Upcoming Pacific Legal Foundation Symposia on Regulatory Takings and the Antiquities Act PLF seeks submissions by scholars. Reason · Mar 12, 2024
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. Reason · Dec 1, 2023
Mom Who Let Child Play at a Park Finally Removed From Unfit Parent Registry It's about time. Reason · Jul 26, 2023
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. Reason · Jun 19, 2023
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. Reason · May 15, 2023
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. Reason · Jan 19, 2023
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. Reason · Dec 8, 2022
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. Reason · Sep 30, 2022
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. Reason · Sep 30, 2022
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. Reason · Sep 30, 2022
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. Reason · Sep 27, 2022
'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. Reason · Sep 27, 2022
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. Reason · Aug 9, 2022
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. Reason · May 25, 2022
Reason · May 6, 2022 Maine's Ban on 'DEEZNTZ' Might Be Unconstitutional The state's new rules on vulgar vanity plates could amount to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
Reason · Mar 24, 2022 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.