The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Missouri v. Biden, calling on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to stop the Biden Administration from “jawboning” social media companies to censor viewpoints the government does not agree with. “The danger of ‘jawboning’ social media companies is not merely that it violates the First Amendment, but that it degrades the free speech and expression as a value worth protecting.”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Ohio v. Yellen with the U.S. Supreme Court. In its brief, Buckeye called on the court to grant review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s ruling and the constitutionality of the Biden Administration’s tax mandate included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which prohibited states from directly or indirectly using ARPA funds to offset a reduction in taxes.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Moore v. United States, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and reverse a ruling out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that would expand congressional authority to levy taxes well beyond what the Constitution and court precedent allow. “The Ninth Circuit’s fallacious ruling effectively does away with more than a century of Supreme  Court precedent, and, if allowed to stand, would vastly expand congressional taxing authority.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Christian v. Nigrelli with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of Project 21, a national network of black political, civic, and business leaders. In its brief, The Buckeye Institute argues that New York’s Conceal Carry Improvement Act violates the right of the citizens of New York, particularly black New Yorkers, to keep and bear arms, which the U.S. Constitution guarantees.

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Tyler v. Hennepin County, urging the court to protect people against governmental equity theft through property seizures. “In drafting the U.S. Constitution, our Founding Fathers embraced a principle that goes back more than 800 years to the Magna Carta, which enshrined into law the concept that the government can take property only when it provides ‘just compensation’ to the owner.” 

The Buckeye Institute, along with the Cato Institute, filed an amicus brief in Dakota Finance v. Naturaland Trust, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and protect the “principles of federalism embodied in the Clean Water Act.” Buckeye and Cato argue that the Fourth Circuit’s decision “fails to honor the principle of federalism upon which our country is built” and urges the court to hear the case.

The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus to protect the rights of Ohioans to keep and bear arms after the Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 3176-2022 outlawing certain firearms magazines in violation of Ohio law and the U.S. and Ohio constitutions. Doe v. Columbus was filed in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, along with a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. 

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown, with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation program exceeds the legal authority of the secretary of education to forgive student loan debt without congressional approval, is arbitrary and capricious, and was adopted in a procedurally improper manner. “Before the U.S. Supreme Court is an opportunity to end this illegal program...”

The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit against Columbus City Schools for the release of public records that are subject to Ohio’s Public Records Act. “Access to public documents is fundamental to our system of government and is clearly spelled out in Ohio law. Despite their clear responsibility to produce these public records, Columbus City School officials have refused to comply with Ohio law…”

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in SEC v. Spartan Securities Group, calling on the court to protect citizens from excessive fines in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment. “Since the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215, English law and later the English Bill of Rights have prohibited excessive fines… This liberty interest was so vital that in drafting the Eighth Amendment, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution adopted the prohibition on excessive fines verbatim from the 1689 English Bill of Rights.”