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Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Brown, and confirmed that the California Constitution guarantees equality under the law. In 1996, California voters adopted Proposition 209 – the California Civil Rights Initiative – which amended the California Constitution to pr ...

On Thursday, March 28, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law H.B. 2319, a bill which eliminates a nasty procedural hurdle for property owners who seek just compensation under that state’s Private Property Rights Protection Act (Proposition 207). You might remember that some years ago, PLF filed the first lawsuit seeking just compensatio ...

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take review of the important property rights case, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States.  This case asks whether government actions that result in intermittent physical invasion and occupation of another person’s property over a period of 8 years give rise to a claim for damage ...

It’s been an amazing month here at PLF. First there was our unanimous Supreme Court victory in Sackett v. EPA, striking down environmental bureaucrats’ abuse of process against landowners. Then there was our participation in the historic Obamacare cases before the Supreme Court. Then the Governor of Arizona signed legislation to protect ...

PLF’s recent unanimous Supreme Court win in the Sackett case has enlivened the debate about agency abuse and federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. In Sackett, the Supreme Court once again chastised the agency for not adopting clear, formal rules delineating federal jurisdiction over “navigable waters.” But the EPA and C ...

Last Thursday, E&E reporter Lawrence Hurley published this story on PLF’s landmark victory in Sackett v. EPA. The story is titled “Justice was blind to some facts in Idaho wetlands case,” and the impression one gets from reading it is that Mike and Chantell Sackett should not be viewed as sympathetically as common sense would ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the temporary takings case, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. Our friends at the Cato Institute wrote this article highlighting the importance of the case to private landowners. … ...

At PLF we believe that equality means treating everybody equally–that the government should not treat people differently because of something as genetically insignificant as skin color. We envision a society where everyone is equal under the law. Under this vision, universities would not be able to grant preferences to college applicants j ...

The Wall Street Journal’s John Cochrane makes a crucial point: if the Supreme Court does strike down the Individual Mandate, something will have to be done to address the nation’s health care problems. … ...