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In March 2011, the Douglas County School Board became the first school board in the nation to adopt a private school choice program.  The Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program (CSP) was intended to provide scholarships for up to 500 children in the County, allowing them to attend the private or public school of their choice.  They could ev ...

What if we, the people, were to ask federal administrative agencies to respond in a timely manner to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?  The current denizens of the federal government tell us they will respond only if and when sued.  Otherwise, we, the people, can pound salt. That’s what happened in our c ...

Join me tomorrow at 9am Pacific on KQED radio as we discuss the upcoming Supreme Court case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. … ...

Last week I talked with Armstrong and Getty, Joe Messina, Tom Sullivan, and Mike Slater about the Supreme Court’s last batch of decisions. Click on the links to listen if you missed ’em. And don’t forget that Tuesday, July 14, I and my colleagues Anastasia Boden and Jonathan Wood will be hosting a Supreme Court … ...

The California Teachers Association—one of the most politically powerful groups in the state—may have to start funding its political campaigns with the money of only those teachers who actually support its goals.  Unlike other groups that seek donations from like-minded people who support the organizations’ goals, the CTA has long benefi ...

The final rule redefining “waters of the United States,” subject to federal control under the Clean Water Act, was published today in the Federal Register.  According to the rule, it will become effective on August 28, 2015, and will be deemed issued for judicial review on July 13, 2015.  This latter date is significant because ̷ ...

Today’s Supreme Court decision in Michigan, et al. v. EPA (consolidated with Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA and National Mining Assoc. v. EPA) invalidated EPA’s regulation on electric power plant hazardous air pollutants for not taking its enormous costs into account. It affirms a common-sense principle that EPA too often ignores: ...

It has been a long road for Abigail Fisher, but she will have her day once again in the Supreme Court of the United States.  Two years ago the Court rightly ruled that tax-supported universities don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt from courts when they engage in race-based preferences and discrimination.  The issue stemming from … ...

The physical invasion of the raisin snatchers — a property rights victory at the Supreme Court  In a week marked by several major Supreme Court decisions that were quite disappointing to advocates of limited government and the rule of law, there was one very bright spot: this decision in Horne v. United States Department of Agriculture. T ...