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May 23 High Speed Rail court hearing

May 23, 2014 | By PACIFIC LEGAL

There was tough questioning from the bench today at the state appellate court hearing in Sacramento on key challenges to the controversial way the California High Speed Rail project is being pursued. Nevertheless, the arguments in support of the challenges – and against the government’s attempt to operate the project without rigorous oversi ...

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President's weekly report — September 12, 2014

September 12, 2014 | By ROB RIVETT

Environment — When is a wetland not federally controlled? We filed this complaint this week in Universal Welding v. United States Army Corps of Engineers.  The Corps is asserting jurisdiction over some of Universal’s low-value wetlands in North Pole, Alaska, just outside of Fairbanks.  The problem is that under the Corps’ own r ...