Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

November 5, 2021 at 3:31 PM

Housing crisis solutions: Make housing legal

The Hill: FTC tempts legal fate with power grab   Lina Khan had not even graduated from law school when she came onto the antitrust scene advocating reform that would amount to nothing short of a legal revolution. A few years later, she was sworn in as chair of the Federal Trade C…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

October 29, 2021 at 3:29 PM

The Docket - What happens when opportunities are handed out based on race?

Glenn Loury: Asian Students and NYC Exam School Controversy   Economist and academic Glenn Loury takes on the controversy over the use of exams in admissions to New York City’s elite, public Specialized High Schools. He talks with Wai Wah Chin, who is fighting back against discrimi…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

October 15, 2021 at 3:36 PM

The Docket - Major victory boosts fight against racial preferences in COVID relief

Inside Sources: Education bureaucrats have declared war on Asian-American achievement. Here’s how to fight back   In February, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to eliminate merit-based admissions standards at Lowell High School, one of the city’s top-ranked public schools,…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 3:24 PM

The Docket - Blockbuster cases to watch at the Supreme Court

Real Clear Policy: Minnesota’s unjust home equity theft must end   While Minnesota often is called the Land of 10,000 Lakes, local governments today treat it as the land of 10,000 takes. Between 2014 and 2020, Minnesota counties took thousands of homes and millions of dollars in sav…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 3:25 PM

The Docket - The government’s favorite argument when it loses in court

The Hill: Supreme Court should revisit its 2006 navigable waters decision   Nearly 15 years ago, Chantell and Mike Sackett were trying to avoid financial ruin from Environmental Protection Agency fines and penalties as they were building their family home in Idaho. The Sacketts’ o…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

September 24, 2021 at 3:22 PM

The Docket - Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers is a horrible idea

A primer on critical race theory: An interview with Dr. James Lindsay   Critical race theory has woven itself into almost every facet of our society, prioritizing “equity” over “equality.” While equal opportunity and equality before the law are foundational tenets of our country, c…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

September 17, 2021 at 3:27 PM

The Docket - The CDC’s eviction moratorium has ended—what exactly does this mean for renters and landlords?

The Hill: Is this the beginning of the end of draconian rent control in New York City?   The nation’s first rent control laws went on the books a century ago in Washington, D.C., and New York, in response to the housing shortage caused by the return of World War I veterans. A lot …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 4:22 PM

The Docket - Make Housing Legal

PLF’s Initiative to Make Housing Legal   Everyone needs a home. But too few homes are being built and they are increasingly too expensive, particularly in America’s most populated and productive cities. The problem is burdensome land use regulations that stifle development. Our so…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

September 3, 2021 at 3:23 PM

The Docket - Supreme Court sides with landlords and PLF on CDC’s eviction ban

The Hill: Gavin Newsom thought he could override the Constitution—now he faces a recall   On September 14, California voters head to the polls to decide Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fate in a historic recall election. Perhaps the biggest motivating factor behind the recall effort is Newsom’s…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

August 27, 2021 at 3:27 PM

The Docket - New Report: Unlawful foreclosure process robs Minnesotans of 92% in home equity

New Report: Homeowners lose 92% of their equity in unlawful foreclosure process   When Geraldine Tyler, a 92-year-old widow, moved out of her Minneapolis condo to an apartment in a safer neighborhood, she didn’t know she could lose tens of thousands of dollars in equity she had sav…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

August 20, 2021 at 3:26 PM

The Docket - Federal tire-chalking case to answer big constitutional questions

California’s unequal treatment of canvassers is a First Amendment violation   Election season is heating up big time in California. Candidates are running advertisements on television, announcing their positions in newspapers, and doing both on social media. But unlike previous ele…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

August 13, 2021 at 6:21 PM

The Docket - When Washington bureaucrats control the reins of power

Daily Journal: When Washington bureaucrats control the reins of power   The Biden administration was in a box in late July. They desperately wanted to extend the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s controversial eviction moratorium, despite an embarrassing string of losses…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

August 6, 2021 at 3:27 PM

The Docket - Pulling back the curtain on DC’s rulemakers?

