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Michael Petrick v. City of Austin
Date Filed: July 27, 2026Original Court: Western District of Texas, Austin DivisionCase Status: Active Litigation Case Summary: In August 2025, Michael Petrick purchased a home on a 0.28-acre lot in Austin, Texas, in…
Matthew Bernard and Lynn Warner v. City of Oakland, California
Date Filed: June 29, 2026Original Court: Northern District of CaliforniaCase Status: Pending Matthew Bernard and Lynn Warner own an undeveloped residential plot in Oakland, California. In 2020, the Oakland Fire Department…
High Stakes Machine Gun Case Could Finally Settle Decades-Long Constitutional Battle
In Federalist 51, James Madison recognized the “great difficulty” of self-governance: “ou must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” The Gun Control Act has…
Texas Gun Club Challenges Federal Overreach
Shooting has always been a part of Jeff Howard’s life. “I had a .22 rifle in my hands at the age of 9, doing what kids did back then,” says Howard, a board member at the Temple Gun Club. “Shooting squirrels, gophers and…
The federal machine-gun ban rests on a dangerous constitutional theory
Think back to fourth-grade American history. We learned why the Articles of Confederation failed and why the Constitution replaced them. One major problem was that states struggled to trade with one another and often tried to…
Cunningham v. City of Austin
Date Filed: March 23, 2026Original Court: Travis County District CourtCase Status: Pending Under Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution, home rule cities can impose taxes as long as those taxes are authorized by law…
TPPF’s 2025 Year in Litigation
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future had a busy and successful year defending the Constitution. Below is a list of key victories, along with some new cases that launched in the last 12 months.…
Texas International Produce Association v. OSHA
Date Filed: December 3, 2025Original Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of TexasCase Status: Pending While workplace safety is unquestionably important, Congress gave OSHA an extraordinarily broad mandate:…
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