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An eminent domain case out of Rhode Island shows how YIMBY regulatory reforms and libertarian constitutional law activism work in tandem.

Reason

When Is a Park Fee Unconstitutional?

Plus: San Francisco slashes affordable housing mandates, wide support for streamlining environmental review, and Mamdani's rent ripoff report.

Reason

Border Cops Can Search Your Phone Whenever They Want, If You're Within 100 Miles of the Border

They can also search it without a warrant if you're flying abroad. Yes, even if you're an American citizen.

Reason

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Federalist Society Courthouse Steps Podcast on Pung v. Isabella County Takings Case

I took part along with Deborah La Fetra of the Pacific Legal Foundation (who helped litigate the case).

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Federal Judge Delivers Due Process Win Against DOJ Registry Overreach

The Justice Department is permanently blocked from prosecuting Californians who fail to register when the state no longer requires it.

Reason

Update on Potential Condemnation of New Jersey Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts

After a public outcry, the scheduled vote on the plan to use eminent domain has been postponed indefinitely. If the Town of Toms River does try to condemn the church, there is likely to be a major legal battle.

Reason

Constitutional Limits on Environmental Law -- Call for Papers

The Pacific Legal Foundation and Catholic University Law Review are co-sponsoring a symposium on environmental law's constitutional constraints;

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Starter Homes Live in Texas, Die in Arizona

Plus: A new constitutional challenge to inclusionary zoning fees, a vetoed ban on rent-recommendation software, and a ill-conceived rent freeze in New York City.

Reason

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Dial 'T' for Terrible Telehealth Laws

How restrictions on telemedicine are forcing doctors to choose between following the law and obeying their ethical obligations.

Reason

Governments Are Still Stealing People's Home Equity Over Modest Tax Debts

A handful of states use loopholes to get around a Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice unconstitutional.

Reason

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.

Reason

Three states end judicial deference practices

Lawmakers in Indiana, Nebraska, and Idaho passed bills in March 2024 to end judicial deference practices in each state. The bills were based on model legislation developed by The Goldwater Institute and the Pacific Legal Foundation, titled the Judicial Deference Reform Act.

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Laws Requiring Social Media Firms to Host Content they Prefer to Exclude Violate the Takings Clause

Ethan Blevins of the Pacific Legal Foundation explains why. I myself have made similar arguments.

Reason

Upcoming Pacific Legal Foundation Symposia on Regulatory Takings and the Antiquities Act

PLF seeks submissions by scholars.

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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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Public Interest Lawyer Opening for Property Rights and Economic Liberty Litigation in Tennessee

Here is an excerpt of the job announcement; the Director of Legal Affairs there is Wen Fa, formerly of the Pacific Legal Foundation: The Beacon Center is Tennessee's premier free market public policy organization and public interest law firm. Beacon is pound for pound the most effective and efficient state-level…

Reason

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.

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94-Year-Old Prevails in Home Equity Supreme Court Case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "home equity theft" violates the Constitution.

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US Supreme Court: Woman entitled to profit from condo seized, sold by Minneapolis' Hennepin County

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously in favor of a 94-year-old woman who argued that she was entitled to some of the profits from the sale of a condominium for which she owed taxes and penalties — a decision likely to result in changes to state's property forfeiture…

The Independent UK

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

WEKU

Grandma didn't pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case

At issue in the case before the Supreme Court is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.

Reason

She Had $2,300 in Unpaid Taxes. The County Bilked Her for $25,000.

Geraldine Tyler's case is not unique; home equity theft is legal in Minnesota and 11 other states.

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