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Board game companies sue Trump administration over unconstitutional tariffs 

April 24, 2025 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN

Board game companies Stonemaier Games, XYZ Game Labs, Spielcraft Games, Rookie Mage, and Tinkerhouse Games are suing the Trump administration over its tariffs, which President Donald Trump set at 145% for most products manufactured in China. Nearly 70% of board games are made in China, making the China tariff an "existential" threat to the American ...

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We’ve been fighting for the nondelegation doctrine for years. Tariffs are the latest row. 

April 24, 2025 | By KYLE GRIESINGER

"We the People" are among the most recognizable words in human history. They begin the preamble to the United States Constitution: the mission statement, to borrow modern corporate lingo. The preamble tells us who was acting and, more importantly, why:  "in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide ...

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You can’t ‘cease and desist’ equality

April 22, 2025 | By ANDREW QUINIO

I recently received a startling email from an attorney, demanding that I "cease and desist" speaking out against reparations for black Americans. First, some background: For decades, Pacific Legal Foundation has been reporting and speaking out against government efforts to reward or disadvantage individuals based on their race. That includes rep ...

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Rhode Island family challenges eminent domain and defends the right to build

April 17, 2025 | By BRITTANY HUNTER

Johnston is a small Rhode Island town where Ralph Santoro's family has long worked. Ralph was not one of the lucky few who inherited generational wealth, but he did inherit his father's priceless, working-class wisdom. His father had immigrated from Italy after marrying his mother—a true first-generation American. Ralph's mother had been brought ...

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Arizona city punishes charity workers for giving away free food

April 10, 2025 | By BRITTANY HUNTER

Our communities are the building blocks of society. Whether neighbors, churches, family, or the family we create from our friends, our communities shape who we are. They also serve as core support systems. It is through these connections that we know what it means to be human. For 25-year-old Austin Davis, his love for his community is the drivi ...

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Ninth Circuit considers first grader’s free speech in ‘any life’ drawing case

April 10, 2025 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN

Did a California school district violate the First Amendment when it punished a first grader for writing "Black Lives Mater sic ... any life" on a drawing and giving it to a friend? That question was before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in oral arguments this week. Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Caleb Trotter argued the case of B.B. v. C ...

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The president doesn’t have the power to set tariffs—Congress does

April 08, 2025 | By OLIVER DUNFORD

Last week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would be slapping tariffs on an enormous share of the things Americans buy. Tariffs have a long history in the United States. But the president does not possess the constitutional authority to create tariffs unilaterally. This power is vested solely in Congress and cannot be delega ...

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California has the highest impact fees for homebuilding in the country

April 07, 2025 | By KYLE SWEETLAND

When property owners apply to the government for building permits, they're often required to pay impact fees: fees meant to cover the strain additional buildings have on public resources like roads, sewers, schools, and parks. There's nothing wrong with properly set impact fees. But some local governments set impact fees that are excessively hig ...

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Supreme Court urged to restore Fourth Amendment protections to data shared with ‘third party’ service providers

April 07, 2025 | By AMY PEIKOFF

When you protect property, you protect privacy. That was the message Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys conveyed in one of eight amicus briefs filed last week in support of James Harper in his petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court in his case, Harper v. O'Donnell. Harper brought his case after discovering that he w ...