.

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