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> Working with the Institute for Justice[1], a nonprofit focused on civil liberties, Henry Minh alleges a widespread pattern of unlawful package seizures at Ind

by miles 2y ago

> Working with the Institute for Justice[1], a nonprofit focused on civil liberties, Henry Minh alleges a widespread pattern of unlawful package seizures at Indy’s FedEx processing facility. The IJ does some amazing work. Highly recommend supporting them if their mission resonates with you. I always find something refreshing and uplifting in the bimonthly print magazine. EDIT: I cannot reply to metabagel's comment (due to it being flagged?) about IJ being "right wing" but here is a smattering of recent cases[2]: Institute for Justice Files Lawsuit Challenging Florida’s Ban on Cultivated Meat https://ij.org/case/florida-cultivated-meat-ban/ https://ij.org/case/florida-cultivated-meat-ban/ Courts Say City Owes Her Over $200,000; But Now She Has to Sue Again to Get Paid https://ij.org/case/oklahoma-takings/ https://ij.org/case/oklahoma-takings/ New petition asks Supreme Court to let woman’s suit against her abuser’s enabler move forward after nearly a decade in court. https://ij.org/case/martinez-v-high/ https://ij.org/case/martinez-v-high/ Lawsuit Seeks Accountability for Unconstitutional Raid of a Political Opponent’s Home. https://ij.org/case/marion-kansas-retaliation/ https://ij.org/case/marion-kansas-retaliation/ Virginia Woman Challenges Permanent Punishment Preventing Her from Working as a Substance Abuse Counselor https://ij.org/case/virginia-fresh-start-2/ https://ij.org/case/virginia-fresh-start-2/ Family seeks to hold officer accountable after he led SWAT raid at wrong house https://ij.org/case/texas-wrong-house-raid/ https://ij.org/case/texas-wrong-house-raid/ [1] https://ij.org/ https://ij.org/ [2] https://ij.org/cases/ https://ij.org/cases/

metabagel 2y ago
They’re a right wing organization, so just bear in mind they are most concerned about property rights and the right to participate in the free market without burdensome regulation. Why is this downvoted and flagged? I didn’t say they are extreme right, but they clearly support conservative causes, including school vouchers. Am I wrong? They oppose government licensing. They stand up for the little guy against the government, but not against big corporations. I’m just saying, be aware what their agenda is before you sign on. And yes, in this case I absolutely agree with them. But, I wouldn’t support a lot of what they do.
- tbrownaw 2y ago
  > They’re a right wing organization, so just bear in mind they are most concerned about property rights and the right to participate in the free market without burdensome regulation. That description sounds more libertarian than right or left.
  - OutOfHere 2y ago
    There is no such thing as the Libertarian party at this time after RFK Jr decided to drop out in favor of joining Trump. It's all just simple Conservative right wing.
- DannyBee 2y ago
  "but not against big corporations" Because that's literally not their mission: https://ij.org/about-us/ https://ij.org/about-us/ "Our mission is to end widespread abuses of government power ..." "IJ is the national civil liberties law firm that represents everyday people—free of charge—when the government violates their most important constitutional rights. ..." The fact that they choose to deal with government abuse of power and not corporate abuse of power seems totally reasonable and unrelated to left or right or whatever. I would not call them right wing simply because they have chosen to focus - all successful non-profit civil liberties law firms do this. Anything else is insane/impossible. I'm not sure why you are choosing to paint them with a left or right brush here, when it seems mainly complaining that their mission doesn't match what you seem to want. Most of the civil rights orgs that spend time dealing with corporate abuse of power either ignore or don't take government abuse of power cases. I don't think that classifies them as "left wing" or "right wing" either. It's just pragmatic for what they can accomplish.
  - metabagel 2y ago
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    - jay-barronville 2y ago
      > Freedom from having to go to school with non-white children (that's the root of the school choice dog whistle). That’s such a bizarre take. You don’t think non-white parents want school choice too? I’m black and I believe in school choice. My wife is an academic in the field of education and a former teacher, and she also believes in school choice (her perspective on this topic is very nuanced though). Growing up in the inner cities, I watched black parents, including my own, do just about everything possible (e.g., use the address of a family member who lives in a better area, ask their boss to allow the use of their address, get a short-term roommate arrangement in a better area, etc.) to try to get their children into better schools than the objectively terrible public schools we had in our neighborhoods. If anything, my very own upbringing and experience is the biggest reason I have to support school choice. Why turn this into a divisive white versus the others narrative instead of working to have a good-faith understanding of the issue? How does that help anything?
jay-barronville 2y ago
> The IJ does some amazing work. Highly recommend supporting them if their mission resonates with you. Agreed. IJ (Institute for Justice) [0] and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) [1] are my two favorite organizations when it comes to doing the hard work to protect our constitutional rights as Americans! [0]: https://ij.org https://ij.org [1]: https://www.thefire.org https://www.thefire.org
- iudqnolq 2y ago
  I respect some of the attorneys working for FIRE quite a lot. They have some great achievements. But I can't support the organization as a whole because their non-legal work is a bunch of nonsense. Their initial statement on pro-Palestine protests was disgraceful. Their ranking of best colleges in the country for free speech are completely wrong (and just happen to align with the political views of their big donors). For example one factor is how many newspaper articles get written about issues with free speech at a school. Tiny private colleges that explicitly say they don't support free speech do great on this metric. University of Virginia is championed by them as the best school in the country for free speech, which simply isn't true.

