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April 29, 2022 at 4:32 PM

The Docket - Supreme Court issues disappointing decision in TJ admissions case

Supreme Court: TJ’s discriminatory process will continue during appeal   Thomas Jefferson High School’s discriminatory admissions process will continue as litigation against the high school proceeds, after the Supreme Court declined our application to vacate an appeals court stay i…

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April 22, 2022 at 4:36 PM

The Docket - Emergency orders and the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’

Emergency orders and the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’   The Supreme Court’s process for deciding cases is intentionally slow and deliberate, normally taking more than a year. Sometimes, however, it’s necessary to speed things up. As Jim Burling explains, there’s a process for th…

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April 18, 2022 at 3:15 PM

The Docket - Fishermen fight President Biden’s bizarre ‘national monument’ designation

New PLF case: President Biden reboots Antiquities Act abuse with commercial fishing ban   To hard-working commercial fishermen, the Georges Bank area of the North Atlantic Ocean is an economic lifeline for New England’s iconic fishing communities and an important industry throughou…

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April 8, 2022 at 4:46 PM

The Docket - Meet the woman who lives in her car after Massachusetts stole her home

A Massachusetts woman is now living in her car after the state stole her home   Deborah Foss spent most of the winter living out of her car in New Bedford, Massachusetts. In January, the 67-year-old grandmother, in the throes of severe illnesses, lost her home and her life savings …

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April 1, 2022 at 4:48 PM

The Docket - Virginia court ruling on race-based school admissions is a welcome sign

The Hill: Virginia court ruling a welcome sign in fight to end race-based school admissions   Will 2022 be the year we finally see an end to discriminatory racial preferences in education? Erin Wilcox and Wen Fa bring us some welcome signs of change in the air. read more New P…

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March 25, 2022 at 4:37 PM

The Docket - Senators shouldn’t treat Supreme Court confirmation hearings as theater

The Hill: After two long years, it’s past time to end Newsom’s emergency powers   In March 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide public health emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing him to issue lockdown orders and close businesses however he saw…

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March 18, 2022 at 4:39 PM

The Docket - This nursing assistant lost her home to Michigan’s home equity theft scheme

This nursing assistant lost her home and her husband to Michigan’s home equity theft scheme   Tawanda Hall is a Michigan-based nursing assistant and a mother of four. For nearly a decade, she raised her family in a home she and her husband, Prentiss, purchased in the city of Southf…

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March 11, 2022 at 5:08 PM

The Docket - Elections don’t matter unless you have this rulemaking fix

The Hill: Elections don’t matter unless you have this rulemaking fix   Most politicians won’t soon forget the pandemic-restriction backlash that became evident in the November 2021 elections. But elections can’t touch those who aren’t elected, including those in charge of health an…

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March 4, 2022 at 5:38 PM

The Docket - Big victory for equality before law at America’s top high school

Restoring equality before the law—what the TJ victory means for education   In a ground-breaking decision, a federal judge ruled that Fairfax County, Virginia school officials violated the law by changing admissions requirements at Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ), the nation’s top…

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February 25, 2022 at 6:08 PM

The Docket - Get racial preferences out of medical treatment

Orange County Register: Voters send clear message to the San Francisco school board   There’s no mistaking the message last week’s recall election sent to the San Francisco Board of Education: Focus on education, not racial politics. Erin Wilcox writes that one motivation for the …

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February 4, 2022 at 5:35 PM

The end of affirmative action?

