Monthly Archives: May 2010
A whirlwind of unexpected twists in the Hurricane Katrina global warming suit
Author: Luke A. Wake Recently I posted on our filing in Comer v. Murphy Oil - a case that environmentalists hoped would open the floodgates for suits against large corporations as a back-door means of addressing the climate change issue. Here … Continue reading
PLF’s Timothy Sandefur to talk about worm droppings on the radio tonight
Author: Timothy Sandefur Tonight, at 7:30 Pacific, I'll be talking with KOGO's Chris Reed about the case of George Hahn, the southern California entrepreneur whose fertilizer, Worm Gold, has been declared a "pesticide" by state bureaucrats, even though it's made of … Continue reading
Favorable ruling in the Delta smelt case
Author: Damien M. Schiff Yesterday evening, the court issued its ruling on the preliminary injunction motion filed in the Delta smelt consolidated cases. Below is a quick resume of the decision. Bottom line, however, is that the cutbacks are illegal, … Continue reading
Columbia University’s eminent domain case
Author: Timothy Sandefur Damon Root at Reason magazine has a story about the Columbia University eminent domain case. (That case is scheduled for oral argument before New York's highest court on Tuesday, and I will be live-blogging it over at … Continue reading
Environmental regulation: a threat to national security
Author: Damien M. Schiff Today's Vancouver Sun has this article about a recent statement from a group of Republican lawmakers charging that environmental regulations, including those for the grizzly bear, are hampering Homeland Security's efforts effectively to patrol the Washington-British … Continue reading
Making the case for freedom
Author: Timothy Sandefur Steven Horwitz has an excellent series of brief blog posts (1, 2, 3) on how to make the argument for liberty–and how to avoid common pitfalls. Highly recommended. … Continue reading