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On September 24, 2025, 05:33 PM UTC, the test for https://ij.org/ failed on 9304 in Hong Kong SAR China.

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															<p class="card-excerpt">Freeport, Tx.—Today the Texas 14th Court of Appeals rejected  an attempt by the Port of Freeport to use eminent domain to seize land from a group of property owners in Freeport’s historically Black community. Driven by visions of expansion, the Port has attempted to acquire and destroy most of the city’s historic East End neighborhood, but, as today’s decision says, it “never could identify a specific public use” and “admitted that it did not have any specific plans for what will be developed”, a requirement for any use of&hellip;</p>
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<p class="has-text-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28e7f2ac85e57d84da80f3b92508a40b">We focus on the areas of the law that provide the foundation for a free society, and we win nearly three out of every four cases we file despite the challenges inherent in litigating against the government.</p>



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<p class="has-text-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cc2a51c33e35817062f0992d0504a36b">IJ has a nearly 70% success rate<br>through litigation and legislation.</p>
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<p class="has-text-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-561bdf2a36aba89e2d697151a28dbe40">IJ has curtailed government abuse and expanded individual liberty through over 300 legislative reforms.</p>
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            <div class="ayg-thumbnail-description" style="display: none;"><span class="ayg-player-description-less">Army veteran Brian Moore was trying to fly to Los Angeles to record a video to support his music career, but just before he boarded his flight, Drug Enforcement Administration <span class="ayg-player-description-dots">&#8230;</span></span><span class="ayg-player-description-more">(DEA) agents seized $8,500 in cash he was going to use to pay for it.<br />
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Four years after that seizure at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that he should get every dollar back.<br />
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Learn more about Brian&#8217;s case here: <a href="https://ij.org/case/atlanta-airport-forfeiture-attorneys-fees/">https://ij.org/case/atlanta-airport-forfeiture-attorneys-fees/</a></span><a href="#" class="ayg-player-description-toggle-btn">[+] Show More</a></div>
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            <div class="ayg-thumbnail-description" style="display: none;"><span class="ayg-player-description-less">Honey Meerzon and Luis Romero came from different backgrounds but have many things in common. Their parents both fled oppressive government regimes in search of a better life for their <span class="ayg-player-description-dots">&#8230;</span></span><span class="ayg-player-description-more">children. They have both worked hard over the years to build successful businesses, and they both hope to leave a legacy for future generations. Luis and Honey own properties right next to each other in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Honey owns a rental property that houses four families, and Luis runs a successful tire and auto repair shop. Now, though, Perth Amboy wants to take Honey’s property and Luis’ business for no other reason than it wants different businesses instead.<br />
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Perth Amboy says that these properties are “blighted,” a convenient label it can use to justify taking the properties by eminent domain. But these properties are not blighted in any sense of the word.<br />
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The city’s rationale for blighting these properties includes nothing more than passing references to minimal amounts of litter and the presence of a stray cat. But the government can’t take your property because someone saw a stray cat. That’s absurd.<br />
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