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Individual Liberty & Property Rights | Pacific Legal Foundation Home Who We Are About Staff Board of Trustees Financials What We Fight For Property Rights Equality and Opportunity Separation of Powers What We Do Cases Amicus Briefs Research Legislation Supreme Court Stories Articles Sword&Scales Magazine At Stake Dissed Podcast Get Involved Events Careers Student Opportunities Submit A Case Newsroom Donate Help PLF defend liberty and justice for all. Newsroom Donate DONATE NAVIGATE CONTACT Home Who We Are About Staff Board of Trustees Financials What We Fight For Property Rights Equality and Opportunity Separation of Powers What We Do Cases Amicus Briefs Research Legislation Supreme Court Stories Articles Sword&Scales Magazine At Stake Dissed Podcast Get Involved Events Careers Student Opportunities Submit A Case Newsroom DonateDate: Location: Time:Suing the government since 1973. We stand as a powerful champion for Americans like you, fighting back against the government when it abuses your rights. Learn More What We Do Pacific Legal Foundation is a national public interest law firm that defends Americans from government overreach and abuse. We sue the government when it violates your constitutional rights—and we win. At PLF, we believe in individual liberty: that when people are free to live peacefully and productively, without interference by government, they improve themselves, their families, and their communities. We represent hundreds of Americans, free of charge, giving them a day in court to protect their rights. Learn More Newsroom Donate What we fight for Property rights The right to acquire and use property without undue government interference. Equality and Opportunity Equal treatment under the law, regardless of sex, race, creed, color, or other differences. Separation of Powers The structural protections of our Constitution, which safeguard our individual liberty.What’s New April 12, 2024 SCOTUS rules government cannot use permit process to coerce property owners The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that legislatures cannot use the permit process to coerce owners into paying exorbitant development fees. The ruling, a major victory for property rights, will remove costly barriers to development, thereby helping to combat the housing crisis. Sheetz v. El Dorado County is Pacific Legal Foundation’s 18th victory at the Supreme Court. April 19, 2024 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN With Sheetz victory, PLF’s record at the Supreme Court is unmatched April 14, 2024 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN The government had George Sheetz ‘over a barrel.’ He took his case to the Supreme Court—and won. March 21, 2024 | By JIM MANLEY These states are trying to bring back home equity theft March 21, 2024 | By BRITTANY HUNTER Without property rights, we drift further down The Road to Serfdom” March 06, 2024 | By BRITTANY HUNTER A mother’s fight to end discrimination and protect merit-based public education March 20, 2024 | By DANIEL WOISLAW Judge denies qualified immunity to officers who took children from family home without a court order March 01, 2024 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN Who wins if Chevron is overturned? March 05, 2024 | By OLIVER DUNFORD State of the Modern Administrative State February 22, 2024 | By CHRIS KIESER Supreme Court should wipe Thomas Jefferson High School ruling ‘off the books,’ Justice Alito says in dissent February 21, 2024 | By JAMES BURLING The constitutionality of legislatively imposed exactions February 02, 2024 | By SHANNON MACDONALD The Wall Street Journal: The Doctor Is In, but the Patient Is Out of State January 30, 2024 | By DAVID HOFFA New York’s cannabis licensing is driven by unlawful discrimination Deep Dive Sword&Scales Our signature quarterly magazine explores the issues at the forefront of the fight against government overreach and abuse. Each edition is packed with thoughtful, in-depth essays and first-rate visuals that illuminate our passion for individual liberty—and why we relentlessly defend it. Explore Dissed: A Supreme Court Podcast Dissents have it all: brilliant writing, surprising reasoning, shade, puns, and sometimes historical impact. 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