The UK is on track to restrict jury trials—and the U.S. could be next.
This week, British Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor (a position comparable to the U.S. Attorney General) David Lammy addressed the House of Commons, arguing that legal reform is desperately needed to clear up the backlog of criminal cases. The Crown Court faces an unprecedented number of backlogged cases, which could exceed 100,000 by 2028 ...
Curing the Mischiefs of Faction : The Federalist Papers Nos. 9 and 10
The power that a group of people united by common passions can wield, and the danger this can present to those outside that group, was top of mind for the men who wrote the Constitution. And it was the topic of Alexander Hamilton's Federalist No. 9 and James Madison's Federalist No. 10, both published 238 years ago today. Written under the pseud ...
Proposed CFPB rule protects creditors from censorship
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule amending the regulation that was used to censor PLF client Barry Sturner, former owner of a small mortgage brokerage firm, Townstone Financial, Inc. If Regulation B is amended, CFPB officials will need evidence to prove that a creditor's discriminatory and discouragin ...
A New Birth of Freedom : Abraham Lincoln’s words of hope to a house divided
On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address with these famous opening words: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Lincoln relied upon the wisdom of the American Founders, ...
Biden-era executive order harms business owners, forcing them into union agreements
The Trump administration recently enforced a Biden-era executive order, harming contractors and subcontractors that provide services to federal entities, and Bill Slayden is one of the many contractors who have been harmed by this rule. If Bill wants to continue providing construction services to the federal government, which is a major source of h ...
‘Certificate of Need’ and occupational licensing laws restrict access to healthcare. States can do better.
Certificate of need (CON) laws and occupational licensing pose unnecessary barriers to life-saving medical care. In a recent law review article, Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys Jaimie Cavanaugh and Anastasia Boden analyzed how these restrictions impose undue burdens on patients and practitioners. "Restrictions on entrepreneurship and the rest ...
Telehealth deserves broader First Amendment protections, new law review article says
Telehealth benefits patients and physicians nationwide. Instead of traveling to a brick-and-mortar office, patients meet their providers online for advice or to determine whether in-person care is necessary—saving both time and money. Yet court opinions and state licensing regimes often restrict patients from accessing necessary medical care via ...
Congress neglected its legislative authority again. SCOTUS has a chance to fix it.
On Monday, Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief in support of Hernán Lopez and Full Play Group in a combined case: Full Play Group, S.A. v. United States, et al. and Lopez v. United States, et al. If the Supreme Court grants certiorari for these combined cases, the Court can address Congress's continual failure to exercise its constituti ...
Dismemberment, dissolution, and the Constitution—celebrating the 238th anniversary of Federalist Paper No. 2
Over two hundred years ago this month, the New York newspapers began publishing what is now known as The Federalist Papers. Led by Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers included a series of 85 polemical essays written to convince New Yorkers to support the Constitution and the preservation of the Union. While today is a spooky holiday, known ...