by miles 2y ago

metabagel 2y ago

They’re a right wing organization, so just bear in mind they are most concerned about property rights and the right to participate in the free market without burdensome regulation. Why is this downvoted and flagged? I didn’t say they are extreme right, but they clearly support conservative causes, including school vouchers. Am I wrong? They oppose government licensing. They stand up for the little guy against the government, but not against big corporations. I’m just saying, be aware what their agenda is before you sign on. And yes, in this case I absolutely agree with them. But, I wouldn’t support a lot of what they do.

tbrownaw 2y ago
> They’re a right wing organization, so just bear in mind they are most concerned about property rights and the right to participate in the free market without burdensome regulation. That description sounds more libertarian than right or left.
- OutOfHere 2y ago
  There is no such thing as the Libertarian party at this time after RFK Jr decided to drop out in favor of joining Trump. It's all just simple Conservative right wing.
DannyBee 2y ago
"but not against big corporations" Because that's literally not their mission: https://ij.org/about-us/ https://ij.org/about-us/ "Our mission is to end widespread abuses of government power ..." "IJ is the national civil liberties law firm that represents everyday people—free of charge—when the government violates their most important constitutional rights. ..." The fact that they choose to deal with government abuse of power and not corporate abuse of power seems totally reasonable and unrelated to left or right or whatever. I would not call them right wing simply because they have chosen to focus - all successful non-profit civil liberties law firms do this. Anything else is insane/impossible. I'm not sure why you are choosing to paint them with a left or right brush here, when it seems mainly complaining that their mission doesn't match what you seem to want. Most of the civil rights orgs that spend time dealing with corporate abuse of power either ignore or don't take government abuse of power cases. I don't think that classifies them as "left wing" or "right wing" either. It's just pragmatic for what they can accomplish.
- metabagel 2y ago
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  - jay-barronville 2y ago
    > Freedom from having to go to school with non-white children (that's the root of the school choice dog whistle). That’s such a bizarre take. You don’t think non-white parents want school choice too? I’m black and I believe in school choice. My wife is an academic in the field of education and a former teacher, and she also believes in school choice (her perspective on this topic is very nuanced though). Growing up in the inner cities, I watched black parents, including my own, do just about everything possible (e.g., use the address of a family member who lives in a better area, ask their boss to allow the use of their address, get a short-term roommate arrangement in a better area, etc.) to try to get their children into better schools than the objectively terrible public schools we had in our neighborhoods. If anything, my very own upbringing and experience is the biggest reason I have to support school choice. Why turn this into a divisive white versus the others narrative instead of working to have a good-faith understanding of the issue? How does that help anything?

jay-barronville 2y ago

> The IJ does some amazing work. Highly recommend supporting them if their mission resonates with you. Agreed. IJ (Institute for Justice) [0] and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) [1] are my two favorite organizations when it comes to doing the hard work to protect our constitutional rights as Americans! [0]: https://ij.org https://ij.org [1]: https://www.thefire.org https://www.thefire.org

iudqnolq 2y ago
I respect some of the attorneys working for FIRE quite a lot. They have some great achievements. But I can't support the organization as a whole because their non-legal work is a bunch of nonsense. Their initial statement on pro-Palestine protests was disgraceful. Their ranking of best colleges in the country for free speech are completely wrong (and just happen to align with the political views of their big donors). For example one factor is how many newspaper articles get written about issues with free speech at a school. Tiny private colleges that explicitly say they don't support free speech do great on this metric. University of Virginia is championed by them as the best school in the country for free speech, which simply isn't true.