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Author: Brandon Middleton A highly informative article from The Sacramento Bee's Matt Weiser. … ...

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Former President Bill Clinton recently caused something of a stir by his public suggestion that President Obama could unilaterally increase the debt ceiling by invoking the authority of Section 4 of the 14th Amendment.  That provision of the Amendment states:  "The validity of the public debt of the ...

Author: Brandon Middleton As the delta smelt litigation proceeds in Fresno, Pacific Legal Foundation continues its fight to have the U.S. Supreme Court review the constitutionality of delta smelt water cutbacks.  This week, numerous groups and organizations filed amicus curiae briefs in support of PLF's petition for a writ of certio ...

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Earlier this year the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown, overturned the EPA's longstanding Clean Water Act regulatory exemption for stormwater runoff from forest roads.  PLF filed two amicus briefs in the case on behalf of industry groups that are right ...

Author: Jonathan Wood Milton Friedman, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, would have turned 99 on Sunday.  Though few individuals have been as deserving of praise, Milton Friedman was “much more interested in having people thinking about the ideas” than the person having them.  In that spirit, we celebrate his bi ...

Author: Brian T. Hodges Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA) envisions a scheme where every city and county, in every nook and cranny of the state, adopts land use regulations responsive to a host of general societal interests  (e.g, affordable housing, preserving property rights, protecting rural lands from urban development, prote ...

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Fox News is reporting that a leading polar bear researcher—Charles Monnett—is under investigation by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.  Apparently the investigation is focusing on a 2006 peer-reviewed report that Monnett authored, which details the supposed drowni ...

Author: Joshua Thompson After PLF and the American Sports Council made waves announcing their lawsuit concerning the application of sex-based quotas on American high schools, the proponents of sex-based quotas have finally begun their counter-attack.  Unsurprisingly, however, the response from the Title IX Blog is based& ...

Author:  Damien M. Schiff The California Coastal Commission is making a ruckus over the expansion of the Flower Hill Mall, a popular spot located just east of the Del Mar Racetrack on the north coastal edge of the City of San Diego.  The Commission contends that the Mall's expansion requires a coastal development permit from … ...