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November 21, 2024
Title: Race-Based Contracting is Bad for Everyone
Topic: Discrimination
Discussed by Erin Wilcox
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Texas taxpayers deserve the best service at competitive prices. This
should be a no-brainer, right? Well, apparently some don’t think so!
Today, new guest, Erin Wilcox, discusses the major problems that arise when
companies are chosen simply based on race and not their merits or reputation.
Erin Wilcox is an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Nearly 300 Texas agencies have race-based contracting rules. In fact, these
rules are required. But shouldn’t every level of government treat all citizens
equally, regardless of skin color?
How much money do race-based contracts cost business owners each year? Erin
Wilcox reveals this astronomical amount!!
Why should we stop allowing race-based government contracts? Erin Wilcox
discusses the negative outcomes and explains the stark discriminatory
double-standard it creates.
Why is Erin Wilcox and the Pacific Legal Foundation asking the courts to
intervene on this issue? What are they requesting? How long will it take for the
court to make a decision?
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January 22, 2024
Title: Can the State Confiscate Someone’s Property without Compensation?
Topic: Property Rights
Discussed by Jim Burling
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Jim Burling is the
Vice President of Legal Affairs at the Pacific Legal
Foundation. Today, Jim discusses a very sad case involving
a Texas farmer and his family who were harmed due of the actions of the State of
Texas.
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information about this case, DeVillier v. State of Texas.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
What did the Texas Department of Transportation do to Richie Devillier’s family
and hundreds of other families?
Has the State of Texas admitted to any wrongdoing?
Why is the State of Texas denying just compensation for the farmer and his
family?
What does the law state about just compensation in cases like this?
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December 1, 2023
Title: TxDot Ruined Property. Should They Pay?
Topic: Texas Politics
Discussed by Robert Thomas
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Robert Thomas is the Director of Property Rights Litigation with the
Pacific Legal Foundation. Today, he discusses an interesting case
from Texas regarding property that was damaged by TxDot. Listen closely because
this could happen to you!
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are private property rights recognized within the US Constitution?
What is “eminent domain” or “property taking”? Robert reminds
us that even if you own your own property, it’s always for sale.
Skunk DeVillier homesteaded a patch of Texas land back in the 1920s. Until TxDot
constructed a barrier (which essentially became a dam) had the property ever
flooded?
Why is the State of Texas, through TxDot, refusing to pay for damages to the
DeVillier property?
What is the current status of this case? Robert discusses all the details – some
that might make your head explode with frustration with the government!
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October 10, 2022
Title: Couple Fighting the EPA. Will They Win?
Topic: EPA Rules and Regulations
Discussed by Jim Burling
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Will SCOTUS classify the puddle in your backyard that
appears during a rainstorm as part of the “Waters of the US” governed
by the EPA?
Jim Burling is the Vice President of Legal Affairs with the Pacific Legal
Foundation, a national non-profit defending Americans threatened by
government overreach and abuse. Today, Jim discusses how the EPA wants to
control every square inch of land/water across the United States – even a puddle
in your backyard.
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here to read more on this case and how the decision by SCOTUS could
affect you and your family.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Has the EPA become the “local building permitting department”?
The Sackett’s purchased a vacant lot in a build-out subdivision approximately
300 feet from a lake. Why has the EPA dug in its heels and told the Sackett’s “You
Shall Not Build There”? Jim tells the rest of the story, which is
outrageous, by the way!!
Is the Sackett’s land in the middle of nowhere, where one could assume it could
be classified as a wetland? HINT: Nope.
Should every property owner and every aspiring property owner be concerned with
the wrong ruling in this case?
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September 23, 2022
Title: Bureaucrats vs Congress: Who Will Win?
Topic: Public Education
Discussed by Joe Luppino-Esposito
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Over three decades, two Congresses passed bills with bipartisan
support to financially support the growth of charter schools throughout the
country. However, an alternative to standard public education for
failing low-income and disadvantaged children is still desperately needed.
Joe Luppino-Esposito is the Deputy Legal Policy Director for the Pacific
Legal Foundation. Today, Joe discusses why the Department of Education is
refusing to spend the money it has already been given on the Federal Charter
Schools Program.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why are federal bureaucrats with the Department of Education
sandbagging Congress? Joe explains that the DOE simply does not want to
spend money on charter schools, which is harmful to the students who need help
the most.
What qualifies/disqualifies a school from being a “charter school”?
Why is Congress sitting on their hands while the Biden Administration destroys a
successful grant program for disadvantaged children and families? Joe explains
that a few Congress members have seen the problem and are working to actively
continue the Charter Schools Program.
