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An almost helpful judicial review decision

July 25, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff A federal judge in South Carolina earlier this month ruled in Deerfield Plantation Phase II-B Property Owners Association, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that a "negative" jurisdictional determination (JD) issued by the Corps under the Clean Water Act is judicially reviewable. … ...

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Sackett reaction : NRDC shows just how out of touch it is with reality

March 21, 2012 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

The headlines in response to PLF’s landmark victory today in Sackett v. EPA have, for the most part, been fair and accurate.  CNN, for example, rightly noted that with today’s decision, “‘Little guy’ wins high court fight over property rights.”  Reuters reports that “U.S. top court backs landowners, limit ...

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Sackett reaction : Enviros need to better coordinate their spin

March 21, 2012 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Earlier today I remarked how the Natural Resources Defense Council completely botched its analysis of this morning’s decision in Sackett v. EPA. Among other things, NRDC oddly suggested that the Supreme Court “did not give anyone a license to pollute,” as if the Sacketts’ mere request for judicial review of EPA’s egreg ...

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Sackett reaction : Sensible analyses from a senator and a law professor

March 22, 2012 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

At the American Legislator, Senator Rand Paul (KY) highlights the absurd regulatory realities faced by people like the Sacketts, Charlie Johnson (a former PLF client), and other landowners throughout the United States.  Sen. Paul provides a sober reminder that, despite the importance of yesterday’s landmark victory in Sackett v. EPA, much wo ...

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Sackett reaction : Enviros continue to distort landmark PLF victory

March 22, 2012 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Yesterday we saw how the extreme environmental community is having a difficult time figuring out how to spin PLF’s victory in Sackett v. EPA.   Some of them claim that the decision is no big deal (ignoring the decades of circuit law precedent that was overturned by the Supreme Court’s common sense decision), under the false … ...

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Sackett reaction : The Fiscal Times

March 22, 2012 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Edward Morrissey’s “EPA Gets Epic Smackdown from Supreme Court” is currently trending as the most read story at The Fiscal Times. … ...

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PLF's Timothy Sandefur joins Armstrong & Getty to discuss "judicial activism"

April 04, 2012 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I’ll be speaking with Armstrong & Getty tomorrow morning in the 7 o’clock hour to discuss President Obama’s recent comments about the Supreme Court’s review of Obamacare. … ...

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President Obama’s clash with the courts

April 05, 2012 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I spoke this morning with Armstrong & Getty about President Obama’s comments about the judiciary’s power to strike down laws as unconstitutional. You can listen here. I think the whole thing is a tempest in a teapot. No doubt President Obama was wrong to say that his health care overhaul was “passed by a strong … ...

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Obama Administration letter brief on judicial review

April 05, 2012 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Here is the letter brief that the Obama Administration was required to file in response to questions about the President’s comments regarding judicial review. … ...