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We can all agree that it would be patently unconstitutional for the U.S. government to imprison tens of thousands of Americans without charge based on nothing more than generalized fear and the color of the their skin. Right? … ...

This is the eighth part in a series discussing the principles of the American founding, their embodiment in the United States Constitution, and the ways in which the Supreme Court has all too often negated these principles to the detriment of individual liberty: As previously discussed, the Framers of our Constitution set up a system … ...

Department of Interior proposes repeal of illegal and counterproductive Endangered Species Act regulation Landowners and some conservationists have long complained about a decision made decades ago by the Fish & Wildlife Service to regulate “threatened” species the exact same as “endangered” species. This has diverted cr ...

One of the primary ways Thomas Jefferson justified the split from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence was King George III’s empowerment of bureaucrats to “harass our people and eat out their substance.” … ...

Given these troubling historical developments, and the changes they have wrought upon our Republic, one may wonder if there is any hope of enacting meaningful change. There is hope. … ...

Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 11, 2018. If you thought school segregation was a thing of the past, guess again. The practice of denying educational opportunities to African-American kids is alive and well in St. Louis schools. That’s unacceptable. We’re helping to lead the fight to end St. Louis schools’ segregati ...

Accountability is sorely lacking in the administrative state. Unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats make decisions significantly affecting our daily lives with too little involvement from our elected officials. The Congressional Review Act was intended to restore at least some degree of democratic accountability to the administrative process. It req ...

Today, PLF filed a brief on behalf of Gregory Yount, a self-employed prospector and miner, that asks the Supreme Court to hear two cases involving the use of federal public land. At issue is one section of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), a 1976 law that (like its name implies) governs management … ...

Published in National Review April 12, 2018. This week, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed a second wave of lawsuits in our campaign to accelerate the end of the unconstitutional administrative state. PLF’s coordinated litigation campaign challenges violations of regulatory-reform mandates, most notably multiple agency failures to send rules ...