Sandefur on the Lars Larson Show today at 3 p.m. Pacific

New York’s specialized high schools are the crown jewel of the City’s public education system. Including nationally-recognized schools like Stuyvesant High School, the Bronx High School of Science, and Brooklyn … ›

Today we filed an amicus brief in the Minnesota Supreme Court to make sure they apply the correct analysis when considering a Takings Clause challenge. Winona County, Minnesota recently banned … ›

If you visit any high school or college class and ask the students what makes the United States great, the answers will probably be pretty typical: “In America we have … ›

Public employees are a diverse group. Just as they don’t all look alike, neither do they think alike. Under union-backed “exclusive representation” laws, however, they must speak with a single … ›

Most of us are first introduced to the Bill of Rights in junior high or high school. Some of us go on to participate in an in-depth study of the … ›

Judicial review essential to hold federal agencies accountable On December 7, PLF filed a complaint on behalf of New Mexico ranchers in Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association v. Fish and … ›

PLF filed a fresh lawsuit today on the heels of our latest Supreme Court victory. Last week, in Weyerhaeuser v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, a unanimous Supreme Court … ›

Originally published by the Daily Journal, December 4, 2018. Could last summer’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME (2018 DJDAR 6308), forbidding states from allowing unions to garnish wages of nonmember employees without … ›

Forty years ago, in Penn Central Transp.  Co. v. City of New York (1978), the U.S. Supreme Court explained that regulatory takings cases are “essentially ad hoc, factual inquiries” wherein … ›