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Horse training is in Phil Serpe's blood. He grew up volunteering at the Meadowlands Sports Complex and walking horses after school—and he has worked in the horse racing industry for almost 50 years, winning races in some of the country's biggest competitions. But in 2024, his successful career was scratched. The veteran horse trainer quickly f ...

This week, Matthias O'Meara and Choice Advisors, LLC filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking restoration of their right to be heard by an independent judge and jury. O'Meara founded Choice Advisors to help charter schools raise money by issuing bonds. The company's first two clients launched successful bond issuances, an ...

In the autumn of 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the first case since the 1980s to address the amount of "just compensation" the government is required by the Constitution to provide when it takes private property. In Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, the government confiscated a family's home for failing to pay a tax they were exemp ...

For Hope Lindstrom, the question of where and how to give birth is deeply personal. As a devout Christian and licensed pastor, she views childbirth as a sacred experience—one that centers her as an active, empowered participant in her care. Her preference is also guided by stories from her mother and grandmother, both of whom endured traumatic ...

Last week, Pacific Legal Foundation filed a reply brief with the Nevada Supreme Court on behalf of Jeffrey Hagen—an experienced architect based in Sacramento, California. After alleging that he practiced without a license in Nevada, the Nevada State Board of Architecture fined Hagen $29,000, stripped him of his constitutional right to a jury t ...

Oakland County, Michigan, stole Uri Rafaeli's financial assets in 2014. Three years earlier, Rafaeli had purchased a $60,000 rental property. He paid his taxes in 2012 and 2013, but he mistakenly had underpaid his taxes in 2011. When Rafaeli discovered the delinquent taxes, he paid the debt immediately. However, he miscalculated the accrued interes ...

Historically, New Mexico protected property owners' right to restrict public access to their private land, including streambeds. But a 2022 New Mexico Supreme Court opinion gutted that right, allowing the New Mexico Game Commission and Department of Game and Fish to instead penalize landowners for posting anti-trespassing signage and fences—priva ...

In 2024, a historic mining company found itself before an agency tribunal. The company represented itself, filing petitions with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission to deny and vacate the unconstitutional judgment. Instead of an independent courtroom with an independent judge and a neutral jury, the Secretary of Labor forced Americ ...

In recent months, state and national governments have acted beyond their constitutional authority by imposing restrictive regulations on rideshare drivers and entrepreneurs. Despite clear constitutional boundaries, governments have unconstitutionally denied out-of-state drivers the ability to drive for rideshare services and required business owner ...