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RMS of Georgia, LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency
Courts Can’t Write a Law, Only Congress Can Do That
There’s a simple promise at the heart of our Constitution: the people we elect—members of Congress, not judges— are the ones who make the laws. This case raises a specific question about that promise: what happens when…
Erik Holt v. Florissant Fire Protection District
He Spoke Up...and Lost His Job
Case Summary Erik Holt didn’t set out to become a test case for the First Amendment. He became a firefighter because he believed in service. Over time, that commitment led him to…
Comments Supporting the Recission of the BLM’s “Conservation and Landscape Health Rule.”
Protecting Public Lands and the Rule of Law
Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), joined by several allied organizations, has submitted comments in support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposal to rescind its 2024 Conservation and Landscape…
Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bondi
Can the Government Ban the Tools of Self-Defense?
Introduction Can the government block Americans from acquiring a common, useful self-defense tool simply because it disapproves of it? That’s the question before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bondi, a case…
City of Fresno v. United States
Defending Western Water Rights Against Federal Overreach
Introduction Who decides who gets to use water in the American West—the federal regulators who manage infrastructure, or the state-law water users who put it to beneficial use? That question lies at…
Regulatory Comment
Rescinding EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding: Restoring the Rule of Law and American Prosperity
In 2009, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its “finding” that greenhouse gas emissions from cars endanger human health in some indirect way. That finding was, in effect, a…
West Virginia, et al. v. B. P. J.
Biology, Not Ideology: The Fight for Sports and Free Speech
Introduction West Virginia passed a law to protect equality and safety in women’s sports by making sure competition stays separated by biological sex. This is common sense. Men and women…
Del Toro v. Polis
Weaponized Paperwork: Colorado’s New Tactic Against the Second Amendment
CASE SNAPSHOT Colorado’s new gun law (SB25-003) hides behind the guise of safety but is designed to delay—and ultimately deny—your Second Amendment rights. With most of the law already in…
Dunn v. Glass
Self-Defense On Demand: When you need a firearm for self-defense, you need it now
Danger doesn’t give you three days’ notice. When threats arise, the ability to defend yourself and your loved ones must be immediate. Yet in Florida, law abiding citizens are forced…
De Piero v. Pennsylvania State University
From the Classroom to the Courtroom: One Professor’s Stand for Equal Treatment and Free Thought
An Educator with Purpose Zack De Piero didn’t become a teacher for prestige or accolades. He did it because he believed in the power of language to change lives. From…
Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units
Public Comment: Repealing Regulations that Ignored the Constitution, Rule of Law, and Common Sense
The EPA’s greenhouse gas “performance standards” for fossil-fuel power plants didn’t just regulate emissions, they tried to force America’s fossil-fuel power plants to stop being fossil-fuel power plants. Energy providers…
Joshua A. Diemert v. City of Seattle
Discrimination in the Name of "Equity" is Wrong and Unconstitutional
Joshua Diemert worked for the City of Seattle when the city rolled out its sweeping “Race and Social Justice Initiative” (RSJI). While advertised as a workplace training program, RSJI was…
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. B.P. P.L.C., et al. and City of Annapolis v. B.P. P.L.C., et al.
Can Cities Rewrite Climate Policy—And Their Budgets—Through the Courts?
In two high-profile lawsuits, the cities of Baltimore and Annapolis are suing some of the world’s largest energy companies. Their claim? That global climate change has caused local harms and…
Torongo v. Burgum
When Biden overstepped, Americans paid the price
In the final days of his term, President Biden issued a sweeping proclamation that locked up over 624,000 acres of Southern California desert—roughly the size of Rhode Island—by declaring it…
Kaley Chiles v. Patty Salazar
Silenced by the State: Why Kaley Chiles Is Taking Her Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court
As a licensed professional counselor with a master’s degree in clinical mental health, Kaley Chiles spends her days helping clients in Colorado Springs navigate trauma, addiction, identity, and other deeply…
West Virginia, et. Al., v. Letitia James, et, Al.
Stay in Your State: New York’s Money Grab Threatens America’s Prosperous Energy Future
New York’s government has run its energy policy into the ground—crippling its own economy and driving costs through the roof. Now, instead of facing the consequences of those failures, the…
Doyle v. United States
Fighting Back When the Government Fences You Out
When the government locks you out of your own land, refuses to compensate you, and tells you to spend years and thousands of dollars just to ask for permission to…
State of Minnesota v. American Petroleum Institute
Fighting Back Against Minnesota’s Attempt to Rewrite National Climate Policy
For decades, big government activists and lawmakers have tried to attack American energy production. They have pushed for tighter regulations at the federal level. They have sued the federal government…
B.W. by M.W. v. Austin Independent School District
Harassment in the Classroom
Brooks Warden was just a middle schooler in Austin, Texas, when his educational experience took a dark turn. After wearing a Make America Great Again hat on a school field…
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers Inc. v. Matthew J. Platkin
Protecting Donor Privacy and First Amendment Rights
First Choice is a collection of five medically licensed centers that offer free medical services and material support to women facing unplanned pregnancies. First Choice is funded exclusively by private…
Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Consumers’ Research, et al.
Holding Congress Accountable to the Constitution
Can Congress hand over its power to tax Americans to unelected federal regulators and then blindly let those regulators further delegate the power to tax Americans to a company? That’s…
Baker Ranches, Inc. v. Haaland
Will the Government Get Away with Stealing Water Rights?
For over a century, the waters of Baker and Lehman Creeks have sustained ranching operations in Nevada’s Snake Valley, supporting generations of families who have worked the land. These ranchers…
Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, et al
Big Government v. Small Business: The Battle Over the Corporate Transparency Act
Small businesses have long been the backbone of the American economy, driving innovation, creating jobs, and sustaining communities nationwide. Yet, a sweeping federal law—the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)—threatens their ability…
Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
When Justice Isn’t Blind: How Race-Based Standards Undermine Equality
At the heart of our nation’s commitment to equality lies the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees that no government entity—including courts themselves—shall deny any person within…
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