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Property Rights -- Supreme Court Victory! The United States Supreme Court handed down an 8 - 1 victory in Brandt v. United States, a case brought and argued by our allies at Mountain States Legal Foundation.  As explained more in our blog here and in our amicus brief,  Brandt involved an attempt by the United States to redefine the common law d ...

Tomorrow the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will propose reclassifying the Tidewater Goby from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, after concluding, among other factors, that various concerns that led to the original listing are not as significant as originally thought. This proposal, similar to recent proposals to ...

Individual Rights -- School Choice Victory We had a nice victory from the Indiana Supreme Court when it upheld in Meredith v. Pence that state's school choice program. As we've explained, this is a great victory for school choice because Indiana's program is expansive and the teacher-funded attack on that state's voucher program would have greatl ...

This week, PLF filed suit against the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, after the Service delayed delisting two species, and down-listing another, for more than five years.   The Service has known that these three species should be reclassified based on its own 5-year status reviews, published in the Federal Register in March 2008.   ...

This week has been marked by our work on the Fish and Wildlife Service's regulation of endangered species -- regulation that is often too harsh and, more importantly, in violation of the law. Environmental Law -- Endangered Species Petition caption id="" align="alignright" width="175" Tidewater Goby/caption We filed this 60-day notice to sue w ...