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PLF Begins Argument in the Supreme Court in Hawkes Case

March 31, 2016 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Live from PLF’s D.C. Center, PLF D.C. Executive Director Todd Gaziano moderates a round table discussion on Pacific Legal Foundation’s opening argument in the Supreme Court for Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes. Joining Todd are PLF Attorneys for the case, Mark Miller and Reed Hopper, PLF President and CEO Rob Rivett, Local Counsel Nanc ...

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North Carolina public school sponsors club for "colored girls"

March 31, 2016 | By MERIEM L. HUBBARD

PLF attorneys recently learned that officials at a public charter school in North Carolina have organized a racially segregated club for “Girls of Color.” Caucasian girls are not allowed to join the club or to participate in any of the activities sponsored by the club. Not only is this shocking in this day and age, … ...

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Economic liberty, school choice, and opportunity for all

March 31, 2016 | By WENCONG FA

This morning, I spoke with the Northern California Record, an upstart paper affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, about my participation in a UC Berkeley panel debate on affirmative action. The journalist asked several important questions, but the one that stuck out was a question on what the government can do to ensure that everyone is give ...

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"We are coming to you live from #SCOTUS…"

March 31, 2016 | By MARK MILLER

Well, we *were* coming to you live from the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States— yesterday, that is, after the Court heard oral argument in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Company, Inc. You can watch a replay of the live webcast at this link. Further, you can hear a podcast that … ...

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In modern constitutional battles, its often 1984, not 2016

March 30, 2016 | By J. DAVID BREEMER

My son is currently reading George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, 1984.  As many of you probably remember, the story is about a society subject to pervasive government control and monitoring and one person’s (Winston Smith) attempt to escape that control through small acts of personal rebellion. Family and love are discouraged b ...

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Forbes publishes new piece on judicial review for agency bureaucrats

March 29, 2016 | By TODD GAZIANO

As all Liberty Blog readers should know, PLF’s Reed Hopper will argue another landmark case tomorrow in the Supreme Court, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Company. To help explain what is at stake in the case, Forbes.com just published an op-ed that Reed and I wrote. In its simplest terms, “Hawkes Company and its … ...

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Teachers’ constitutional rights : out with a whimper

March 29, 2016 | By DEBORAH LA FETRA

I wrote about today’s Supreme Court affirmance-by-tie-vote in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association for Forbes.com.  The bottom line is that today’s decision is a profound disappointment to non-union public employees who were this close to prevailing over the unions’ ability to garnish their wages for politicking in the g ...

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PLF pays another visit to the Supreme Court

March 29, 2016 | By MARK MILLER

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, March 30), lead environmental attorney for PLF, M. Reed Hopper, will argue on behalf of property rights, judicial review, and fairness when he represents Hawkes Company before the Supreme Court of the United States in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Company, Inc. After the oral argument, I will explain during a ...

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Will Phoenix taxpayers strikeout?

March 28, 2016 | By RAYMOND NHAN

When the green grass has been freshly cut, each piece of gravel in the infield is in place, and the pitcher’s mound is perfectly raised, it can mean only one thing. It’s baseball season. The New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals are set to open the 2016 Major League Baseball season this Sunday … ...