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A beginner's introduction to natural law

October 29, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Timothy Sandefur Bill Whittle has an excellent video explaining the basic principles of natural law underlying the American Constitution. … ...

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The continuing fight against eminent domain abuse

October 28, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Last week, PLF filed an amicus brief in support of the property owners' petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court in Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Development Corporation.  The case is about Columbia University's plan to extend its campus into the Manhattanville ...

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Saving the Polar Bear or Obama's CO2 Agenda?

October 27, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Reed Hopper On October 21, the day after the first hearing on the listing challenge to the polar bear, the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Heritage Foundation co-sponsored a panel discussion on the polar bear, the Endangered Species Act, and the implications for our country.    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, at & ...

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Hypocrisy as a virtue

October 26, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: R. S. Radford Writing of John Maynard Keynes's General Theory, Henry Hazlitt once opined that the book contained much that was true, and much that was original.  Unfortunately, the parts that were true were not original, and the parts that were original were not true.  A similar criticism could be leveled at Keith J. … ...

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What we teach our kids about free enterprise

October 26, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Timothy Sandefur Here's this week's Little-Kids'-Lemonade-Stand-Shut-Down-By-Bureaucrat-With-Nothing-Better-To-Do story. Except this time it's a Jack-O-Lantern stand instead. … ...

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Court of Appeals : stream buffers took private property

October 25, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brian T. Hodges Earlier this year, PLF stepped in to help Kipp and Marilyn Dunlap protect themselves against an uncompensated taking of their vacant residential lot in Nooksack, Washington (located just south of the Canadian border).  As you may recall, the Dunlaps purchased a quarter-acre lot with the dream of building their home the ...

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Environmental activists angry over wood stork recovery

October 25, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Reed Hopper Although U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists have recommended reclassifying the wood stork from endangered to threatened because the stork's range and population have doubled in recent years, activists rage over the Florida Home Builders' request that the Service take action on its own recommendation. Rather than&# ...

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"Can the Endangered Species Act Compel America to Abandon Fossil Fuels?"

October 25, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton Via the Financial Times, a nice summary by Marlo Lewis on how the Endangered Species Act may eventually be used to limit an individual's day-to-day activities.  An excerpt: Once the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) listed the polar bear as a “threatened species” on the supposition that carbon dioxide ( ...

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Fox News covers new PLF suit against California Coastal Commission

October 25, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Paul J. Beard II This morning, Fox News did a segment on our most recent lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission: SDS Family Trust v. California Coastal Commission. You won't want to miss this excellent interview of one of our clients, Denise McLaughlan, explaining the Commission's extortionate demand for a mi ...