Final Victory for Sidney
MSLF did not rest until the Longwells got justice. We do not rest until the Constitution, the law, and the natural rights of liberty are restored.
David McDonald
MSLF Files Comments on BLM’s Proposed “Conservation Leases”
Today, MSLF along with six other organizations filed comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to create rules establishing a new class of “conservation leases” intended to tie up…
MSLF Takes on Takings Clause Case
It is time to end exactions in all its forms. The Takings Clause protects property rights from all branches and levels of government equally.
David McDonald interviewed on public land use rule
The new BLM rule introducing so-called conservation leasing will likely become the administration’s vehicle for locking up federal property.
VICTORY FOR SIDNEY!
Since before 1993, the late Sidney Longwell fought to get free from the bureaucrats at the Department of the Interior (DOI). Mountain States Legal Foundation and all of its supporters…
How the Supreme Court Declared Independence
The founding generation was wise enough to root their revolution in timeless Enlightenment principles and the longstanding precepts and protections of the English common law. They freed themselves from the…
Mike Fahner, A Fearless Fighter for Property Rights, Has Died
2021 saw one of the biggest property rights victories before the Supreme Court in recent memory. Mike Fahner and his Cedar Point Nursery, after more than a decade of legal…
The Litigator
The Keystone Pipeline is Dead
The death of the Keystone XL means we replace a safe, inexpensive, and relatively eco-friendly means of oil transport with other methods that are more likely to endanger humans and the environment.
Keystone XL is Officially Dead, and the Ignorant Dance on Its Grave
TC Energy Corp., the Canadian oil company spearheading the project, announced on Wednesday that it “has terminated” the Keystone XL project. After more than a decade of political, legal, and…
First They Ignore You . . .
The Ray family received some welcome news last week: their application got denied. Now, I know what you’re thinking; getting a rejection letter is rarely cause for celebration. But for…