The Docket : August 7, 2026
The Docket is PLF's weekly newsletter covering the cases, clients, and policy battles shaping the future of liberty in America. You can catch up on last week's Docket here and subscribe below to receive future editions in your inbox. New England fishermen fight to protect their livelihoods against an illegal fishing ban; a Washing ...
A can of spray paint is not an argument
Someone in upstate New York took an electric saw to them. In California, they've been knocked down and vandalized. In Idaho, a man rammed a truck into two of them. This summer, a 19-year-old worked his way down Florida's First Coast with cans of silver and gold spray paint, hitting cameras along the way; he told police he doesn't trust license-plat ...
A secret deadline might cost this family their farm
Ron Fodé never planned to be a farmer. But in 1984, his father suffered a brain aneurysm and could no longer run the family's farm in Grant County, Washington. Ron packed up his life as a student at Washington State University and came home to help. The learning curve was steep. He had to teach himself how to grow potatoes, onions, wheat, and s ...
The Docket : July 31, 2026
The Docket is PLF's weekly newsletter covering the cases, clients, and policy battles shaping the future of liberty in America. You can catch up on last week's Docket here and subscribe below to receive future editions in your inbox. A district judge declares Rhode Island town's eminent domain attempt "constitutionally deficient"; ...
Americans still believe in property rights. ‘Squatters’ proves it.
A new A&E series, Squatters, is bringing a frustrating reality into living rooms across America: homeowners who find themselves locked out of their own property while managing a confusing and often slow legal process to regain possession from trespassers. The show's popularity says something interesting about our culture. Americans don't spe ...
Proposed bill restores protections for farmers and ranchers
Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis recently introduced legislation to protect farmers, ranchers, foresters, and other property owners from overly broad interpretations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Shortly after CWA was passed in 1972, Congress carved out an exemption to protect routine land management practices like plowing fields, maintaining drai ...
New York Post : Congress’ housing bill isn’t enough to fix California’s problems
This weekend, the most substantive housing bill in decades took effect without President Donald Trump's signature. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act has been described as the most ambitious federal housing legislation in a generation. Everyone understands that housing is too expensive in many places today because we don't build enough of it. ...
Law & Liberty : Chatrie and the Long and Winding Road to Privacy
In May 2019, a man robbed a credit union in Virginia, made off with $195,000, and vanished. Witnesses noticed only one odd detail: as he approached the bank, he appeared to be talking on his cell phone. Weeks later, with the trail cold, police tried something unimaginable a generation ago. They asked a magistrate for a "geofence warrant"—an order ...
New York Post : New Jersey’s outrageous union giveaways are paving a road to ruin
New Jersey is slamming taxpayers with a one-two punch: forcing them to pay more for their roads — and trampling on the Constitution to do it. When Evesham Township in southern New Jersey needed some roads repaved in 2025, it put the job out for bid. Of the eight responding contractors, Earle Asphalt Co.'s bid came in lowest, at $1,463,513. ...