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The Return of California Reparations Legislation  After falling short in the last legislative session, California reparations advocates have returned with new legislation benefitting descendants of enslaved persons. During the special legislative session on December 2, state lawmakers introduced three reparations bills:   AB 7 – Admission Pre ...

Freelancing in America had a setback recently: A trial court in Atlanta dismissed a case brought by four freelance writers and editors, challenging a Department of Labor regulation which makes it harder for independent contractors to operate.   In Warren v. U.S. Department of Labor, Pacific Legal Foundation represents four freelance writers and ...

Some unconstitutional regulations are like zombies: A court can put them down only to see them shamble back to life. In a recent order, the Federal Communications Commission has resurrected a policy that many assumed was dead. From the 1980s until 1998, the FCC required television and radio broadcasters to classify all station employees, both fu ...

‘If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion." This quote from the Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, striking down state laws mandating the Pledge of ...

The state of California, doing the bidding of union activists, has for years been waging war on independent contractors. This effort, exemplified by the disastrous Assembly Bill 5, has undermined various lines of work, including freelance journalism, Uber and Lyft, and other professions. If you needed proof that AB 5 was a flawed piece of legisl ...