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My Commonwealth Club talk about The Right to Earn A Living

March 31, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 public radio, but I haven't yet heard when that will be. … ...

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Illinois Supreme Court agrees with PLF—limits class action lawsuit abuse

March 31, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 if the defendant admitted he was wrong and paid the plaintiff everything she wanted. … ...

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Government by scientists?

March 31, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 experts.  NRDC's gloss on the letter states: "The message to Congress is loud and ...

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Death Grip : Loosening the Law’s Stranglehold over Economic Liberty

March 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 Cases—have ramifications in daily life for so many hardwork ...

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Judge Wanger deems salmon TRO and prelim. injunction motions to have been withdrawn

March 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 to hydrologic conditions, Action IV.2.1 will not control o ...

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How the Nanny State killed Mothering magazine

March 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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.) … ...

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Jerry Brown’s redevelopment plans

March 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 eminent domain and give it to private developers. You can listen here ...

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When will the South Mississippi Delta get congressionally promised flood relief?

March 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Earlier this week, a federal court in Mississippi upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's veto of a much-needed flood control project in the Mississippi South Delta. Attorneys for PLF filed the suit on behalf of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, a state agency entrusted with protecting area resid ...

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Debate on the constitutionality of Obamacare

March 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Timothy Sandefur I’ll be debating Prof. Leslie Jacobs on the constitutionality of the Individual Mandate on April 13 at noon at the Sutter Club in downtown Sacramento. Tickets are $15, and I hope we’ll have a lot of PLF’s supporters there! You can learn more here. … ...