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# John Wrench 

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John Wrench is assistant director of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice. His work focuses on educating the public about the role of courts in enforcing constitutional limits on government. His Fourth Amendment scholarship examines the relationship between history and modern doctrine, and his article “The Original Meaning of ‘Searches’” is forthcoming in the *University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law*.

Wrench was counsel of record on IJ’s amicus brief supporting the petitioner in *Chatrie v. United States*. Previously, Wrench spent five years litigating constitutional cases at IJ, including a challenge under the Iowa Constitution to suspicionless rental home inspections. His writing has appeared in *SCOTUSblog* and *The Dispatch*, and he hosts IJ’s *Unpublished Opinions* podcast. Wrench received his JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

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