Monty Python and the quest to uphold an individual’s right to privacy
Exciting news! Pacific Legal Foundation has acquired a lost alternate version of one of the last scenes in the cult classic film, Monty Python and The Holy Grail. We are honored to be able to share it with you below! ————————————————— ...
Media Coverage of Sackett v. EPA
On October 3, 2022, Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency was the first case argued in the new term at the Supreme Court. The case allows the Court to continue where West Virginia v. EPA left off—reining in the administrative state. Sackett v. EPA In The News Oct 3, 2022 ABC News: In Supreme Court debut, Justice Jackson grills attorney ...
Video: Damien Schiff Discusses Sackett v. EPA
On October 3, 2022, Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency will be the first case argued in the new term at the Supreme Court. The case allows the Court to continue where West Virginia v. EPA left off—reining in the administrative state. Damien Schiff, senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, representing the Sacketts, visited the Sa ...
California Globe: California wants to silence dissent on COVID-19
In 1593, the Roman Inquisition convicted the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno for heresy. His crime: teaching that the earth revolved around the sun. The inquisitors burned him alive. We should’ve learned from that dark era. Yet over 400 years after Bruno’s death, California is about to pass a law that will punish physicians for spreading ...
The Hill: We should prefer accountable government to rule by the administrative state
The Supreme Court ended its term with a highly consequential 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. EPA. The court repudiated the Environmental Protection Agency’s claim that Congress had delegated sweeping powers for the agency to pursue a regulatory agenda of its own creation that would force energy companies to adopt alternative energy sources. ...
California Insider: How DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) Can Lead to Tyranny
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Daily Journal: The Supreme Court must continue to restore first principles in environmental law
The Constitution’s Framers designed a governmental system to protect individual liberty through structure. This structure of government would protect rights in two main ways: a division of power between the federal and state governments (vertical separation of powers), and between the federal branches – legislative, executive, and judic ...
Sackett v. EPA: A timeline
Mike and Chantell Sackett have been fighting the EPA in court for 15 years. Here’s a timeline of their case: 2004: Mike and Chantell Sackett purchase a vacant lot in a residential subdivision near Priest Lake, Idaho. At its north end, the lot is bounded by paved Kalispell Bay Road, on the other side of … ...