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 in federal courts, a warning from the Supreme Court, and admitting they needed help from Congress.

Nevertheless, as Luke Wake and Ethan Blevins explain, the administration extended the ban on its own, setting up a prime opportunity for the Supreme Court to restore the proper balance of power.

The Hill: The ‘new’ FTC will run roughshod over the rule of law

Lina Khan, the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), is in the spotlight after leading the agency to adopt proposals that concentrate power in the chair herself, centralize its rulemaking, and authorize sweeping investigations and enforcement actions.

Oliver Dunford tells us that while the policies themselves are worthy of debate, they present more fundamental issues: the guarantee of due process of law and non-arbitrary government.

One Cuban immigrant’s story reminds us of the importance of fighting for individual liberty

Anton spent most of his life in Cuba before political oppression pushed him to immigrate to America in 2013.

PLF had the great honor of speaking with Anton—not his real name—about the circumstances that led him and his wife to leave their country and their life behind.

The Detroit News: A reminder to counties: Do not steal from residents

A just government cannot oppress the poor or exploit relatively small mistakes to seize life savings at their residents’ expense.

The Michigan Supreme Court agreed and ruled that counties violated property owners’ rights by keeping surplus funds from tax-foreclosed homeowners.

Christina Martin writes that more than a year later, instead of returning money they took from thousands of struggling Michiganders, counties across the state have dug in their heels, fighting to keep the windfall they took from their most vulnerable residents.

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