“Improper-third party payment” is the diplomatic name for what some call extortions or shakedowns of private companies. And this is how the racket works.
Feb 26, 2021
The right to craft and customize firearms is integral to the right to determine which arms one will “keep and bear.”
Feb 24, 2021
President Biden early on is touting his insistence on “ethics” from cabinet nominees and professional staff, and who can argue with that? But it will take more than a signed piece of paper to guard against the conflicts of interest and invitations to collusion that arise when professional activists from the outside suddenly find themselves on the inside, with the levers of federal power within easy reach.
Feb 24, 2021
Biden isn’t bluffing about his intent to use federal power, unilaterally or in tandem with Congress, to restrict your Second Amendment-protected rights. And don’t say we didn’t warn
Feb 20, 2021
California business owners are being forced to allow outside union organizers onto their property during business hours.
Feb 18, 2021
During the Democratic primary race, some saw Joe Biden as a more moderate alternative to other Democratic candidates on the ballot, such as Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. But in the weeks since the election, Joe Biden has rapidly filled his cabinet with a collection of names and faces—some new and some who are all-too-familiar—that…
Feb 18, 2021
Traveling nearly 100 miles off the grid to meet the First Lady of Western sheep ranching.
Feb 18, 2021
It’s been challenging to keep up with all of the executive orders coming out of the White House since January 20th, but the about-face in how agencies construct and evaluate rules is enough to give one whiplash.
Feb 12, 2021
This January, as the Biden-Harris administration took over, gun sales were up 80 percent from the same time last year. Clearly, Americans are determined not to be disarmed. And the Center to Keep and Bear Arms is already taking this fight to the highest level.
Feb 10, 2021
“The latest assault on our basic right to arms is against this oft-neglected right to make and craft them,” writes MSLF attorney Cody J. Wisniewski in an opinion piece today at RealClearPolicy.
Feb 4, 2021
After all the tumult our country experienced recently, Jefferson gives us the opportunity to refocus our thoughts on our nation’s first principles.
Jan 28, 2021
Liberty can only ever be as strong as its most avid defender. When I applied to Mountain States Legal Foundation, I wanted to join a group engaged in the defense of liberty; and when I arrived, Mountain States Legal Foundation placed me on the front lines. I worked to stop administrative agency overreach and abuse,…
Jan 20, 2021
A case now before the Supreme Court could profoundly impact the future success or failure of the liberty movement. Although it’s not a case we are a party to, we will file a brief supporting our friends at Americans for Prosperity and we’re closely watching the case on behalf of our privacy-minded donors. In the…
Jan 13, 2021
Who possibly benefits by keeping regulatory science operating in the shadows? What do the data-deniers have to fear from full disclosure if the “regulatory science” is sound?
Jan 8, 2021
Two MSLF Board members are challenging our donors to match their combined $20,000 year-end commitment. Donate before Jan 1 and double our impact in the fight for liberty!
Dec 22, 2020
An Endangered Species Act update finalized Tuesday, which clarifies the nebulous and overbroad way the federal government long defined “habitat” for purposes of administering the ESA, is reasonable, sensible and long overdue, in our view.
Dec 18, 2020
“Rewilding” advocates will say anything to get wolves into your state. But don’t trust a word they say.
Dec 18, 2020
When did merit cease to serve as the primary basis for political or professional advancement in this supposedly colorblind, “gender-neutral,” equality-oriented society? I of course recognize “diversity” (however one defines it) as a worthy goal, broadly speaking. But it amazes and troubles me to see “diversity” totally eclipsing all other considerations in so many aspects of contemporary life. We saw this most recently in the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.…
Dec 10, 2020
Mountain State Legal Foundation celebrated a victory Monday, when a pair of consolidated grizzly bear-related cases that plaintiffs wanted heard by a federal court in distant Washington, D.C., were transferred to Wyoming’s Federal District Court for resolution.
Dec 1, 2020