Surprisingly, the Charter Schools Program thrived under Presidents
Clinton and Obama. Why are the Democrats suddenly so against it and stopping the
development of new charter schools across the country?
Can the DOE federal bureaucrats be fired for refusing to follow the
law?
Who must win this battle: Congress or the federal bureaucrats? Joe explains how
this is a prime example of our separation of powers practice in America.
Congress needs to put their foot down and say “Do this. No exceptions.”
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October 7, 2021
Title: Changes to Texas Polling/Voting Laws
Topic: Texas Politics
Discussed by Oliver Dunford
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Part 1 of 2
Disclaimer: Please do not construe any statement made during this interview as legal advice. Always consult your attorney for advice on this and other legal issues.
On September 30, 2021, a federal court struck down two Texas laws forcing voters to surrender their freedom of expression when they vote.
Oliver Dunford explains the change in these laws. Oliver litigates across the country to defend and advance individual liberty and the rule of law.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
As a former Election Judge, I have commanded potential voters to leave the area, that they could not wear a T-Shirt with a political message on it in the voting area. If I did that today, in Texas, would I be violating their right to free speech? This has a complicated answer. Listen close!
Has electioneering been long frowned upon inside the polling location?
Does an individual’s right to self-expression end inside the polling location?
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Changes to Texas Polling/Voting Laws
Topic: Texas Politics
Discussed by Oliver Dunford
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Disclaimer: Please do not construe any statement made during this interview as legal advice. Always consult your attorney for advice on this and other legal issues.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Oliver recently represented a client concerning this issue? What happened at the
polling location and what was the verdict?
When do the new changes to the law take place?
How should voters prepare if they choose to wear a shirt, hat, or lapel pin that
could be questionable?
Does campaigning at the polling location still end at the 100-foot maker?
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September 17, 2019
Title: Student Lawsuit Against UT
Topic: Free Speech Rights
Discussed by Tim Snowball
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
Three University of Texas students fear investigation and punishment
by university officials if they discuss topics like immigration, affirmative
action, the Second Amendment, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and
President Donald Trump on campus.
Attorney Tim Snowball is with the
Pacific Legal Foundation. Tim encourages everyone to get involved, even
if you don’t have children in college. This is happening all across the country
and we must put a stop to it now. Click the link above for more information.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are college campus speech policies silencing Progressive Liberal ideas?
Are college campus speech policies silencing Conservative ideas?
Are campus speech policies silencing a Christian’s ability to share the gospel?
Just how ridiculous are “free speech rights” becoming on college
campuses? Listen close!!! This will make your blood pressure spike!
Tim Snowball explains more about the lawsuit against UT…
Has intolerance of Conservative thought/ideas been growing for years?
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May 31, 2019
Title: Will Trump Help Protect Your Property Rights?
Topic: Property Rights
Discussed by Jonathan Wood
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
When bureaucrats make rules that impact the American people, they’re supposed to submit them to Congress for review. Unfortunately, today’s reality is that alphabet soup agencies – FDA, USDA, EPA, USFWS – adopt most of the rules that Americans are subjected to.
These laws have become so numerous and oppressive that one civil rights lawyer estimates that every American has committed at least three federal crimes by dinnertime every day.
Jonathan Wood is an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation’s WDC Center, where he litigates environmental, property rights, and constitutional cases.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
How important are secure property rights?
Have bureaucrats become legislators, judges, and gods when it comes to controlling our lives, our businesses, and our property?
Was it the original internet of Congress to pass laws allowing bureaucrats wide freedoms in interrupting and implementing those laws? Jonathan says yes and no… Listen as he explains…
Is ignorance (of the law) any excuse?
Has Congress attempted to rein in out-of-control bureaucrats? Jonathan discusses the 1996 Congressional Review Act…
What is President Trump doing to protect our property rights?
Are some countries actually endangering their own citizens because they offer more protection for wildlife and the environment?
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July 31, 2015
Title:
Do you Recycle Well Enough?
Topic: Government Interference
Discussed by Ethen Blevins
with Pacific Legal Foundation (www.PacificLegal.org)
In Seattle, WA,
residents once had their garbage protected from nosy trash collectors. Not
anymore. Now, if you do not sort through your recyclables and
trash well enough, you can be fined and forced to sort through it again! Yes!
I’m serious!
Ethen Blevins
is an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation representing the people in Seattle who are fed up with the government overreach. Ethen calls them “lovers of liberty”. He explains the law and why it is just so
outrageous. He also discusses the two main components to their lawsuit against
the city of Seattle. Listen in as he explains.
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