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UC Berkeley Case Shows Why Comprehensive Reform Badly Needed to End CEQA Abuse
The Registry | March 23, 2022
Chris Carr
The California Supreme Court earlier this month declined to stay a lower court order in a case involving a housing and classroom complex under construction on the UC Berkeley campus. This will effectively shut the door to one of America’s finest public universities for thousands of prospective students.
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Government red tape would strangle patient access to medication
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes
March 21, 2022
Earlier this month, Rep. Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat, introduced a bill that could restrict the Food and Drug Administration’s “accelerated approval” pathway — the program responsible for bringing promising medicines to patients years ahead of schedule.
The accelerated approval pathway is a rare example of government working efficiently. Ensnaring it in red tape is senseless — and could delay patient access to lifesaving treatments.
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States and Municipal Lawsuits Undermine Innovative Climate Solutions
Forbes | Wayne Winegarden
March 21, 2022
Cities and states are attempting to set the nation’s energy policies through the judicial system rather than the appropriate legislative process. Dozens ([link removed]) of states and localities including New York City, Baltimore, and various California cities have filed suits claiming that oil and gas companies should be held responsible for the alleged financial harm these municipalities are experiencing from global climate change.
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Diversity Smokescreen
City Journal | Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Andrew I. Fillat
March 21, 2022
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two more cases challenging the use of race as a criterion in college admissions, as has allegedly happened at Harvard University (a private institution) and the University of North Carolina (public). On the surface, the argument turns on whether the desire for a diverse student body trumps many laws and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibit discrimination and guarantee equal protection to all. The question applies to virtually all universities because they are either public or accept government money.
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