Still no place to live: The local barriers to the accessory dwelling unit revolution When Jason and Elizabeth Riddick began considering their options for building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on their Malibu home, they thought their prayers were answered. It was the perfect so…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

July 30, 2021 at 3:26 PM

The Docket - COVID-19 eviction bans expose deeper hostility toward property ownership

Texas Bureaucrats Cannot Reclassify Private Properties as Public Beach Private property rights are one of America’s core founding principles. As John Adams astutely noted, “Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.” But as Niko Malhotra and Carol Park note, bureaucrats o…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

July 23, 2021 at 4:16 PM

The Docket - Supreme Court upholds nonprofit donors’ constitutional right to privacy

Daily Journal: Supreme Court upholds nonprofit donors’ constitutional right to privacy To anyone considering donating to a nonprofit organization (and we know a few good ones!), we have some great news: The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld your right to privacy of association. The Hig…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

July 16, 2021 at 3:27 PM

The Docket - Obama’s terrible race-based education guidance is about to come back

Wall Street Journal Opinion: A Virginia PTA Purge of Asians Administrators of America’s top public high school recently engineered admissions policies to achieve their preferred racial balance. That is, fewer Asian-American students. The blatantly unconstitutional reform drew a f…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

July 9, 2021 at 3:23 PM

The Docket - The purge of Asian-American students at Thomas Jefferson High School has begun

Yo-yo environmental regulations aren’t good for anyone The Biden administration recently announced plans to cancel various regulatory reforms the Department of Interior had implemented under President Trump to modernize the Endangered Species Act. Upon reading the news, the phrase…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

July 2, 2021 at 3:40 PM

The Docket - PLF’s second Supreme Court win in a week affirms property rights protections

Supreme Court tells federal court to hear San Francisco lifetime lease case On the heels of last week’s victory in Cedar Point v. Hassid, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that courts must hear a case challenging a San Francisco ordinance forcing land owners to provide lifeti…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

June 25, 2021 at 3:39 PM

The Docket - A Supreme Court victory for property rights

The Supreme Court delivers a victory for property rights in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid The Supreme Court this week issued a victory for property owners with its decision in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid. The 6-3 decision affirmed that the government cannot force people to allo…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Steven D. Anderson · [email protected]

June 23, 2021 at 6:12 PM

Victory! Supreme Court stands firm for the property rights of all Americans

Victory! Supreme Court stands firm for the property rights of all Americans     For some superstitious folks, the number 13 is bad luck. Not for PLF and the U.S. Supreme Court, which today struck down a California union access regulation and freed private property owners from…

See More from Steven D. Anderson

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

June 18, 2021 at 6:25 PM

The Docket - Fighting for equality: The faces of Coalition for TJ

Fighting for equality: The faces of Coalition for TJ Equality before the law is one of the most important constitutional safeguards of individual liberty. When public institutions ignore this protection, the rule of law is in jeopardy. That’s what the school board and superintend…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

June 11, 2021 at 3:31 PM

The Docket - This week’s showdown is national bellwether on emergency powers

Can Kentucky’s governor ignore the law? The Kentucky Supreme Court this week heard oral argument in a pair of cases addressing whether Gov. Andy Beshear can ignore the laws of the commonwealth. Oliver Dunford argued on behalf of three restaurant owners challenging Beshear’s now-i…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

June 4, 2021 at 3:26 PM

The Docket - Can governors balance emergency powers and protect civil liberties?

As the world opens back up, emergency powers reform still matters As the country continues to re-open after more than a year of living under COVID emergency orders, it may be tempting to ignore calls to restrict executive overreach. But Daniel Dew tells us why we must be vigilant …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

May 28, 2021 at 3:23 PM

The Docket - State-sponsored home equity theft robs family, bankrolls private company

State’s home equity theft scheme robs family, funds private company’s windfall Home is everything to Tina Dupere, and in 1996, she moved back into her childhood home in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to live with her mother, Mary Ann. But when Mary Ann suffered a debilitating stroke i…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

May 21, 2021 at 4:20 PM

The Docket - After losing a congressional seat, California needs a course correction

