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It all began in 2013, when investment adviser George Jarkesy was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of securities fraud. But instead of proving its case against Jarkesy to an independent judge and jury, SEC lawyers turned to an SEC tribunal and an SEC-employed administrative law judge to prosecute the defendant. When that R ...

James and Dominick Russo are fishermen who earn their living off the Florida coast. But their livelihood is in jeopardy. James and Dominick have worked in the commercial fishing industry most of their lives. James, the older brother, has more than 30 years of experience under his belt. During the pandemic, the brothers moved to … ...

In the first chapter of Yuval Levin’s new book, American Covenant, he describes the U.S. Constitution as “a terse patchwork of compromises.” Not a promising start, for the United States or for this reader, who has devoted a good amount of time to thinking about and debating the meaning of that patchwork.   But American … ...

Writing in The Dallas Morning News, Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys Luke Wake and Frank Garrison discuss the case of Robert Mayfield (which Luke argued at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court earlier this month).   From Luke and Frank’s op-ed:  As the owner of 13 Dairy Queen franchises in and around … ...

Two Pacific Legal Foundation clients have reason to celebrate this week as the Nebraska  Supreme Court ruled that Kevin Fair and Sandra Nieveen must be compensated for the equity the government took from them via home equity theft. This victory comes more than a year after Pacific Legal Foundation secured a unanimous victory at the … ...

Nearly 40 years ago, Congress enacted the Food Security Act of 1985, a comprehensive bill about farming. Included in this bill were wetland conservation provisions that govern how farmers must treat wetlands on their property. Despite the name of the bill, these provisions—colloquially known as “Swampbuster”—threaten food security b ...

This article originally appeared in the American Bar Association’s Supreme Court Preview. The Supreme Court’s October Term 2023 likely will be remembered in history books as a turning point for the constitutional separation of powers. Rulings in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, a ...

Lawmakers across the country are proposing reparations to black Americans for slavery and America’s history of racial discrimination. Proposals have included direct cash payments, grants, formal apologies from the government, and government programs with race-based eligibility.  Because certain reparations proposals would inevitably advantag ...

There are a few things everyone should be able to agree on when it comes to the government. First, our government should answer to the People—not the other way around. Second, federal agencies should always have to conform to the laws Congress enacted. And third, there must always be limits on an agency’s power to … ...