As state legislative sessions close, what did we accomplish in 2025?
"Justice is the end of government." —James Madison, Federalist 51 When people are wronged by the government, they can come to Pacific Legal Foundation for justice. Meanwhile, PLF is also constantly working outside courtrooms to make laws more just. In the 2025 legislative session, Pacific Legal Foundation partnered with state legislators an ...
Legislative oversight is not overreach—it is legislative duty
In the era of DOGE, many Americans are talking and thinking about regulatory reform and the cost of regulation on taxpayers in a new way. This essential conversation is encouraging and should continue, but regulatory reform and accountability are an old and vital concern. In recent years, legislators at the state and federal levels have been discus ...
American Habits : Four proven ways state legislatures can lead the charge on America’s housing crisis
President-elect Donald Trump made the housing crisis a focal point of his presidential campaign. He correctly diagnosed a national problem: housing costs must come down to improve the country's economy and its standard of living. But having made the right diagnosis, federal leaders, like President-elect Trump and his administration, also expect sta ...
Admin law, legitimacy, and the Roberts Court
Lately, the Supreme Court has rewritten the textbooks for the study of regulation, known as administrative law. Most scholars ascribe the legal upheaval to politics, period. They say the Court's conservative majority is shaping the law in line with its "anti-regulatory" beliefs. The Justices' values are important, to be sure, but the critics ...