The Buckeye Institute filed its fourth lawsuit against the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) for its refusal to stop taking money out of the paychecks of public employees who are not members of the government unions. The Buckeye Institute filed Vanderveer v. OAPSE in the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Katrina Vanderveer. “In yet another case, the Ohio Association of Public School Employees has refused to stop taking ‘dues’ out of our client’s paycheck.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed its appeal in Flannery v. Eckenwiler with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on behalf of Eric Flannery, the owner of The Big Board, a neighborhood bar and grill located in our nation’s capital. Flannery v. Eckenwiler charges that members of the 6C Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) conspired to protest the renewal of The Big Board’s liquor license to punish Mr. Flannery because he spoke out against D.C.’s pandemic-era shutdown orders.
 

The Buckeye Institute filed its second amicus brief in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management (previously Braidwood Management v. Becerra) with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Affordable Care Act violated the U.S. Constitution when it elevated the Preventative Services Task Force from its purely advisory role to make it a rule-making body without also reforming how members of the task force were appointed and confirmed. 

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Lozman v. Riviera Beach, Florida, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell the government it cannot deny an owner any economically viable use of their land without compensation. “The Supreme Court has explained that the government cannot expropriate an ‘essential use’ of someone’s property without compensation.”

The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for their refusal to stop taking money out of the paychecks of public employees who are not members of the government unions. The Buckeye Institute filed Chandler v. OAPSE in Stark County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Kevin Chandler, Amy Clark, and Charles C. Perry, Jr.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Lutheran Home at Kane v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, calling on the court to “abandon deference to administrative agencies and reassert judicial authority in interpreting laws and regulations.” “The U.S. Supreme Court and 18 states—including Ohio—have revised their deference doctrines. This case presents the Pennsylvania Supreme Court an opportunity to abandon its deference to administrative agencies and reassert judicial authority in interpreting laws and regulations.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Antonyuk v. James on behalf of Project 21, a national network of black political, civic, and business leaders. In its brief, The Buckeye Institute calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and argues that New York’s Conceal Carry Improvement Act violates the constitutional right of the citizens of New York, particularly black New Yorkers, to keep and bear arms.

The Buckeye Institute filed its fourth amicus brief in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Bondi, calling upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to affirm the district court’s injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act, which is a sweeping, ill-advised, and misleadingly-named law that gives the government power to collect private information on small business owners. “The alarming reporting requirements in this law constitute an unconstitutional dragnet federal surveillance program of American small business owners.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to quash a New Jersey attorney general’s subpoena served on First Choice Women’s Resource Centers in an effort to silence organizations with whom the state disagrees. “New Jersey seems to be trying to harass and intimidate organizations and chill the First Amendment-protected free speech rights of Americans by demanding the private and constitutionally-protected information of donors.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) v. Consumers’ Research, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to revive the not-quite-dead nondelegation doctrine and tell Congress it cannot abdicate its lawmaking responsibilities to the executive branch. “This case offers the high court an opportunity to confirm that the nondelegation doctrine restricts Congress’ ability to delegate away its legislative powers and responsibilities.”