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South Carolina Tattoo Rules Face First Amendment Lawsuit Over Face And Neck Ink Ban

A federal lawsuit challenges South Carolina's bans on tattoos above the shoulders and near churches, arguing these restrictions violate First Amendment rights and hinder artistic expression.

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Important Takings Challenge to Los Angeles Historic Preservation Law "Monument" Designation

Historic preservation laws often violate constitutional property rights, and block construction of new housing.

Reason

New Pacific Legal Foundation Report Based on 50 Freedom of Information Requests to Top Law Schools: ABA Accreditation Frequently Nudges Law Schools Toward Illegal Discrimination

A guest post from Alison Somin.

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Pacific Legal Foundation Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Euclid v. Ambler Realty

The symposium is seeking submissions.

Reason

Pacific Legal Foundation Files Case Challenging Trump's IEEPA Tariffs

PLF is a leading libertarian-leaning public interest organization. Their case is similar to that filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself.

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Pacific Legal Foundation Report on "Locking Squatters Out: How States Can Protect Property Owners From Squatters"

The report has useful data on the scope of the problem, and recommendations on what can be done about it.

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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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Wonka Fights the Candy Cronies

When regulators block entrepreneurs, they take away a golden ticket.

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Federal Agencies Neglect Anti-Asian Discrimination in Education

My wife Alison Somin, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, outlines the problem.

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Race-neutral admissions are next in line of fire after affirmative action ruling

Thomas Jefferson high school in Virginia is facing a legal challenge from a libertarian group over a policy that has boosted diversity

The Guardian - US

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

Grandmother, 94, wins Supreme Court case over Minnesota pocketing $25k profits from sale of her home

‘The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more,’ wrote Chief Justice John Roberts

The Independent UK

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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Sued by white business owner, Cook County halts grant program that aimed to ‘close racial wealth’ gap

CHICAGO — Cook County has pulled the plug on one of its federally funded small business grant programs after being sued over its constitutionality.

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Supreme Court Decides to Hear Case Challenging State Law Empowering Government to Seize Entire Value of a House to Pay Much Smaller Property Tax Debt

Minnesota law allowed Hennepin County to seize a $40,000 home owned by a 93-year-old widow to pay off a $15,000 tax debt.

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Federal Court Issues Dubious Decision Dismissing Six-State Lawsuit Against Biden Loan Forgiveness Program for Lack of Standing [Updated]

The ruling is based on badly flawed reasoning, and may well be overturned on appeal. Even if it isn't, the plaintiff states have an obvious way to get around it.

Roll Call

Justices question test for determining protected wetlands - Roll Call

Justices questioned whether the Biden administration’s test for determining jurisdiction for wetlands under the Clean Water Act is too broad.

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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.

Tribune News Service

Losing a home for unpaid taxes often means losing your equity, too

Last year, Massachusetts Democratic state Reps. Tommy Vitolo and Jeff Roy saw a newspaper story about two brothers in their state who had almost lost their home due to unpaid property taxes. That was followed by another article this year featuring a New Bedford woman, recovering from COVID-19, who slept…

Roll Call

Supreme Court to hear case on EPA's Clean Water Act authority - Roll Call

The EPA's power to enforce the Clean Water Act could be curtailed in a case to be considered by the Supreme Court when it convenes Monday.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s student debt relief plan will cause tax hit, lawsuit claims

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration was sued over claims that its sweeping new program to forgive some federal student loans will harm borrowers in at least six states, where laws require tax payments on canceled loans because they’re treated as income.

Reason

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.

The Independent UK

Libertarian group sues to block student debt cancellation

A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven

Reason

'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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