The Denver Post: This is why I’m suing the federal government over the minimum wage hike   Duke Bradford founded Arkansas River Adventures in Colorado in 1998, and in the quarter-century since, his experienced wilderness guides have led guests in adventure tours such as rafting, fi…

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January 28, 2022 at 6:29 PM

PLF to bring long-running Clean Water Act fight to Supreme Court

Supreme Court will review EPA’s navigable waters overreach   It’s back to the Supreme Court for PLF and an Idaho couple looking to end a 15-year battle with the federal government over the right to build a home on their property. The Justices this week announced they will hear Sack…

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January 24, 2022 at 11:02 PM

Supreme Court to hear PLF’s 17th case

Supreme Court to hear PLF's 17th case     I have terrific news to share with you: The Supreme Court today announced it will hear Sackett v. EPA, a wetlands dispute that’s pitted an Idaho couple against the federal government for 15 years—through four presidential administrat…

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January 21, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Cuomo’s many abuses show why the separation of powers matter

Issues & Insights: Cuomo’s many abuses show why the separation of powers matter   During the COVID-19 pandemic, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was breathlessly heralded as “the politician of the moment” and the “authoritative voice in the crisis.” While we’ve since lear…

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January 14, 2022 at 8:14 PM

The Docket - Congressional action shows OSHA vaccine mandate is a bald-faced power grab

The Inconvenient Minority   While pop culture is slowly becoming more accepting of Asian-Americans, some institutions have remained stubborn in their perception of them. Author and Color Us United president Kenny Xu explains how Ivy League schools are still clinging to outdated st…

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January 7, 2022 at 4:36 PM

The Docket - When a federal agency openly defies the Supreme Court

The Hill: The FTC’s rebellion against the judiciary   The Federal Trade Commission must be held accountable for its open defiance of Supreme Court directives. Case in point, as Caleb Kruckenberg explains, is last year’s Supreme Court ruling that seemingly ended the commission’s pr…

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December 23, 2021 at 5:34 PM

The Docket - PLF’s best victories for individual liberty this year

What were PLF’s best victories for liberty lovers in 2021?   All of us at PLF want to wish you a very happy holiday season and a new, freedom-filled year in 2022! But before we ring in the New Year, we invite you to join us in celebrating our top 10 victories for individual liberty…

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December 17, 2021 at 5:45 PM

The Docket - When a president’s impatience supersedes freedom

In memory of Mike Fahner, an American farmer and Supreme Court champion   Mike Fahner, president and owner of Cedar Point Nursery, passed away last month, less than six months after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in his favor in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid. Joshua T…

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December 10, 2021 at 4:29 PM

The Docket - Adventure guides sue Biden administration over unconstitutional wage mandate

New lawsuit: Outdoor adventure guides battle the president’s unlawful workplace power grab   Duke Bradford opened his outdoor adventure business, Arkansas Valley Adventures, in Colorado in 1998. Today, his 250 employees provide a full slate of year-round activities, headlined in the…

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December 3, 2021 at 4:30 PM

The Docket - How one New Jersey woman is fighting back against unfair tax foreclosure practices

She owed a little, so they took everything: How one New Jersey woman is fighting back against unfair tax foreclosure practices   Within seconds of meeting Lynette Johnson, you know you are in the presence of a strong woman. She’s the kind of tough a person must be to immigrate to a …

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November 24, 2021 at 3:46 PM

The Docket - Traveling this week? Download PLF’s Supreme Court podcast—Ep 1 drops today!

Dissed: PLF's Supreme Court Podcast Season 3 Launch   This season, Dissed hosts Anastasia Boden and Elizabeth Slattery explore Supreme Court cases dealing with civil rights, court packing, emergency powers, and more. Episode 1 tackles an 1883 ruling that signaled the end of federal…

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November 19, 2021 at 3:41 PM

The Docket - Stossel TV: The law blocking care for special needs kids

Stossel TV: The law blocking care for special needs kids   This week on Stossel TV, John Stossel features PLF client Ursula Newell-Davis and her fight against Louisiana regulators for the right to help special needs kids and their families. read more The size and scope of home …

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November 12, 2021 at 4:28 PM

The Docket - College gymnast overcomes lockdowns and injury but is stopped by sex-based quota

College gymnast’s hopes survive lockdowns and injury only to see his university ban his sport—on the basis of sex   Like all incoming college freshmen, Evan Ng was excited to begin the next chapter of his life as a student-athlete at the University of Minnesota, competing in men’s g…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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