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PLF attorneys prepare to defend Prop. 209 (again)
Author: Daniel Himebaugh Late last year, PLF attorneys won a major victory when a federal district court granted our motion to dismiss a challenge to California's Proposition 209. Now that ruling is being appealed, and PLF attorneys are gearing up once again to defend Prop. 209 in the Ninth Circuit in Coalition to Defend Affirmative ...
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Oral argument in Obamacare case in the Sixth Circuit
Author: Timothy Sandefur Oral arguments were heard today in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the challenge to the Individual Mandate in Thomas Moore Law Ctr. v. Obama. You can listen to the arguments on the court's website here. PLF is not participating in this case, but you can read attorney Charles M. Miller's recap ...
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PLF’s Timothy Sandefur on San Diego’s Chris Reed Show tonight at 7
Author: Timothy Sandefur I’ll be talking with Chris Reed on San Diego’s KOGO AM 600 this evening at 7 about vague laws and the danger they present to individual liberty. You can listen online here. … ...
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Fewer salvaged smelt, more water
Author: Damien M. Schiff Tom Philp of the Metropolitan Water District (which provides water to millions of customers in Southern California) has this interesting piece in the San Francisco Chronicle blog noting that this past season, not a single Delta smelt was taken at the state water pumping facility in the south Delta. The hypothe ...
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PLF Board Chair provides important reminder of California's regulatory drought
Author: Brandon Middleton Although California has received a significant amount of precipitation over the past several months, it is crucial to remember the worrisome long-term prospects for water users throughout the state. Thanks largely to the Endangered Species Act and the flawed regulatory regime it brings, farmers and municipalities ar ...
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Plessy v. Ferguson : A happy ending
Author: Joshua Thompson The Washington Post has the story. … ...
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If a tree pollutes in the woods…
Author: Brian T. Hodges For years, Washington’s Department of Ecology has been trying to determine the source of pollutants entering Puget Sound. The presumption, of course, has been that those dastardly humans who have the gall to live in a home and drive to work – god forbid that they take a trip to one … ...
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We're not last!
Author: Joshua Thompson The Mercatus Center just released its "Freedom in the 50 States" survey, and California came in at 48th, just ahead of New York and New Jersey. … ...
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PLF’s Supreme Court watch
Author: Timothy Sandefur June is Supreme Court season—when the high court usually issues its most interesting and controversial decisions. Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys are watching to see what the justices have to say about several cases in which we’ve filed briefs: On the merits 1. American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut (PLF̵ ...