The Buckeye Institute filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury—one of Buckeye’s cases challenging the federal ban on home distilling. Buckeye argues that two federal courts—the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ream and the Fifth Circuit in Buckeye’s other home distilling case—McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—considered the exact same provisions and issued opposite opinions, setting up a compelling circuit split that only the U.S. Supreme Court can resolve.

The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief in Hershey v. Bossier City, 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. “Government officials who threaten a man for peacefully distributing literature on a public sidewalk should not receive the same qualified-immunity protection as a police officer’s split-second, life-or-death decisions.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed its brief asking the Ohio Supreme Court to accept jurisdiction in DuPuis v. AFSCME, and either hold it pending the court’s decision in Sheldon v. OAPSE or consolidate it with Sheldon—one of The Buckeye Institute’s other cases seeking to end union wage theft practices that is pending Ohio Supreme Court review. “In Sheldon, Vanderveer, and DuPuis, only the Ohio Supreme Court can decide whether Ohio’s courthouse doors are open to Ohioans wishing to bring cases to stop union wage theft.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief in Beaird v. United States, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Stinson v. United States and restore the limits Congress placed on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. In its brief, The Buckeye Institute argues that the court should eliminate Stinson deference, which has elevated the commentary portion of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines to the equivalent of binding law, something Congress did not authorize.

The Buckeye Institute filed its fifth amicus brief in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Blanche, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review and combine this case with National Small Business United v. Bessent, and overturn the Corporate Transparency Act—an Orwellian federal surveillance program of small businesses. “The Corporate Transparency Act is a sweeping, ill-advised, and misleadingly-named law that gives the federal government power to collect private information on small business owners.”

The Buckeye Institute filed its merit brief in Sheldon v. Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE), calling on the Ohio Supreme Court to open Ohio’s courthouse doors to Ohioans fighting to end union wage theft. The Buckeye Institute was supported in its case by several nationally recognized public policy and legal groups that filed briefs in favor of Buckeye’s client, Matthew Sheldon.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Khatibi v. Lawson, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to tell California that medical professionals do not relinquish their First Amendment rights when the state licenses them. “The state of California has a right to ensure doctors and other medical professionals are qualified to do their jobs. It does not have the right to force these professionals to parrot the government’s position on controversial topics.”

The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to stop climate activists from using the courts to dictate America’s energy policy and impose a de facto nationwide carbon tax. “Failing to achieve a carbon tax through the normal legislative process, this case represents the latest effort of climate activists to implement their preferred policy—net-zero carbon emissions—through litigation rather than legislation.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in D.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell Tri County Area Schools that their students’ political speech—even when it is expressed on a Let’s Go Brandon shirt—is protected by the First Amendment. “The petitioners’ choice of attire, fashionable or not, clearly conveyed a political message without using profanity and is therefore protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”

The Buckeye Institute filed its brief asking the Ohio Supreme Court to accept jurisdiction in Vanderveer v. Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) and either hold it pending the court’s decision in Sheldon v. OAPSE or consolidate it with Sheldon—one of The Buckeye Institute’s other cases seeking to end union wage theft practices that is pending Ohio Supreme Court review.