Author: Timothy Sandefur On Monday, I spoke to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco about economic liberty and the law. They've posted the video of the talk on YouTube. The talk is also going to be broadcast on Bay Area … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur The Supreme Court of Illinois issued a decision a few days ago in Barber v. American Airlines, agreeing with PLF’s friend of the court brief and overruling an old precedent that allowed lawsuits to go forward even … Continue reading
Author: Damien M. Schiff NRDC's Switchboard blog carried yesterday a story on a letter signed by some 1300 scientists to the US Senate, urging that body not to meddle with endangered species decisions but to leave those decisions to the … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur My friend Clint Bolick has just published his new book, Death Grip: Loosening The Law’s Stranglehold Over Economic Liberty, with the Hoover Institution. It looks like a great discussion of how previous Supreme Court decisions—especially the Slaughterhouse … Continue reading
Author: Brandon Middleton There will no injunction issued in the immediate future in the salmon biological opinion litigation. Judge Wanger issued the following order this afternoon: Based on the parties’ filings related to the Bureau of Reclamation’s projection that, due … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur Burdensome new regulations on toy makers have helped kill Mothering magazine after 35 years of publication. (Courtesy of Overlawyered.com, which if you aren’t already reading, you should.) … Continue reading
Author: Timothy Sandefur I was on Northern California’s Armstrong & Getty show again this morning to talk about Jerry Brown’s attempt to rein in the state’s 400+ redevelopment agencies—the government agencies whose job it is to steal your property through … Continue reading