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WSJ on California's Endangered Species Act mess

September 02, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton Today's Wall Street Journal has a great op-ed on how Endangered Species Act restrictions have led to devasation through California's San Joaquin Valley.  Definitely worth a read, especially since it mentions our "God Squad" effort and delta smelt Commerce Clause challenge! … ...

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American Enterprise Institute hosts Sept. 15 conference on ESA reform

September 08, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton For those in the DC area, it looks like AEI is hosting what is sure to be an interesting conference on the Endangered Species Act.  Here is a description of the event: The Endangered Species Act (ESA), enacted in 1973 with the aim of conserving and protecting species of flora and fauna … ...

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Who said it? Take our Freedom Quotes Quiz!

September 09, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

FREEDOM QUOTES QUIZ Choose who SAID these eloquent words with the powerful theme:NO to Big Government! 1.    “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.”     A.    Calvin Coolidge    B. � ...

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Does the Obama administration think that Endangered Species Act relief won't help the San Joaquin Valley?

September 09, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton Last week Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke submitted this letter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in response to the Governor's request that the Obama administration engage in reconsultation over two Endangered Species Act biological opinions. The Secretaries denied the ...

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Interim challenge to wolf hunts in Idaho and Wyoming denied

September 10, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Damien M. Schiff On Tuesday, Judge Donald Molloy of the District of Montana, in Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar, denied a prelimary injunction motion filed by several environmental groups seeking to stop gray wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana.  Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the Northern Rockies gr ...

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Coverage of Mississippi Levee Board suit

September 11, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Damien M. Schiff Last month, PLF filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's unwarranted veto of a desperately needed flood control project in the lower Mississippi Delta.  The latest Impact Newsletter from the Board has an excellent article detailin ...

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Announcing PLF's 2010 CPIL Fellowships

September 15, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Attention 3Ls!  Apply now for a post-grad litigation Fellowship with PLF at our Sacramento headquarters, starting in September, 2010.   Applications are due at the end of this month, so don't delay! … ...

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PLF celebrates Milton Friedman

September 15, 2009 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Author: Timothy Sandefur This is very late, I'm sorry to say, but here is a video of remarks by PLF client Adam Sweet and myself at a luncheon that PLF and the Cascade Policy Institute sponsored in honor of Milton Friedman a few months ago. Adam, you'll remember, succeeded in overturning the cartel that Oregon law created ̷ ...

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Upcoming appearances

September 15, 2009 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Author: Timothy Sandefur I'll be speaking tomorrow at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, where my friend Stephen Hicks runs the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Then on Thursday, I'll be speaking to the Federalist Society at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison. On October 13, I'll be speaking to the Federalist ...