The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Geraldine Tyler, a 94-year-old widow who had her entire home’s equity confiscated after she failed to pay $2,300 in property taxes. Although the case ...
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Nevada Supreme Court Upholds The Right To Sue The Government, Blocks Qualified Immunity
In a landmark decision late last month, the Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled that victims of wrongful searches and seizures have the right to sue the responsible government officials. Just as cr...
Officers Have A Lot To Gain From Unconstitutional Traffic Stops, But Not A Lot To Lose
Mario Rosales with the Ford Mustang that was pulled over in Alexandria, Louisiana. Institute for Justice Mario Rosales was ticketed by Alexandria, Louisiana police for failing to signal. But Mario was...
Central African Republic court says new $60,000 citizenship-by-crypto-investment program is unconstitutional
According to Reuters, the Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic (CAR) said on Monday that the purchase of citizenship, e-residency and land using its government-backed Sango digital cur...
Central African Republic Court Deems Unconstitutional to Buy Land, Citizenships With The Country’s Native Cryptocurrency
Earlier today, the Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic (CAR) dictated it was unconstitutional to purchase citizenship, e-residency, and land with the government-backed cryptocurrency ...
Kraken CEO says Tornado Cash sanctions are ‘unconstitutional’
Jesse Powell, the CEO of US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, says the government agency’s move to shut down the crypto mixing service Tornado Cash could be deemed “unconstitutional.” Powell highl...
Coin Center sues Treasury and IRS, claims tax-reporting rule unconstitutional
Coin Center, a Washington, DC-based crypto think-tank, on Friday filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service claiming a crypto tax-report...
Coin Center Sues IRS For Unconstitutional Tax Reporting Rules
Coin Center, a Washington DC-based Not-for-Profit organization with a focus on crypto policies, has filed a lawsuit against the United States Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a tax ...
California Law Requiring Women On Corporate Boards Ruled Unconstitutional
Topline A Los Angeles judge ruled unconstitutional a state law mandating public companies save a board seat for women, unraveling one of the linchpins of the state’s 2018 attempt at increasing g...
Coin Center takes aim at ‘unconstitutional’ SEC redefinition of an ‘exchange’
Nonprofit blockchain advocacy group Coin Center has called the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed redefinition of an “exchange” an “unconstitutional overreach.” The lobby group made t...
SEC Proposal to Redefine ‘Exchange’ Is ‘Unconstitutional’, Says Coin Center
In brief The SEC proposed a rule to redefine “exchange.” Coin Center says the proposed rule would impact DeFi—even though it doesn’t mention it. Coin Center argues that the change wo...
Judge Strikes Down Parts Of Florida Voting Laws As Unconstitutional And Racially Motivated
Topline A federal judge on Thursday ruled that several parts of Florida’s new voting laws are unconstitutional and racially motivated, the first time a federal court has struck down central elements o...
US Senators Introduce Crypto Sanctions Bill — Expert Says It’s Overbroad, Unconstitutional – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and 10 other lawmakers have introduced the “Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act of 2022.” The bill “would place sweeping restrictions on persons who build,...
Tucked Inside Biden Infrastructure Bill: Unconstitutional Crypto Surveillance
Before U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law in November, many groups spoke out against a provision that broadens the tax code’s definition of “broker.” B...