After losing a congressional seat, California needs a course correction According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, California’s leading exports are computers and electronic products. But these days, it feels like the top exports are jobs, residents, and misguided public poli…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

May 14, 2021 at 3:26 PM

The Docket - Great news! Another state ends home equity theft

Great news! North Dakota ends home equity theft There is cause for celebration in North Dakota, the latest in a growing list of states that forbid home equity theft. Prior to April, local officials could seize and sell valuable properties when the owners fell behind on property t…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

May 7, 2021 at 3:19 PM

The Docket - NYC theatres challenge Gov. Cuomo’s unequal shutdown orders

North Carolina bureaucrats are about to learn a lesson in the importance of property rights When is losing the entire value of your property, due to government regulation, not an “undue hardship”? According to the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission, the answer is whenever…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

April 30, 2021 at 3:29 PM

The Docket - Elon Musk and The Federalist targeted as NLRB embraces ‘cancel culture’

National Review: Free speech in battle with snitch culture before the courts Upset at not making the varsity cheerleading team, a high school sophomore vented her frustrations in a vulgarity-laden Snapchat post. Another student’s screenshot of the post got back to the school, which…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

April 23, 2021 at 3:26 PM

The Docket - What packing the Supreme Court would really do

CNN: What packing the Supreme Court would really do U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently offered some advice to the proponents of court packing: think long and hard about the consequences. Elizabeth Slattery says Breyer is right: any silver-bullet solution that purpo…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

April 16, 2021 at 5:25 PM

The Docket - There are better ways to house people than by banning evictions

The OC Register: Granny Flats are much ADU about nothing There are only three bad things about accessory dwelling units. The first two are (1) the name and (2) the acronym, commonly used to describe all varieties of second, small homes attached to a main house. The third bad thin…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

April 9, 2021 at 3:26 PM

The Docket - State legislatures should be reining in executive emergency powers

Racial equality means standing up against Asian-American discrimination in education Like many parents of students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), Julia McCaskill is an immigrant. Julia is from Shanghai and came to the United States to pursue her ow…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

April 2, 2021 at 3:20 PM

The Docket - The New York Times accidentally praises PLF’s advocacy for property rights

Wall Street Journal: Schools offer empty words to Asians The national dialogue has rightly focused on laws and policies that discriminate against Asians. But the problem has been brewing for years in school districts across the country. Wencong Fa writes about the alarming trend …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

March 26, 2021 at 3:17 PM

The Docket - John Stossel on unions invading private property

John Stossel: Unions invade private property The Supreme Court’s sole property rights case this term caught the attention of John Stossel, who added the story to his Stossel TV video series. The video stars Mike Fahner, owner of Cedar Point Nursery, and his dedicated workforce, wh…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Steven D. Anderson · [email protected]

March 22, 2021 at 11:42 PM

PLF Brings Property Rights Back to the Supreme Court

    This was a critical day for property rights and liberty in America. Today, Cedar Point Nursery and Fowler Packing Company brought their five-year battle against California’s “union access regulation” before the U.S. Supreme Court. Cedar Point v. Hassid is a defense of t…

See More from Steven D. Anderson

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

March 19, 2021 at 7:29 PM

The Docket - Property rights at the U.S. Supreme Court

Labor unions shouldn’t get a special pass to trespass on private property Which of these things is not like the others? Bullhorn-wielding Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist at Starbucks. Students staging a sit-in at a private college to protest administration salaries and student …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

March 12, 2021 at 4:21 PM

The Docket - Victory! Court sets aside the CDC’s ban on evictions

Victory! Court sets aside the CDC’s ban on evictions A federal court ruled this week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in issuing a nationwide eviction ban. It’s a major victory for PLF clients and the rule of law. The decision restores…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

February 26, 2021 at 4:21 PM

The Docket - Individuals of all beliefs benefit from strong privacy protections

Individuals of all beliefs benefit from strong privacy protections Last month, the Supreme Court announced it will review a case dealing with whether a nonprofit organization has the right to protect the privacy of its donors in California. Jeremy Talcott tells us that the High C…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 4:36 PM

The Docket - Broad coalition of groups weigh in on property rights at the Supreme Court

Broad coalition of groups weigh in on property rights at the Supreme Court On March 22, PLF will argue Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid before the Supreme Court, one of the most important cases involving property rights in recent memory. PLF is fighting for the property rights of the …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 4:17 PM

The Docket - Tax lien foreclosures—or legalized home theft?

