Today I’ll be speaking to a number of groups on the Sackett case. This morning I’ll be speaking through Skype at SUNY Buffalo Law School for the seminar “Beyond Jurisdiction: The Future of Wetland Law and Policy.” Later on today, … Continue reading
The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments about Arizona’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. That state’s law gives police officers the duty to check identification and take other steps to enforce federal immigration laws which, the state argues, … Continue reading
PLF Principal Attorney R. S. Radford and members of The Wall Street Journal editorial board will discuss New York City’s rent control, and the constitutional challenge to the policy, LIVE at 2PM, on their website: www.wsj.com. Read the press release. … Continue reading
Over the weekend, the Associated Press put a very silly “report” on campus diversity in California. The “report” notes that: The effects of California’s ban, known as Proposition 209, are particularly evident at the world-renowned University of California, Berkeley campus, … Continue reading
For years, environmental activists have sought to expand the scope of the Endangered Species Act by distorting the standards for listing wildlife populations as threatened or endangered. PLF has consistently opposed illegal expansion of the ESA. The bald eagle was … Continue reading
Judges Janice Brown and David Sentelle drew attention in the blogosphere last week for their rip-roaring opinion in Hettinga v. United States. The judges were right that courts have abandoned their constitutional duty to protect the rights of property owners and … Continue reading
California’s hostile business climate is exemplified by the state’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), which invites plaintiffs with trivial and even nonexistent injuries to bombard companies with “consumer protection” lawsuits. Because these lawsuits benefit the trial bar far more than consumers, … Continue reading