Dan King 🇺🇦
@Kinger_DC
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Comms @IJ. Neoliberal Shill Bracket loser. @NiagaraUniv alum. Philly sports, civil liberties, YIMBYism & Slavic history. Views mine. #COYS 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦🇵🇱🌐
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Joined August 2011
🚨NEW @IJ CASE🚨 On Christmas Eve 2022, Jennifer Heath Box was arrested while getting off a cruise ship. But cops ignored obvious evidence they were arresting the wrong person. Still, she spent 3 days in jail and missed Christmas with her kids. Today, we sued🧵
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This is precisely why clear identification on federal agents is so important.
We already knew this was happening but it’s being confirmed by the FBI now.
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Whenever government officials pull out “stop hiding behind the First Amendment” or the Fifth Amendment or any other constitutional provision, you know you’re dealing with people who don’t care at all about the Rule of Law and should be immediately stripped of all power.
The U.S. has no obligation to host foreigners, like Sami Hamdi, who support terrorism and actively undermine the safety of Americans. And we won't. There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathizers, and we are under no obligation to admit
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Today, @IJ sued the city of Columbia, SC, challenging its ban on back yard swim lessons. Our client has operated legally since 2018, but in 2024 the Zoning Board reinterpreted its law to ban her business after a prospective neighbor complained. https://t.co/DcDiszTypR
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—Lifelong swim instructor Libby Souder has partnered with the Institute for Justice (IJ)to challenge the city of Columbia’s ban on backyard swim lessons, filing a lawsuit to […]
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BREAKING: In response to ICE's refusal to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo XIV calls on President Trump and Vice President Vance to respect the dignity and religious liberty of migrants in the United States. “The authorities must allow pastoral workers
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Five years ago, Abigail Spanberger offered her fellow Democrats some free advice: "we need to not ever use the words socialist or socialism ever again." Now, she's going to be the next governor of VA, and that advice might be even more important heading into 2026
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We're so back
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In today's decision, the court said that "public necessity" is an exception to the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause. But that's not right. If the government destroys an innocent person's property, it must compensate that person.
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Today, a panel of the 9th Circuit ruled @IJ client Carlos Pena is not entitled to compensation after a SWAT team destroyed his shop while chasing a fugitive in 2022. We'll ask the full Appeals Court to rehear this case. https://t.co/GOeSxG5GSm
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LOS ANGELES—Today, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled an innocent business owner whose business was destroyed by a SWAT team […]
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We won at the trial court level in May. And on Friday, the town agreed to not enforce a newly passed public art ordinance, to recommend voters repeal the ordinance at next year's town meeting, and to pay our client's attorneys fees.
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FINAL VICTORY for @IJ in our lawsuit challenging the town of Conway, New Hampshire's attempt to use its sign code to force a local bakery to take down a donut mural. https://t.co/vpylGZ2Bgp
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CONWAY, N.H.—On Friday, Leavitt’s Country Bakery and the town of Conway, New Hampshire reached a settlement agreement resolving all the outstanding issues in the bakery’s […]
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Shoutout @iamjohnoliver @LastWeekTonight for mentioning @IJ’s model bill on ending qualified immunity in this week’s episode.
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