When Teancum Properties wanted to develop their 22-acre Utah parcel, they did everything right. The construction and development company hired environmental consultants, studied federal regulations, and filed the proper paperwork with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Yet despite their diligence, they found themselves trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare—one that should have ended with the Supreme Court’s crystal-clear ruling in Sackett v. EPA. Now, they’re taking a stand and fighting to ensure that constitutional limits on government power are respected.​​​​​​

On Wednesday, in celebration of Constitution Day, PLF senior legal fellow Ethan Blevins encouraged Americans to rediscover “the truths that catapulted an obscure colony in the wilderness into the most prosperous and free nation in the world .”As Ethan reminds us, “Celebrating Constitution Day, after all, does not just mean that we look back at a dusty past, but that we also celebrate the steady blossoming of a promise.”

Some argue that President Trump’s attempts to fire appointees of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), among others, threaten the Constitution’s separation of powers.

But as PLF’s Mitchell Scacchi points out, “If you exercise executive power, you must be answerable to the person through which that power flows.” Regardless of how you feel about recent high-profile firings, “allowing the president to remove the leaders of these agencies without cause would breathe some much-needed life back into our government’s constitutional structure.”

Since 2003, PLF client Marcy Markes has owned and operated the Columbia Allergy and Asthma Specialists clinic in Columbia, Missouri—providing vital treatment to about 6,500 grateful patients a year. Yet, despite over 30 years of experience and multiple degrees, Missouri state law forbids Marcy from seeing patients unless she pays to be under the supervision of a physician—in a regulatory scheme known as “collaborative practice agreements” or CPAs.

For Marcy, this added burden amounts to over $50,000 a year for nominal oversight. Thankfully, as PLF’s Brittany Hunter explains, “Marcy is not one to stay quiet when both her patients and her fellow [nurse practitioners] deserve better.” Now, she’s partnered with PLF to challenge her state’s CPA requirement in court.

According to the Maine Bureau of Insurance, Mainers can expect to see increases of as much as 25% in health insurance rates beginning in 2026. PLF’s Jaimie Cavanaugh and John Sweeney argue one obvious way to help drive down healthcare costs is to repeal the state’s restrictive certificate of need (CON) laws. As they point out, “Roughly 4 in 10 Americans live in states with no or minimal CON laws, and the research suggests they are better off than those in states with robust CON programs.