University of Pittsburgh School of Law Faculty Blog

Professor Jules Lobel is the lead attorney in a lawsuit filed on November 12 by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of the antipoverty group ACORN and several other plaintiffs challenging Congress’ defunding of ACORN as an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder. The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the statute. Professor Lobel was quoted in conjunction with the filing of the lawsuit by the New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, NPR, the NYDaily News, Fox News and various other media outlets.