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It’s June, which means it’s high Supreme Court season. By the end of this month, we should have decisions in the Obamacare cases, and also in some other important disputes before the High Court. Here are the cases we’re following at PLF. = Obamacare: If you missed our extensive coverage of the oral arguments in March, … ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that, on Monday, it will publish an “initial finding” on our petition to delist and/or downlist six ESA-listed species in California and Oregon.  Last December, PLF and several agricultural organizations filed a petition seeking to remove the Inyo California towhee from the list of thr ...

Hello Liberty Blog readers.  I am Rob Rivett, President of Pacific Legal Foundation.  Each Friday I am going to give you an update on some of the most interesting happenings around PLF.  Please stop by our Facebook page, and let me know what you think of these updates, and what other things you would like me … ...

Tomorrow the Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in WMW Honda v. American Honda Motor Company, a case that will determine the scope of a Georgia law that allows existing car dealerships to block the opening of competing dealerships in their area. As I discussed in a prior blog post, this case arose when Honda “made the … ...

Bellevue, Washington; June 4, 2012: This month marks the kickoff of the 20th anniversary celebrations for Pacific Legal Foundation’s first regional office — its Pacific Northwest (PNW) Center, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The founding of the PNW Center in 1992 was a major milestone in PLF’s history, giving added momentum to ...

Briefing has been completed in the Ninth Circuit appeal of Judge Wanger’s decision to invalidate and remand the 2008 delta smelt biological opinion.  A final reply brief was filed late last month by the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District.  The State Water Contractors and Metropolitan Water District ...

I’ll be speaking tonight about Obamacare to the Silicon Valley Conservative Forum in Mountain View. Please come if you can! You can learn more here. … ...

In one of the most outrageous claims I’ve seen in a while, two attorneys for the Asian Law Caucus argue that the Supreme Court should uphold Grutter, because overturning it would have a devastating effect on Asian-American students.  Talk about chutpah!  Of course the truth is exactly the opposite, more than any other racial group, … ...

Briefing is now complete in the case Corboy v. Louie, a case that will hopefully result in the invalidation of a race-based property tax scheme in Hawaii.  The Supreme Court will decide on June 21st whether to review the Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision that tossed out a challenge to the discriminatory tax law.  PLF’s brief in … ...