A special message from PLF President Steven D. Anderson
To say these are strange times is an understatement.
I’m writing this note from a makeshift office in my living room. The dining room serves as both my wife’s workstation and the schoolhouse for Thomas and Henry, our second-grader and kindergartener, who are both home for the foreseeable future.
As I hunker down with my family to navigate an ever-evolving situation, my thoughts have also been drawn to the larger Pacific Legal Foundation family. I hope you are staying well and everyone in your circle remains healthy.
We’re a resilient bunch—the nation and PLF alike—and I have no doubt that our resolve will ultimately see us through these tough times to better times ahead. In a world often fraught with anguish and anger, I remain forever optimistic.
The human mind—in free conditions—is a magical, miraculous instrument. With thousands or millions of minds freely working together during this crisis, we’ll not only return to normal. I believe, in the end, we’ll be even greater.
Our work at PLF will continue. The price of liberty, as they say, is eternal vigilance. We’ll keep watch and keep you in our thoughts.
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Victory for constitutional government in jaguar critical habitat case
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of thousands of acres of land in New Mexico as critical habitat for jaguars is illegal because the agency failed to follow its own rules.
The illegal designation created obstacles for ranchers to get grazing permits and to build corrals, stock ponds, and fences, despite the fact that only a few jaguars have been seen in New Mexico over the past several decades, while thousands live in Central and South America.
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