The Center for Individual Rights advances free speech, limited government, and the equal protection of law through strategic litigation.
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BREAKING: CIR returns our Corporate Transparency Act case to the Supreme Court, where we're defending small business owners against an "Orwellian" law that treats entrepreneurs like suspects. Read more: cir-usa.org/press-releases/s…
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The Johnsons’ minor daughter has a serious condition that requires lifelong cardiac monitoring. Her parents need real-time access to test results, doctors’ notes, scans, and next steps.
But when their daughter turned 12, the hospital system locked them out of her electronic medical records. That’s a violation of federal law.
Now, CIR is suing to enforce the Johnsons’ rights – because parents shouldn’t need a hospital permission slip to view their own kids’ medical records.
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No state gets to be the rule-maker for its neighbors.
CIR is representing Iowa, Missouri, and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce in a new challenge to New York’s attempt to regulate out-of-state biofuel producers.
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"New York bureaucrats cannot tell Iowa farmers and ethanol and biofuel producers how to do their job or what regulations they need to follow. It's as simple as that." @AGIowa on her pathbreaking lawsuit, teaming up with @AGCHanaway, @AmfreeChamber & @CIRights in @DMRegister
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New York can make policy for New York.
It cannot govern Iowa, Missouri, or the rest of the country.
CIR filed a new federal lawsuit challenging New York’s attempt to impose greenhouse-gas reporting rules on out-of-state biofuel producers.
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CIR retweeted
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New York bureaucrats cannot tell lowa farmers and ethanol and biofuel producers how to do their job or what regulations they need to follow.
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Main Street is keeping the pressure on the CTA.
90 trades called on Treasury and DOJ to support SCOTUS review of the Corporate Transparency Act.
Regulatory relief is important but temporary. Congress or the courts need to finish the job.
Read more:
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Can New York impose Greenhouse Gas Disclosure mandates on midwest farmers? @AGIowa, @AGCHanaway, and @AmfreeChamber say, "No." In a first-of-its-kind Complaint, the States argue that radical New York environmental regulations belong in New York, not Iowa.
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New York bureaucrats cannot tell lowa farmers and ethanol and biofuel producers how to do their job or what regulations they need to follow.
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Appreciate @CIRights leading the charge against the CTA BOI rules on behalf of small business. See their press release below!!
BREAKING: CIR returns our Corporate Transparency Act case to the Supreme Court, where we're defending small business owners against an "Orwellian" law that treats entrepreneurs like suspects. Read more: cir-usa.org/press-releases/s…
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The President cannot punish lawyers for representing disfavored clients. CIR filed an amicus brief in the DC Circuit defending that principle—even for firms we’ve opposed in court for years on race-based college admissions practices.
The rule of law does not change based on who’s in power. cir-usa.org/cases/amicus-bri…
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Darpana Sheth, General Counsel for the Center for Individual Rights, issued the following statement:
“Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling should end the fiction that governments can silence licensed professionals simply by calling it professional regulation. A therapist’s words to a willing client are speech—and the First Amendment protects them whether the state finds those words inconvenient or not. Chiles v. Salazar is a victory for every professional the government has tried to muzzle through the back door of licensing law, and it goes straight to the heart of what we are fighting for in Louisiana. Granting a license to practice does not give the government a license to censor.”
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By a vote of 8-1, the justices agreed with Kaley Chiles, the licensed counselor challenging the law, that the ban discriminates against her based on the views that she expresses in her talk therapy.
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Chiles v. Salazar has made clear that professional licensing does not create a First Amendment-free zone. A license to practice does not give the government a license to censor. We look forward to pressing that principle on behalf of Julie Alleman and Juliet Catrett.
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We're excited and honored to participate in @IndSector expert panel on sector independence!
From General Counsel @Darpana Sheth: "“While our liberties are enshrined in law and defended in the courts, their survival depends on an engaged and independent civil society."
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Free speech doesn’t evaporate in academic settings. CIR is defending that principle in the Third Circuit. cir-usa.org/cases/norman-wan…
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This case asks whether Louisiana can criminalize accurate descriptions of lawful counseling. Learn more about Alleman & Catrett v. Harness. cir-usa.org/cases/julie-alle…
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Portland parents who used to fund classroom aides and librarians are now barred from fundraising for their own schools to make up for funding shortfalls. Those same parents are now washing lunch trays to cover staffing shortages. We’re here to help. cir-usa.org/cases/stopping-r…
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Helping neighbors during a crisis shouldn’t trigger censorship. This case addresses a growing problem: government censorship of online forums. cir-usa.org/cases/rodriguez-…
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This isn’t about special treatment. It’s about the right to compete on equal terms. cir-usa.org/cases/ending-rac…
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