Author: Brandon Middleton I'm sure much will be said in response to Judge Wanger's decision to enjoin the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's X2 action. And given the length and complexity of the court's opinion, there's no way one blog post could highlight every significant aspect of today's decision. He ...
Author: Brandon Middleton In a 140 page decision issued late this morning, Judge Wanger enjoined the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's implementation of the agency's Fall X2 action. The decision may be found here. In a nutshell, this means the government will not be able to restrict water deliveries as much as it wants ̷ ...
PLF attorneys will be speaking soon at events across the country–and even around the world! Don’t forget to check … ...
Author: Timothy Sandefur The city of New London, Connecticut, spent a decade and tens of millions of dollars to destroy Susette Kelo’s neighborhood—and replace it, literally, with a dump. Don’t forget, in Kelo, the Supreme Court emphasized that “the takings before us…would be executed pursuant to a ‘carefully c ...
Author: Joshua Thompson I really enjoyed this post from Legal Planet. In it, the blogger castigates PLF for supporting the plaintiffs in Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach, because a win for the plaintiffs would result in an increase in “environmental bureaucratic red tape.” So why did PLF file an amicus … ...
Author: Reed Hopper In June of this year the D.C. District Court upheld the listing of the polar bear as a "threatened" species without ever answering the fundamental question: How is a thriving species threatened with extinction? In a previous post we discuss how the court got the decision wrong. Last week, PLF ...
Author: Timothy Sandefur I will be speaking at the Cato Institute's Constitution Day symposium on Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. I'll be appearing on panel IV: Looking Ahead to The October 2011 Term. I believe you can watch the event online, but it's better to attend in person if you can. You can register here. … ...
Author: Paul J. Beard II That's the question I ask in an opinion editorial published in today's San Francisco Chronicle, in light of Executive Director Peter Douglas's recent announcement that he is retiring. If you can't pick up a copy of the Chronicle, read it on-line and offer your comments about what you think. ...
Author: Timothy Sandefur The latest video release from LearnLiberty.org is my talk, a few years ago, in Washington, D.C., on the subject of property rights in 21st century America. It related of course, to my then-new book. … ...