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Pacific Legal Foundation News Releases 2009

 

12/18/09 PLF brief targets vague laws, like the one that speared Skilling
12/17/09 Washington Supreme Court rules for property rights in Whatcom County case
12/14/09 PLF and Riverside County Farm Bureau sue to force action on kangaroo rat delisting petitions
12/7/09 Tonight: PLF attorney appears on TV special on California’s "Central Valley water crisis"
12/3/09 Prominent California farmer-rancher John C. Harris elected PLF Board Chair
11/25/09 Now available online: Hugh Hewitt Show exposes the government-caused drought
11/23/09 In Second Amendment case, PLF and Cato urge Supreme Court to abandon "selective" defense of constitutional rights
11/19/09 PLF attorney will address "Water for Farmlands Forum" this Saturday on state Capitol’s West Steps in Sacramento
11/18/09 Thursday, November 19: Texas Supreme Court hears Open Beaches Act lawsuit
11/11/09 Friday: Hugh Hewitt Radio Show to feature PLF on the federally caused drought
10/29/09 PLF seeks Supreme Court review of federal eminent domain abuse in the Everglades
10/16/09 PLF lawsuit targets law that brings back race-based and sex-based quotas in state contracting
10/12/09 State’s race-based medical scholarships violate Proposition 209
10/9/09 Coastal Commission sued for interfering with family inn project in San Luis Obispo
10/5/09 Issues Forum in Tampa to feature property rights advocates Jim Burling and Carol Saviak
9/30/09 ADVISORY: This Friday in Fresno: Federal court oral argument in PLF's Delta smelt litigation
9/23/09 PLF scores win in fight to save Puget Sound homeowner’s property
9/11/09 Government cannot short-circuit property rights
9/10/09 Stephen Moore to headline PLF’s Holiday Gala in San Francisco
9/8/09 PLF challenges restrictive and unrealistic land use scheme foisted on Bay Area without environmental review
9/3/09 Wall Street Journal editorial reports on PLF’s fight against “California’s man-made drought”
9/2/09 PLF laments that Schwarzenegger, Obama haven’t summoned ESA “God Squad”
8/19/09 PLF’s “Save our Water” petition is submitted; more than 12,000 signers call for ESA “God Squad” to convene to address California’s water emergency
 8/17/09 MEDIA ADVISORY: August 19 Press Conference on State Capitol Steps
8/11/09 PLF Mourns the Passing of Its Board Chair, Wade Hopping
8/11/09 Lawsuit aims to stop EPA from sinking vital Mississippi flood-control project
7/29/09 PLF Attorney To Speak in Portland To Commemorate Milton Friedman and Celebrate End of Moving-Business Cartel
7/29/09 PLF’s “Save our Water” Petition Draws Support from Rep. Radanovich, CalChamber, and Key Ag Groups
6/26/09 PLF asks Obama, Salazar, and Schwarzenegger for action to convene federal "God Squad" to address California's water emergency
6/22/09 Statement: PLF hails High Court ruling for responsible mining practices
6/22/09 PLF and Project 21 statements on Supreme Court’s
Voting Rights Act ruling
6/18/09 Feds cut habitat designation for Quino Checkerspot butterfly in Southern California
6/18/09 Most CARB science-panel members have overstayed their terms of office, charges PLF lawsuit
6/16/09 PLF's Browne explains Supreme Court Voting Rights Act case in Federalist Society podcast
6/15/09 PLF applauds Supreme Court decision to take important Florida property rights case
6/11/09 Caltrans' new race- and sex-based quotas on road and highway projects violate Proposition 209 and U.S. Constitution, says PLF lawsuit
6/3/09   On Andy Caldwell Show today: PLF's "No to Big Government" campaign
6/1/09 PLF expert calls Clean Water Restoration Act "patently unconstitutional"
5/21/09 Feds' Delta smelt water-pumping restrictions are unconstitutional, says PLF lawsuit
5/15/09 Join PLF this Thursday in Fresno: Press conference unveiling lawsuit against Delta smelt water-pumping restrictions
5/8/09 PLF Media Statement: Salazar is right to try to limit the potentially devastating economic impact of the polar bear ESA listing; But PLF's challenge to the listing will go forward
5/8/09 PLF files formal reply to Jerry Brown's "politically expedient" attack on Proposition 209
5/6/09 PLF attorney on Armstrong & Getty show Thursday: "PLF's fight for homewoners' right to vote"
5/6/09 MEDIA ADVISORY: 9th Circuit Oral Argument in Carlsbad Property Rights and Right-to-Vote Case
4/30/09 On Andy Caldwell radio show today: PLF's fight against "Big Government" abuses of property owners' rights on California's coast.
4/27/09 5th Circuit accepts that Texas Open Beaches Act might be unconstitutional; state Supreme Court is asked to clarify scope of the law
4/23/09 PLF statement on Jerry Brown's legal attack on Proposition 209
4/17/09 PLF statement on Central Valley water shortage: Feds are illegally putting fish before people
4/16/09 Appeal vowed in challenge to Coastal Commission's snuffing out of July fourth fireworks in Gualala
4/15/09 PLF launches "NO to Big Government" campaign
4/14/09 Overbroad Bighorn sheep habitat is reduced, following PLF legal action
4/13/09 PLF unveils its 2009 picks for "top five Earth Day fallacies"
4/8/09 MEDIA ADVISORY: Court will hear lawsuit against Coastal Commission halting of Gualala’s July 4th fireworks program
4/6/09 CATO joins PLF to ask Supreme Court to hear an important takings case from Washington state
3/31/09 PLF lauds Supreme Court for not approving race-based restriction on the sale of Hawaiian public lands
3/31/09 MEDIA ADVISORY: Oral argument in Texas Open Beaches Act lawsuit
3/26/09 Gov. Palin weighs in to support PLF's petition to Supreme Court in Fairbanks Clean Water Act case
3/25/09 LAWSUIT: Coastal Commission is illegally trying to force a family into the business of farming or ranching
3/23/09 Hear PLF on KMJ radio today: "How enviro-extremists rob us of water!"
3/12/09 Legal watchdog demands that Omaha immediately repeal contracting quotas
3/9/09 Supreme Court redistricting decision blocks abuse of Voting Rights Act, says PLF
3/9/09 New fund will aid family farmer's defense against abusive Clean Water Act regulators
3/4/09 Washington Supreme Court refuses to rescue CAO's "65 percent" seizure of property
3/3/09 PLF: Supreme Court is right to curb lawsuits against sound forest management
2/24/09 PLF applauds Supreme Court ruling upholding Idaho's ban on government wage garnishment for unions
2/19/09 Fairbanks appeals to High Court in its challenge to “wetlands” regs that block playground construction
2/11/09 Appeals Court ruling against racial quotas in Pentagon contracts apparently will stand; administration reportedly won’t appeal to Supreme Court
1/15/09 U.S.-Canada Commission will halt drive to tear down a retired Washington state couple’s backyard wall
1/14/09 “Freedom Caravan” of moving trucks and entrepreneurs protests Oregon’s moving-business cartel, outside the State Capitol
1/8/09 Wade L. Hopping elected chair of Pacific Legal Foundation's Board of Trustees

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