Enough is enough: It’s past time to rein in governors’ emergency powers

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic almost a year ago, governors and mayors have been ruling unilaterally under the guise of emergency powers, and state legislatures and courts have delayed too long in reasserting their constitutional roles.

Daniel Dew tells us that whether you believe the government has done too much or too little to deal with COVID-19, what has happened over the past year sets a terrible precedent.

How the California Coastal Commission is hurting California homebuyers and renters

The private vs. public beach debate is often characterized as debate on social justice, in that blocked public beach access disproportionally hurts the poor who cannot afford to live in beachfront homes.

In California, this is where the heroic California Coastal Commission enters: to protect the rights of such disadvantaged groups against the rich and evil coastal homeowners. In reality, as Carol Park explains, studies have shown the commission’s regulatory actions end up further alienating the very groups of people they intend to protect.

Evaluating The 1619 Project: A conversation with Phil Magness

In recent years, Americans have been paying renewed attention and having new discussions on race, racism, and discrimination, with much discussion stemming from The New York Times’ controversial initiative called The 1619 Project.

Phillip W. Magness is a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. His recent book, The 1619 Project: A Critique, points out what the initiative gets right and what it gets (sometimes very) wrong.

PLF interviewed Magness to discuss The 1619 Project, and learn more constructive ways of viewing—and talking about—slavery and racism in America.

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Pacific Legal Foundation’s quarterly magazine Sword & Scales.

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