Perfect storm ascends on Washington as climate change litigation rises
Author: Luke A. Wake As Hurricane Earl ascends upon the east coast, a perfect storm of litigation is ascending upon the Supreme Court. The storm began five years ago when Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, flooding the city and causing tremendous damage to many people's property. In the aftermath of that storm, environment ...
Recognizing racism
Author: Joshua Thompson I came upon this case out of the Seventh Circuit today, where a nursing home worker was prevented from treating certain patients. The patients, it seems, didn’t want to be treated by her because she was black. The case deals with Title VII and private discrimination, and while PLF has done a couple … ...
My interview with the Cascade Policy Institute
Author: Timothy Sandefur Our friends at the Cascade Policy Institute have posted a brief interview with me about the right to earn a living and PLF's Economic Liberty Project: … ...
The government: forcing you to pay more for gasoline is good for competition
Author: Timothy Sandefur The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a state law that bars gas stations from charging low prices. What’s wrong with low prices? Why, they discourage competition, donchyano. If that seems bizarre to you, welcome to the world of antitrust law, a twilight zone where nothing means everything and the exact &# ...
Florida revamps its state endangered species lists
Author: Damien M. Schiff The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has voted to revamp significantly its state listing program. The most important changes appear to be that all federally listed species will also be protected under the state law, and all species currently protected by the state will be deemed "threaten ...
PLF nationwide
Author: Timothy Sandefur I’m visiting the Pacific Northwest this week, for talks in Portland (yesterday) and Seattle (today) about the right to earn a living. Thanks to our colleagues at the Cascade Policy Institute and the Executive Club for setting up a very successful and exciting event last night. On Tuesday, I talked briefly with La ...
Title IX compliance means less tennis for everyone
Author: Joshua Thompson The College Sports Council released a study today that links Title IX, a statute that has been applied to require "proportionality" in men and women collegiate athetics, to an overall decrease in the availability of tennis for men and women. Women tennis players have more teams (311) to compete for than male ...
Matt Sissel to speak on the Andy Caldwell Show
Author: Luke A. Wake We are representing Matt Sissel in his challenge to the recently enacted health care law's mandate that every American must purchase health insurance. As we have explained, Congress has no constitutional authority to require Sissel to purchase health insurance under the Commerce Clause or any other provision of the C ...
Gutting the Scientific Review Panel?
Author: Damien M. Schiff I've written several times here about PLF's lawsuit, Brown v. Adams, challenging the failure of a number of state officials to abide by their nominating and appointing obligations as regards members of the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (SRP). The SRP is a supposed to be an independe ...
PLF’s Timothy Sandefur on the Lars Larson Show Tuesday at 1:30
Author: Timothy Sandefur I’ll be a guest on the Lars Larson radio program tomorrow at 1:30pm, to discuss my book The Right to Earn A Living: Economic Freedom And The Law. Also, on Wednesday, I’ll be in Portland, Oregon, speaking to the Federalist Society at Lewis & Clark Law School (at noon) and the Executive … ...