Author: Joshua Thompson PLF attorney Tim Sandefur shows us this excellent cartoon form 1869. He writes: "This 1869 political cartoon by the great Thomas Nast (click to enlarge) depicts an idealized American Thanksgiving table, where all are welcome regardless of … Continue reading
Author: Joshua Thompson PLF President, Rob Rivett, appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show recently discussing PLF's fight against the government's fish-before-people regulations, which are starving farms, businesses, and communities in the San Joaquin Valley of water. Mr. Hewitt devoted his … Continue reading
Author: R. S. Radford Ever wonder why there is a Statue of Liberty on an island in New York Harbor, rather than a Statue of Democracy? Many people apparently think the two terms are synonymous, and those who don't often … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur By now, the answer to the question “revolution or restoration?” should be clear. In 1873, the U.S. Supreme Court cut a hole in the Fourteenth Amendment, taking from it the most important of its provisions, and leaving … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur Since the Progressive Era (roughly the 1920s), it’s been fashionable for law professors and judges to attack the legal principle called “substantive due process.” This theory is said to be at the root of all sorts of … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur Reason magazine's Damon Root has an excellent article here from February explaining the importance of the McDonald case for entrepreneurs and other working people. … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur Here's the Cato Institute's post about our McDonald brief. David Kopel has some very kind words about PLF/Cato's amicus brief on The Volokh Conspiracy. Also, Josh Blackman has posted a podcast here about the brief. … Continue reading