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The San Francisco Chronicle reports. … ...

The consent decree was filed this morning. … ...

The film Begging for Billionaires is a vitally important film about the abuse of takings power throughout America. There's a new trailer out, which features PLF client Homer Tourkakis among others. There's more at Begging for Billionaires.com. … ...

So ruled the DC District Court last week in Wildearth Guardians v. Kempthorne.  The court held that the failure to act on an emergency petition (or the denial of an emergency petition) under 16 USC 1533(b)(7) to list a species is not judicially reviewable under either the ESA citizen suit provision or the APA.  The court … ...

The Hawaii Supreme Court declared last week that state courts ought not to simply take the government's word for it when the government claims it's condemning property for public use. Instead, courts should look into a taking to find out whether it is just a pretext for the benefit of a private party. This is … ...

Rather balanced piece from the Merced Sun-Star. … ...

The Boston Globe reports on a new movement in the enviromental community to justify armed intervention into other countries to prevent significant ecological harm, e.g., the draining of wetlands.  The implications of such a theory are frightening. … ...

by Timothy Sandefur The paperback edition of Jeffrey Toobin's book The Nine has appeared, and, alas, despite the fact that Toobin was aware of many inaccuracies in his description of the Kelo case, and even invited corrections, he appears to have decided against fixing those errors. Our friend Gideon Kanner has the story. … ...

From The New York Times. … ...