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Lawsuit Challenges Use of Eminent Domain as NIMBY Tool to Block Housing Project

A Rhode Island town seeks to use eminent domain to block construction of a large-scale affordable housing project.

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Town Secretly Seizes Developers' Property Then Threatens Them With Trespassing Citation

The owners, who were planning an affordable housing project on the site, first learned about the seizure from the mayor's social media post.

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Is the Jones Act Unconstitutional?

The law is wasteful and protectionist. Now, a new lawsuit argues that it is unconstitutional too.

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Washington Sued for 'Racially Conscious' Homeownership Program

Washington's Covenant Homeownership Program excludes certain applicants on the basis of race.

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Illinois Scholarship Program Explicitly Excludes White Applicants

The Minority Teachers for Illinois Scholarship Program is blatantly unconstitutional.

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Second Circuit Rules Intent To Racially Balance NY High Schools Is Unconstitutional

Judge Joseph Bianco’s decision emphasizes that constitutional rights and protections belong to individuals, not groups.

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California School Punishes First-Grader for a Drawing, Sparking Federal Lawsuit

The First Amendment case about a first-grader’s free speech rights is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

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Imax Leads Post-Pandemic Boom In Premium Large-Format Movie Experience

Imax's Rich Gelfond leads the PLF market with record-breaking success and strategic collaborations, reshaping the cinema experience.

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Upcoming Pacific Legal Foundation Symposia on Regulatory Takings and the Antiquities Act

PLF seeks submissions by scholars.

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Seattle Banned Landlords From Rejecting Tenants Based on Criminal Records. Will the Supreme Court Step in?

The political push behind the law was well-meaning. But it will backfire on many prospective renters.

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Mom Who Let Child Play at a Park Finally Removed From Unfit Parent Registry

It's about time.

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Upcoming Symposium Opportunity on "Rethinking Penn Central"

The Pacific Legal Foundation is sponsoring a symposium on this important issue, which may be of interest to legal scholars and others.

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Pacific Legal Foundation Call for Papers on Agency Adjudication

The papers are for an upcoming conference on the topic of whether federal agency adjudication of private rights should be curbed or ended. There is a $2500 honorarium for authors of selected papers.

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A Federal Judge Says the DOJ's Sex Offender Registration Rules Violate Due Process by Requiring the Impossible

Justice Department regulations threaten people with prosecution for failing to register even when their state no longer requires it.

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Loan Forgiveness Litigation Roundup

This post covers significant developments in cases challenging Biden's loan-forgiveness plan other than the one Supreme Court has decided to hear.

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How Do You Challenge A Student Loan Forgiveness Rule That Does Not Exist?

The Biden Administration keeps moving the goal posts to block legal challenges.

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Brief Update on the Pacific Legal Foundation Case Against Biden's Student Loan Cancellation Plan

A federal judge denied PLF's motion to block implementation of the policy. But denial is "without prejudice," and PLF can quickly refile the case.

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Six States File Lawsuit Challenging Biden Student Debt Cancellation Program

The lawsuit has a more conventional - and stronger - basis for standing than that filed yesterday by the Pacific Legal Foundation.

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The First Significant Lawsuit Challenging Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

It was filed by Pacific Legal Foundation public interest lawyer Frank Garrison, and includes a novel strategy for getting around the problem of standing.

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'Flagrantly Illegal': Law Firm Files Lawsuit To Stop Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness

"This isn't how laws are supposed to be made," says Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation.

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Does This Woman Have a Constitutional Right to Her 'FCANCER' License Plate?

The Delaware DMV recalled Kari Overington’s plate over “perceived profanity.” Now the ACLU is helping her take on the state.

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The DOJ Says a Man Whose Record Was Expunged Still Must Register As a Sex Offender, Which Is Impossible

A federal lawsuit argues that the department's regulations violate due process, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment.

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Maine's Ban on 'DEEZNTZ' Might Be Unconstitutional

The state's new rules on vulgar vanity plates could amount to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.

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My New Article on "Nondelegation Limits on COVID Emergency Powers: Lessons from the Eviction Moratorium and Title 42 Cases"

The eviction moratorium and Title 42 "public health" expulsion cases have many parallels that may have been ignored because of their differing ideological valence. Both strengthen the case for nondeferential judicial review of the exercise of emergency powers.

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