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Houston musician Tony Barilla thought his simple request to busk or play his accordion in public places around the city for tips was a no-brainer. Busking is an everyday activity for musicians in cities all around the world. Instead, as PLF attorney Mollie Riddle writes in the Houston Chronicle, Tony found himself filing a federal lawsuit over a ...

When I began working on the promotion of Creighton Meland v. Alex Padilla, PLF's case challenging California's mandate that women be included on the boards of publicly traded companies, I could relate. Not for needing a woman's quota but for dodging that very bullet to be part of one. I've spent more than 20 years in the Washington, D.C., area� ...

Taylor Popielarz of ABC57 News  (South Bend, IN) aired a terrific segment that questions whether or not Michigan's foreclosure law is "efficient or unfair." We think you'll agree the law is unfair even if it allows the government to efficiently take your property it doesn't deserve. As you will recall, since last year, Christina Martin has been ...

For more than 40 years, Pacific Legal Foundation has been defending the constitution and rescuing liberty from coast to coast. But we haven't done it alone. As we finish up Thanksgiving week and the preparations and celebrations fade into memories, we at PLF will continue the spirit of gratitude all-year-round. To our donors and supporters who hav ...

As is its tradition, the Supreme Court began its new Term on the first Monday in October. In the weeks leading up to that day, many organizations host "preview" events (especially in Washington, DC) with leading Supreme Court advocates and other legal experts to discuss the most important cases the Court has agreed to hear. The Supreme Court report ...

Todd Gaziano, Executive Director of PLF's DC Center joined Tony Dokoupil, host of MSNBC's GREENHOUSE to talk about two important environmental cases that PLF hopes the Supreme Court will grant review. MORE: Clean Water Act case gets another boost in the Supreme Court of the United States The cases discussed were Kent Recycling v. Corps of En ...

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) and Competitive Enterprise Institute held a joint event on Capitol Hill to discuss the constitutional limits of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). With U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) providing opening remarks, it was a terrific panel discussion with a standing ...

Yesterday, nationally syndicated columnist George Will wrote about several government abuses the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) tirelessly fights in venues throughout the country on behalf of ordinary Americans. Two issues involved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an agency PLF has regularly sued and prevailed against to restore our ...

Yesterday afternoon, PLF's Todd Gaziano joined Mary Kissel on The Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal TV to talk about the bipartisan effort to rein in an unaccountable, and thus unconstitutional, government panel that can change almost anything "related to" Medicare.  PLF joined forces with over two dozen members of Congress, who it represe ...