Today, I submitted an amicus brief in Pung v. Isabella County, the "home equity theft" takings case I previously wrote about here. The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute, and a group of takings ...

Last week, the Supreme Court held a hearing to question attorneys in the Pung v. Isabella case, in which Isabella County foreclosed the Pung’s home over a roughly $2,200 tax bill that they say shouldn ...

To frame the issues at stake, Ms. Karpchuk reviews the high court's 2023 decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County, which involved a similar fact pattern: A government entity seized a home over unpaid ...

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday over whether tax foreclosure sales are constitutional. Pung v. Isabella County involves the rights of a foreclosed upon ...

Christopher Riano analyzes how ‘Pung v. Isabella County’ tests the constitutional limits of tax foreclosure under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause and the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause ...

On February 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, No. 25-95, a case that could materially reshape the constitutional framework ...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Wednesday of a Michigan family’s challenge to the foreclosure of their home due to unpaid taxes. Justices on the court heard ...

(The Center Square) – A Michigan family’s decades-long fight over a property seizure will be before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday for oral arguments. This marks the latest challenge to how ...