Madison, WI; March 25, 2024: Last Friday, Governor Tony Evers signed into law Assembly Bill 969, which completely ends home equity theft in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is the fifth state — along with Nebraska, Maine, South Dakota, and Idaho — to ban home equity theft since the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Tyler v. Hennepin County … ...
Everywhere we turn these days we see stories of individuals taking up residence in properties they don’t own. It’s called “squatting,” but it’s nothing more than trespassing. This explainer clarifies why squatting is immoral and illegal, why it’s growing, and how to stop it. What is squatting? “Squattin ...
States across the nation are responding to the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision last summer in Tyler v. Hennepin County, in which the Court held that home equity theft—when the government takes more than is owed when collecting a property tax debt—is unconstitutional. But some states have proposed reforms that would require property own ...
This month marks 80 years since F. A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom was originally published in Britain. (An American edition was published six months afterward.) The book has since been translated into 20 languages and sold several million copies, making it not only Hayek’s most notable work, but also one of the foremost treatises ̷ ...
The Los Angeles Zoo—which is owned by the City of Los Angeles and receives 1.8 million visitors per year—selects its paid interns based on their race. Pacific Legal Foundation sent a letter to the Zoo this week, pointing out that its discriminatory internship program likely violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause as well as ...
Last week, a judge ruled that parents Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins’ lawsuit could move forward against government officials who stole their children from their home without a court order in the middle of the night. The basis for this action? A single x-ray of their sick infant showed an old, healing rib injury. Without … ...
Raleigh, NC; February 20: Today, Robert White filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers for ignoring the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA. “Ours is a nation of laws, not of unrestrained bureaucrats,” said Charles Yates, an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation. “EPA’s ...
Robert White worked for many years to build a highly successful commercial seafood business in North Carolina. While he earned a good livelihood, he invested much of his earnings in coastal property as a way to ensure financial security for his children.But now Robert and his family face financial ruin due to a remorseless power grab by two federal ...
Syracuse, NY; March 14, 2024: Pacific Legal Foundation is now representing a New York business that is challenging the State’s discriminatory business licensing scheme for cannabis retailers. The State favors some applicants more highly than others based on the race and sex of the owners. The result: Valencia Ag is prevented from being consid ...
When the State of New York legalized cannabis in 2021, William and Emmet Purcell seized the opportunity to plant roots in the burgeoning industry. By September 2023, William and Emmet had established their business, Valencia Ag, in upstate New York. They signed a $2,000-per-month lease—plus utilities. All that remained was to get a license. Valen ...