August 16, 2020 “Open Fields” doctrine leads to government spying, arrests, and outrageous infringements of private property rights Hollingsworth’s residence was searched by U.S. government and state officials, dressed to the nines in assault gear, seeking to regain possession of a trail…
January 10, 2019 Trump Admin asks Supreme Court to determine if groundwater is federally-regulated The Justice Department yesterday recommended the high court decide whether the landmark environmental law applies to pollution that travels through groundwater before reaching federally…
June 27, 2017 New Mexico cannot sue Colorado for EPA debacle, Gold King Mine spill New Mexico and the Navajo Nation have sued the EPA over the spill. Government lawyers in February asked a federal judge to dismiss the…
March 28, 2017 Property rights hang in the balance in Wisconsin riverfront parcels taking case …when the Murr children approached St. Croix County in 2004 to sell the vacant lot to finance improvements at their parents’ cabin, they were…
September 27, 2016 Pacific Legal Foundation: BLM fracking rule is bureaucrats run amok Should unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats have free rein to regulate whatever they please? PLF argues “no,” in an amicus brief supporting four states, industry groups,…
September 21, 2016 Feds want ‘convoluted’ ruling against Nevada ranching family to stand Feds urge against Supreme Court review of Hage dispute Mateusz Perkowski Capital Press The federal government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to…