Martinez v. Regents of the UC – CA taxpayers must subsidize the college tuition of "unlawful" aliens.
Author: Ralph W. Kasarda In a decision with far reaching implications, the California Supreme Court held today that a California law granting in-state tuition benefits to "unlawful" aliens was not preempted by federal law. The unanimous decision in Martinez v. Regents of the University of California is here.& ...
Law students—help rescue liberty this summer!
Author: Timothy Sandefur Are you a law student interested in helping defend liberty and advance principles of free markets and constitutional rights? Then we hope you’ll consider applying to work as a law clerk at Pacific Legal Foundation’s Sacramento office this summer. Our law clerk program is a stimulating and challenging educational ...
Government to respond to Sissel suit
Author: Luke A. Wake The Department of Justice is supposed to respond to Matt Sissel's complaint on Monday, November 15. We expect the government to raise the same arguments against Matt's suit that it has raised in Virginia and Florida's suits. The Courts in both of those cases have allowed the challenging states to advanc ...
Why can't Chuck get his business off the ground?
Author: Timothy Sandefur Our friends at the Institute for Justice have released this fantastic video about how government restricts your right to earn a living. … ...
More litigation for the Pacific fisher
Author: Damien M. Schiff This week, the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups filed suit challenging the California Fish & Game Commission's decision not to list the Pacific fisher (a small, weasel-like mammal) under the California Endangered Species Act. CBD also has a lawsuit ongoing against th ...
How regulation hurts—literally
Author: Timothy Sandefur A PLF Liberty Blog reader forwarded this article from today’s Slate, about how Alabama regulators are considering a rule that would bar trained nurse practitioners from treating patients who suffering from intense pain—to protect the economic interests of osteopaths and anasthesiologists. The proposed rule would def ...
John Kurzweil, RIP
Author: Harold Johnson The very sad news comes that John Kurzweil — publisher of the California Political Review, a powerful voice in the conservative movement, and a good friend of PLF — passed away last night after an extended illness. Whoever wrote that “politics is the preoccupation of the quarter-educated” didn&# ...
Briefing completed in PLF's Ninth Circuit challenge to delta smelt water cutbacks
Author: Brandon Middleton Today we filed our reply brief in Stewart & Jasper Orchards v. Salazar. We represent a small group of almond and pistachio growers who have been deprived of critical water deliveries for the purported benefit of the delta smelt, a species of fish here in California. PLF contends in this case that th ...
Makes you wonder!
Author: Reed Hopper In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the federal government did not have authority to regulate "isolated" water bodies, like ponds, puddles and mudflats that have no connection to navigable waters. To find otherwise, the court noted, would violate the intent of Congress, the clear language of the Clean Water ...
Michael Cannon on Obamacare's "shellacking"
Author: Timothy Sandefur Michael Cannon on what the elections mean for Obamacare. … ...