Andrew Wimer

Director of Media Relations at Institute for Justice (@IJ). Former Hill staffer, former speechwriter, current Dad. Opinions are my own.

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

"If the United States mean to obtain or deserve the full praise due to wise and just governments, they will equally respect the rights of property, and the property in rights." James Madison, 1792 https://t.co/MrXb2LFiku

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

@IJ Here's some excellent reporting on the fight from @FOX2now and @ChadMiraFOX2: https://t.co/A5EgSrk3iY

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Yesterday, @IJ helped save a garden in Illinois.

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[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

Ok, thanks to @IJ's letter and after a local reporter called the police chief, it looks like the village is backing down: https://t.co/dFJlz8S1aR

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

This is crazy! A village in Illinois is ordering a botanist to tear up the garden she has been working on for years, saying it's "high grass or weeds." Laura Schaefer has 7 days to do it or the village will send people onto her property to destroy the garden--then bill her!

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

Hopefully Millstadt will come to its senses quickly. I'll post updates as we get them.

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[Institute for Justice @IJ]

7 Days to Destroy Her Garden... Or Else!

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

This is crazy! A village in Illinois is ordering a botanist to tear up the garden she has been working on for years, saying it's "high grass or weeds." Laura Schaefer has 7 days to do it or the village will send people onto her property to destroy the garden--then bill her!

[Institute for Justice @IJ]

Anti-Weaponization Slush Fund Misses the Point

IJ Sr. Attorney Anya Bidwell:

[Katrin Marquez @KatrinMarquez]

Last week, I got to examine my first witnesses in court. And I couldn't have asked for a more important case: Leo, a U.S. citizen and construction worker, testified about being detained by ICE three times in the past year. Each time, he had his documents. None of it mattered. 1/

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I think @JonahDispatch would like this.

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My favorite new @IJ swag is here! “Make Liberalism Classical Again.”

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

You could read the decision and argue from an informed position. Page 30. https://t.co/IwEIer3H4j. Beatty is a trustee and she has rights and obligations, which includes holding her fellow trustees accountable. Maybe it doesn’t hold on appeal, but it’s well reasoned. Unlike the argument above.

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@charlescwcooke @AaronWorthing Rep. Joyce Beatty is a Kennedy Center Trustee. I think it’s analogous to a company board member suing to hold the company to its legal obligations.

[Justin Pearson @JustinPearsonIJ]

“The court’s judgment is now final, which means that these restrictions will not return to Jacksonville,” said @IJ Senior Attorney Justin Pearson. “The government doesn’t get to pick winners and losers in the marketplace.” #FoodTrucks #JacksonvilleNC https://t.co/j9sE3895fW

[Andrew Wimer @andrewwimer]

Not quite a #SCOTUS cert grant alert, but getting pretty close in @IJ's case on behalf of North Dakota ranchers who fought for the fair value of their property. Here's the deal.