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Last week, President Trump signed an executive order requiring a review of the much-abused Antiquities Act. And for good reason. The past two presidents have run wild with the law. President Obama, most recently, designated more national monuments covering a larger area than any prior president, more than 550 million acres, tripling the nation&# ...

Our seawall condition case, Lynch v. California Coastal Commission, will be argued tomorrow morning, May 4, 2017, in front of the California Supreme Court at 9:00 AM PST. There is a live stream available starting at 9am by clicking the “View Live” button on the Court’s homepage, and afterwards the argument will be also be … ...

As many Pacific Legal Foundation employees have written about before, the power of administrative agencies has increased greatly over the last century. Many Americans are now subject to rules adopted not by elected officials, but by unelected bureaucrats in the “fourth branch of government.” Even worse, it is common practice for courts ...

Today, PLF attorney John Groen argued our seawall condition case, Lynch v. California Coastal Commission, in front of the California Supreme Court. The CA Supreme Court keeps an archive of oral argument webcasts, which will be available at this location. Both sides were given tough questions by the justices, and it is always impossible to know ex ...

As every school-child knows, the U.S. Government is divided into three branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Article I of the Constitution vests “all legislative Powers therein granted” in Congress. And while Congress has delegated rule-making or quasi-lawmaking authority to executive agencies,* Congress ultimately retains all ...

When Mark and Bella Green bought a modest home on the beach in Los Angeles 11 years ago, they dreamed of moving from Pennsylvania to enjoy the sun in retirement near their grandchildren. But the California Coastal Commission turned that dream into a nightmare, forcing them to spend tens of thousands of dollars in a … ...

Intervention filed in Congressional Review Act case As has been widely reported elsewhere, Congress and the Administration have dusted off the Congressional Review Act and have set about rescinding a series of Obama-era regulations. You can read more about that on our CRA-themed website, RedTapeRollback.com. Much credit for this recent effort goes ...

President Trump has announced his intent to nominate PLF Senior Attorney Damien Schiff to the Court of Federal Claims. There, he will join former PLF attorney, Judge Victor Wolski. We at PLF are very grateful for having had Damien for the past 13 years, but our loss is the Republic’s gain. We fully expect Damien’s confirmation … ...

Many Americans voted for Donald Trump because they believed him when he promised to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court of the United States similar in philosophy to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. That bet paid off bigly when President Trump appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Court. Yet Trump, through his recent identification … ...