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Individual Liberty & Property Rights | Pacific Legal Foundation Battlegrounds Property Rights Free Speech Economic Liberty Equality Before the Law Separation of Powers Cases Blog About Newsroom Donate Supreme Court agrees to hear union trespassing case The Constitution forbids government from requiring you to allow unwanted strangers onto your property. And union activists are no exception. Cedar Point v. Hassid will be PLF’s 15th case heard by the Supreme Court. What’s At Stake New PLF Documentary: Dream Factories To distract from failing public schools, Mayor de Blasio set his sights on racial balancing at elite high schools, to benefit some races at the expense of others. Equality before the law demands better. Watch the Video Rebuilding America requires freedom We are a nation of creators, inventors, builders, and entrepreneurs. The only way to recover from this crisis is to unleash our productive energy. 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March 17, 2021 | By Jonathan Wood The Congressional Review Act will rein in the regulatory state March 16, 2021 | By Daniel Dew New York Times confuses legislative check on unilateral power with partisan warfare March 15, 2021 | By Damien Schiff Daily Journal: High court should take opportunity to restore the right to exclude March 15, 2021 | By Alison Somin The Hill: Biden executive order will lead to due process deficits on campus February 08, 2021 | By Todd Gaziano The Wall Street Journal: Who gets to make the rules? Washington may finally get it right Biden should keep Trump’s last-minute executive order making regulation more accountable. President Biden’s team is understandably skeptical of “midnight” executive actions issued during President Trump’s final weeks, but one order, issued Jan. 18, is as valuable in reinforcing democratic accountability as it is consti ... February 01, 2021 | By Steven D. Anderson The Hill: Our path forward: After a year of chaos, here’s how to kick-start America’s revival January 26, 2021 | By Brittany Hunter The CDC’s eviction moratorium ignores landlords struggling to make ends meet PACIFIC LEGAL THEATER View All The Truth About Swordfishing in California Dream Factories: Fighting Race Based Discrimination in High Schools Government-enforced integration harms minority students with quotas Entrepreneur shut out by ambulance cartel: Legacy mini-doc Property Brothers parody: Home equity theft Falconer Sues After Armed Government Agents Accost His Friend The Truth About Swordfishing in California PLAY VIDEO Our Casework Recent Cases Supreme Court Cases Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board Fighting Race-Based Discrimination at Nation’s Top-Ranked High School Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJ, is the nation’s top-ranked public high school. Fairfax County Public Schools’ (FCPS) recent changes to TJ’s admissions process specifically aim to reduce the number of Asian-American children—and only Asian-American children—who can attend TJ. The school district& ... Goodwood Brewing Company, LLC v. Beshear Kentucky restaurants are challenging Gov. Beshear’s never-ending emergency powers Since the pandemic began a year ago, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has used his emergency powers to unilaterally enact COVID-19-related policies. In February, the legislature overwhelmingly voted to rein in his authority, passing three bills to limit the governor’s use of pandemic-related emergency orders. Gov. Beshear immediately filed suit ... Skipper v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illegal critical habitat designation punishes family’s voluntary conservation efforts The Skipper family has owned forestland in Clarke County, Alabama, since 1902, which it manages for timber production and conservation. In 1956 they established the Scotch Wildlife Management Area (WMA), agreeing to voluntarily open their land for the state’s wildlife conservation efforts and outdoor recreation. In February 2020, the U.S. Fis ... UPCOMING EVENTS Market Urbanism: Free Market Solutions to California’s Housing Crisis March 17, 2021 Virtual 6:00 p.m. EDT – 7:00 p.m. EDT We’re partnering with Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) to talk about Market Urbanism: Free Market Solutions to California’s Housing Crisis. READ MORE Help PLF defend liberty and justice for all. The fight to protect liberty and justice never ends. Since 1973, donor-supported PLF has successfully litigated to enforce the Constitution’s guarantee of individual liberty, with an unmatched track record at the U.S. Supreme Court. Your support empowers countless Americans to fight back and win, at the same time you safeguard the liberties of everyone. 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