Jeff Shesol's Supreme Power
Author: Timothy Sandefur California Lawyer's October issue includes my review of Jeff Shesol's book Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt And The Supreme Court. The bottom line: One's allies are always principled, while the other guys' are always pigheaded. But Shesol's repeated failure to describe the actual views of the New ...
"Legal Watchdog" gets action
Author: Reed Hopper Builder magazine reports: Last week’s announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—that it would consider reclassifying the wood stork, a wading bird often found in South Florida’s Everglades, as "threatened" from its current "endangered" status—is the culmination of nearly five years of ...
Schwarzenegger shows concern for property rights in veto of AB 2664
Author: Luke A. Wake We have just confirmed that Governor Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have given the California State Lands Commission more power and control over landowners. Interestingly, the Governor vetoed the bill specifically out out concern that it gives the Commission much too broad power, "and potentially raises consti ...
Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes redevelopment bill
Author: Timothy Sandefur In addition to vetoing the racially discriminatory AB 2047, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger also said no yesterday to AB 2531, which I blogged about earlier. He made clear in his veto message that local governments can use their redevelopment powers only to eliminate existing blight in urban neighborhoods, and not for ...
Cato book forum: The Right to Earn A Living
Author: Timothy Sandefur The Cato Institute has posted the video of the book forum about my book, The Right to Earn A Living. (And they've earned my undying gratitude for editing out the part where I spilled my water all over the microphone and podium! Not one of my best moments….) Thanks to Roger Pilon, … ...
Schwarzenegger vetoes discriminatory bill
Author: Joshua Thompson With his final days in office now in front of him, Governor Schwarzenegger showed some long waited for leadership on Proposition 209 related issues in vetoing AB 2047. AB 2047 was the legislature's attempt to reinject race into the University of California and California State University systems. AB 2 ...
PLF comes to the defense of lakeshore landowners in the Battle of Lake Erie
Author: Luke A. Wake The Battle of Lake Erie was fought along the shores of Ohio during the War of 1812. But today a second battle for the lake's shores is underway. A legal battle over the disputed territory has made its way the Ohio Supreme Court, and last week Pacific Legal Foundation filed fil ...
Who is to blame for the delta smelt saga?
Author: Brandon Middleton I haven't watched any of the recent political debates here in California, but apparently the subject of environmental water cutbacks came up at Wednesday's debate between Sen. Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina. KPCC reporter Molly Peterson took issue with Fiorina's thoughts on the delta smelt (hat tip: Aqu ...
Extinction false alarms?
Author: Daniel Himebaugh Mail Online is running this story, which highlights a new study that found "a third of all mammal species declared extinct in the past few centuries have turned up alive and well." … ...
PLF on the radio: reclassifying the wood stork
Author: Joshua Thompson PLF principal attorney Reed Hopper will be interviewed on Fox News Radio (Ft. Myers 92.5 FM) at 8:30 a.m. EST on Friday, October 1st. Reed will discuss PLF's lawsuit on behalf of the Florida Home Builders Association which forced the US Fish & Wildlife Service to review the classification of all endangered spec ...