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Freddie Linden is a fifteen-year-old dancer who wants to try out for his South Dakota high school's Competitive Dance team. Freddie began dancing when he was seven years old, and his family quickly realized that he possessed natural talent for dance. Since then, Freddie has trained extensively, landed roles as a lead dancer in multiple productions, ...

We received some unfortunate news today from the federal court in Wisconsin. The court ruled against Minerva Dairy's claims that the Wisconsin butter grading law violates the Constitution. In this case, Wisconsin adopted a law that even the government's own experts fail to understand. A butter grade provides the consumer with essentially no informa ...

PLF supports property owners' right to a jury in federal takings cases Code violations should not be a city's no-appeal cash machine PLF announces appeal to illegal jaguar rule Coastal Commission tries to force city to destroy property rights Courts should rule in the best interests of Indian children -- just like other children are ...

Earlier this month, I reported on the disappointing decision of the California Supreme Court upholding the state's mandatory mediation and conciliation process—compulsory arbitration, that is—for California agricultural employers and unions. Last week, the Daily Journal ran my op-ed on the decision, in which I go into further detail to explain how ...

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of California's "mandatory mediation and conciliation" process for labor disputes between agricultural employers and unions. In Gewaran Farming, Inc. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the state's high court ruled that compulsory interest arbitration---whereby an arbitrator ca ...

When the government engages in shady, unconstitutional behavior, it's usually not forthcoming about it.  As courts have observed, "the government rarely flatly admits," for example, that "it is engaging in viewpoint discrimination."  Instead, it cloaks its discriminatory policies in "neutral" language, and asserts that it's really trying to achieve ...

Back in May, Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Book Passage and Bill Petrocelli. The lawsuit challenged a newly-enacted law that made the sale of autographed books unconscionably difficult . As we explained at the time, the statute was ostensibly adopted to protect individuals from fraud when they purchase sports or entertainmen ...

Amicus brief filed for contractor long frozen out of contracts Settlement reached in mobile home park case Cap and trade appealed Prairie dog ruling petition to the 10th Circuit Reply filed in Kinderace petition to Supreme Court Affirmative action case goes back to district court Amicus brief filed for contractor long frozen out of co ...

In high school, I spent hours hunkered at a library computer playing Sid Meier's Civilization instead of working on the school newspaper. In the game, you could lead your own civilization from stone age to space age. You'd guide every detail about your burgeoning society--from their religion to their labor. You'd eventually cross paths with rival c ...