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EPA brief filed in Sackett v. EPA

December 01, 2011 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Last week EPA filed its response brief in Sackett v. EPA.  Our reply will be filed by the end of this month, with oral argument scheduled for January 9. … ...

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Time for the demise of the commercial speech doctrine

December 01, 2011 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA

Less than a decade ago, the United States Supreme Court came extremely close to potentially overturning the commercial speech doctrine and restoring the First Amendment’s broad protection of free speech to all speakers, regardless of their profit motive. That case, Nike v. Kasky, involved Nike’s press releases and other communications i ...

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SCOTUS Blog features PLF's case as "petition of the day"

December 02, 2011 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

SCOTUSBlog featured our cert. petition in California Grocers Assn. v. Los Angeles as their “petition of the day” yesterday. … ...

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Law or meaningless promises?

December 05, 2011 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I’m quoted in Comstock’s magazine this morning in an article about the Individual Mandate, where I’m paired with Prof. Leslie Jacobs—whom some of you may remember was my sparring partner at a Federalist Society debate in April of this year. What’s interesting is that Prof. Jacobs makes clear once again that this case is a ...

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PLF's Brandon Middleton to testify before House Natural Resources Committee on the ESA

December 05, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

PLF attorney Brandon Middleton, whom readers of the PLF Liberty Blog know has been knee-deep in the delta smelt litigation, will be testifying before the full Natural Resources Committee of the United States House of Representatives tomorrow morning.  This is an oversight hearing on the Endangered Species Act  titled “The Endangered Species ...

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More on PLF's testimony on ESA litigation

December 05, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Anne Hayes noted below that I will be testifying tomorrow at the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Endangered Species Act litigation. A written copy of my testimony can be found here. I will likely have more on the hearing and related thoughts later this week upon my return to Sacramento. … ...

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A new authority for the Supreme Court

December 06, 2011 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

Yes, John Rosenberg, we are citing to you. Mr. Rosenberg has a post over at his excellent blog, Discriminations, noting that I cited his blog in a recent amicus brief filed on behalf of PLF, the Center for Equal Opportunity, the American Civil Rights Institute, the National Association of Scholars and Project 21 supporting certiorari in Fishe ...

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Supreme Court Insider names PLF's Sandefur "Appellate Lawyer of The Week"

December 07, 2011 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Supreme Court Insider‘s Tony Mauro has named me “appellate lawyer of the week” this week, in an article you can read here if you subscribe. (I’m told a free version will become available shortly.) The article focuses on PLF’s participation in the Obamacare cases, Sackett, and the California Grocers Association case. &# ...

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PLF backs homeowners in bridge battle with CCC

December 07, 2011 | By PAUL BEARD

In our latest California Coastal Commission case, we will be supporting homeowners in a lawsuit against that agency by filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief early next year.  Currently before the California Court of Appeal, the case considers whether the Commission can decree public rights in a private pedestrian br ...