Teaching universities about free speech The University of Texas at Austin has enacted several campus speech restrictions that border on the absurd: Students are prohibited from saying or writing anything allegedly “biased, offensive, or harassing.” Students can potentially face dis…

States can’t prevent American Indian artists from truthfully marketing their art This March, Peggy Fontenot, an award-winning artist, vindicated her right to truthfully market her art as “American Indian-made” in Oklahoma. Because the Patawomeck Tribe is recognized by the State of …

PLF petitions prompt major improvements to Endangered Species Act On Monday, the Department of the Interior announced the most significant gain for property rights under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in decades. Prompted by two PLF petitions, the feds reformed an ESA rule to a…

Seattle can’t ignore the state constitution for a “wealth tax In many respects, Washington is a good place to live. It’s one of the few states in the nation where residents pay zero state income tax, and the state constitution boasts strong protections for taxpayers. But even cons…

You have a right to know your rights For six years, Mike Jackson was forced to pay approximately $600 a year to the Teamsters union. Mike—an employee at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)—doesn’t agree with the union, doesn’t want to support it, and doesn’t think he re…

How quickly does legal precedent take effect? The legal system may seem ponderous at times, especially in the months—and sometimes years—waiting for a case to reach the Supreme Court. But a Supreme Court decision can have widespread effects in the legal system within a matter of …

PLF Senate Testimony: Congress must rein in unconstitutional bureaucratic rulemaking Earlier this year, Pacific Legal Foundation published a first-of-its-kind study that found that over the past 17 years, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a majority of its rules un…

The government stole their property… now the Perez family is fighting home equity theft Six years ago, Erica Perez and her father, Romualdo, purchased a small, $60,000 apartment complex in Detroit. Romualdo has family there, so they planned to fix up the complex to rent out, as we…

How We Fight       Many Americans want a better world. They strive to better themselves, their families, their businesses, and their communities. They are productive, creative, and responsible. They are the engines of progress and prosperity.   But government often has a dif…

Why We Fight for Liberty     At Pacific Legal Foundation, we are committed to individual liberty. When people are free to live peacefully and productively, they improve themselves, their families, and their communities. This pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the U.S. C…

Welcome to the Pacific Legal Foundation Community     Thank you for joining the Pacific Legal Foundation community. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s premiere nonprofit legal organization that defends liberty when threatened by government overreach and abuse. We sue the…