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"Tim the Lawyer" explains today's Supreme Court decisions on Armstrong & Getty

June 30, 2014 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

This morning I was in studio to talk about today’s two big Supreme Court decisions with Armstrong and Getty. If you missed it, you can listen here. And you can learn more about Hobby Lobby here and the union fees case here. … ...

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Supreme Court upholds religious freedom rights of business owners

June 30, 2014 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Today’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case represents a narrow but important victory for business owners across the United States. The Court ruled that the “contraception mandate” provision of Obamacare violates a federal statute called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA, or “riffra” for short), which restricts ...

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US Supreme Court declines to hear Drakes Bay Oyster Company appeal

June 30, 2014 | By TONY FRANCOIS

Pacific Legal Foundation is very disappointed that the court declined to hear this very important case.  For now, Americans in certain parts of the country will remain subject to second class citizenship, because the federal courts are closed to them when federal agencies terminate their permits and licenses, even when those actions destroy jobs ...

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Harris v. Quinn : Victory for workers!

June 30, 2014 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA

In Harris v. Quinn, the Supreme Court today struck down an Illinois executive order and law that declares all personal home healthcare assistants to be public employees, for the sole purpose of being represented by a union that seeks to lobby for greater government spending (Medicaid) on home healthcare. Under the Illinois law, the Service … ...

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Tom Sullivan discusses today's Supreme Court decisions with PLF's Timothy Sandefur

June 30, 2014 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I joined Fox Radio’s Tom Sullivan this afternoon to talk about the Hobby Lobby case and the Quinn case, both important victories for economic freedom and the First Amendment. If you missed it, you can listen online here. … ...

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Supreme Court denies cert in Minority TV free speech case

June 30, 2014 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Today the Supreme Court denied cert in a First Amendment challenge to the FCC’s ban on certain types of paid advertising on public television stations. The ban prohibits commercials for for-profit businesses and politicians, but allows the stations to broadcast ads for non-profit entities. The Minority Television Project (Minority TV), a publ ...

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Is there any limit to the Takings Clause's Public Use requirement?

June 30, 2014 | By JONATHAN WOOD

Last week, the Utah Supreme Court revived a challenge to the Utah Department of Transportation’s abuse of eminent domain. The Department needed a small part (1.2 acres) of a larger parcel (15 acres) for a light rail project. Instead of condemning the part of the property necessary for the project, the Department decided to take … ...

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Nevada bureaucrats : we need to "vet" people before they exercise First Amendment rights

June 30, 2014 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Retired Police Detective and PLF client Troy Castillo The right to speak freely isn’t just for political candidates; it’s also a central part of the right to earn a living. That’s why PLF’s Economic Liberty Project is in court fighting for Troy Castillo’s right to work as a private investigator without being subject ...

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Whittling away at NFIB v. Sebelius, the SCOTUS way

June 28, 2014 | By MIKE GARCIA

After the Supreme Court’s decision in NFIB v. Sebelius came out, David Franklin hailed Chief Justice Roberts’ decision in Slate Magazine.  The decision shocked many who thought Roberts would join the conservatives in striking down Obamacare, but Franklin praised Roberts for saving Court’s credibility, noting that “a 5-4 dec ...