San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco cannot foist pandemic’s economic burden onto landlords In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the country have tried to limit the economic damage caused by the unprecedented lockdowns. That is certainly a worthy goal, write…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

February 5, 2021 at 4:20 PM

The Docket - After a year of chaos, here’s how to kick-start America’s revival

Our path forward: After a year of chaos, here’s how to kick-start America’s revival The chaos of 2020 has left Americans deeply concerned about the state of our nation. Instead of positive, forward-looking actions to restore confidence in the nation’s governing institutions, howev…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

January 29, 2021 at 4:19 PM

The Docket - Who Gets to Make the Rules? Washington May Finally Get It Right

Tapped out—North Carolina’s irrational shutdown orders threaten bar owners’ livelihoods Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper appeared on national cable news touting how he closed North Carolina bars to fight the spread of COVID-19. The problem is most restaurants, breweries, and wi…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 4:16 PM

The Docket -In Mass., private companies can make a killing, legally, if you can’t keep up with your property taxes

Boston Globe: In Mass., private companies can make a killing, legally, if you can’t keep up with your property taxes It didn’t take long for the newest case in PLF’s nationwide initiative to end home equity theft to catch the eye of Sean Murphy, a prominent 30-year Boston Globe re…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

January 15, 2021 at 4:19 PM

The Docket - Enough is enough: It’s past time to rein in governors’ emergency powers

Enough is enough: It’s past time to rein in governors’ emergency powers Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic almost a year ago, governors and mayors have been ruling unilaterally under the guise of emergency powers, and state legislatures and courts have delayed too long i…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 3:42 PM

The Docket - Property destruction is a blight on the sacred right to protest

Battleground America: Online event series examines critical issues at stake in America America, as a country, stands for the ideal of freedom. The ability to live your life, for the power of the individual. For grit, hard work, and the entrepreneurial spirit. For the freedom to pur…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

December 18, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Morning Docket - Can they really do that? What are the limits of government during COVID-19?

The governor who stole Christmas—and the California businesses fighting back Small business owners across California have struggled to survive this year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdown orders. And in Grinch-like fashion, Gov. Gavin Newsom stole what lit…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 4:24 PM

Morning Docket - The California Coastal Commission explained

When can the president tell government agency directors, “You’re fired”? The Supreme Court this week heard oral argument in Collins v. Mnuchin, challenging the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Created by Congress in response to the 2008 mortgage lending cri…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

December 4, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Morning Docket - Blue-collar fishermen deserve to make a living

Blue-collar fishermen deserve to make a living Austen Brown and Chris Williams owe their livelihoods to their ability to fish commercially off of California’s coast. While they both haul in a variety of fish, swordfish are among their top catches. But recent California legislation …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

December 3, 2020 at 6:11 AM

PLF launches new Supreme Court podcast: Dissed

    Pacific Legal Foundation is proud to announce the launch of a new podcast, Dissed. Supreme Court dissents have it all: brilliant writing, surprising reasoning, shade, puns, and, often, historic impact. Although they are written by the “losing” side, they can persuade oth…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

November 20, 2020 at 4:19 PM

Morning Docket - Governors can’t single-handedly govern during COVID-19

Governors can’t single-handedly govern during COVID-19 Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak began, individuals and businesses have taken extraordinary measures to slow its spread. But in many states, instead of working with legislatures to enact reasonable and constitutional COVID-19 …

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation

  Pacific Legal Foundation · [email protected]

November 13, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Morning Docket - Obamacare and the saddest kind of dissent

Obamacare and the saddest kind of dissent Judges write dissenting opinions for all kinds of reasons. The best dissents are the ones that never see the light of day because they are so persuasive and they become the majority. And perhaps the saddest are those that began as a majorit…

See More from Pacific Legal Foundation