Author: Brandon Middleton Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reconsider its November 2009 decision in National Parks & Conservation Assoc. v. Bureau of Land Management (available here), in which it held that a BLM land exchange with … Continue reading
Author: Ted Hadzi-Antich On July 28, 2010, EPA denied the petition by Pacific Legal Foundation to reconsider the agency's "endangerment" finding under the Clean Air Act, a finding that lays the groundwork for stringent regulation of greenhouse gases and could impose … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur In a recent blog post I mentioned that liberals, no less than conservatives, ought to be very wary of expanding government power under the commerce clause. It turns out that Walter Lippmann (no conservative, he) made the … Continue reading
Author: Luke A. Wake The federal government has only those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution. The Constitution allows the federal government to regulate interstate commerce, including both economic activities and non-economic activities affecting interstate commerce. But, the mandate to … Continue reading
Author: Paul Beard Imagine this scenario: Your city grants you a permit to build on your land. The permit is appealed—say, by some disgruntled neighbor—to a state land-use agency with limited authority to review locally approved projects. You sue the state agency … Continue reading
Authors: Lana Harfoush & Anne-Marie Dao Saturday marks what would have been Milton Friedman’s 98th birthday. What gift would you give a man of so many achievements? A Nobel Prize recipient in Economics, an inspiring force for many nations’ leaders, … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur A reader commenting on yesterday’s post about our lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare asked an interesting question, the answer to which can help illuminate the limits of federal power under the Constitution. “Since the federal government … Continue reading