The Buckeye Institute filed its second amicus brief in Columbus City School District v. State of Ohio, rebutting the school districts’ claim that Ohio’s school choice program violates the equal protection clause of the Ohio Constitution. “The plaintiff’s underlying theme in its appeal is that money equals education and that more money means better education. This trope has long been refuted, both nationally and in Ohio.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm that home equity theft violates the constitutional rights of homeowners, something the court affirmed just two years ago in Tyler v. Hennepin County. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, Illinois Policy Institute, Mountain States Legal Foundation, and National Federation of Independent Business joined The Buckeye Institute in filing the brief. 

An unprecedented 250 organizations, business groups, trade associations, public interest law firms, state attorneys general, and individuals from across the political spectrum filed amicus briefs supporting The Buckeye Institute’s position in Buckeye v. IRS. The Buckeye Institute is challenging a tax law forcing nonprofit charities, including Buckeye itself, to hand over the private information of donors to the federal government every year.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Wolford v. Lopez, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to tell Hawaii it cannot restrict constitutional rights the government does not like. An Ohio law banning cars with bumper stickers from That School Up North from filling up at Ohio gas stations during the week of The Game unless the station posts a sign explicitly permitting ❌ichigan fans, while understandable during game week, is an obvious violation of constitutional rights. And Hawaii’s law is no less a violation.

The Buckeye Institute filed its response to the federal government’s appeal on a key issue in The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service—one of the most important First Amendment cases in the country. This case challenges a decades-old tax law forcing nonprofit charities like The Buckeye Institute to hand over the private information (names and addresses) of donors to the federal government every year. The Buckeye Institute is represented in this case by its own in-house attorneys and the Institute for Free Speech.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in National Rifle Association v. Vullo, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell government officials they cannot hide behind qualified immunity to protect them from the consequences of violating the First Amendment. “Superintendent Vullo’s premeditated bad-faith attack on the First Amendment does not deserve the same protections as police officers making split-second, life-and-death decisions.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to hear the case en banc (by the full court), reverse the three-judge panel’s ill-advised decision, and tell Tri County Area Schools that their students’ political speech—even when expressed on a Let’s Go Brandon shirt—is protected by the First Amendment.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Gun Owners of America v. ATF, calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to uphold the Freedom of Information Act and reverse the lower court’s ill-advised ruling restricting the use of public documents, something the FOIA law does not allow. “In the lower court’s ruling, the court has given itself a new power to create a new governmental right under the Freedom of Information Act that does not exist and that Congress did not authorize.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed an important amicus brief in Columbus City School District v. State of Ohio, calling on Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals to protect school choice for parents and students who have benefited from voucher programs and those who will benefit from them in the future. “School choice is being threatened by a coalition of disgruntled and self-interested districts that previously tried and failed to end Ohio’s groundbreaking Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program.”

The Buckeye Institute filed its appeal brief in Vanderveer v. OAPSE with Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals, calling on the court to reverse the lower court’s dismissal of the case and end the union’s wage theft practices. The Buckeye Institute represents Katrina Vanderveer of Wauseon, Ohio, in Vanderveer v. OAPSE—one of several union wage theft cases brought by The Buckeye Institute. This case will decide “whether the courthouse doors are open to Mrs. Vanderveer—and other Ohioans...”