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2021 | Spring Issue

Trust Us

Government experts believe they can design our lives. But how many centrally planned programs have been disasters?

In the early 20th century, progressives framed their collectivism-inspired goals as a form of scientifically achieved efficiency. A more ‘efficient’ nation—in their view—would be a better nation. 

— Chad Wilcox, Pacific Legal Foundation

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What We Fight

Chad Wilcox

What are we really fighting? PLF brings the fight to government across several battlegrounds. We fight for your right to use your property however you see fit; to earn a living in whatever vocation calls you; to speak or display what’s on your mind; and to enjoy equal protection before the law, regardless of your gender or race. All without fear that you’ll be made an example of by the State. These battlegrounds bring us into disputes with many different arms of government. Consider just four of PLF’s roughly 100 active lawsuits, where we are suing: The California Coastal Commission (CCC), The Fairfax County School Board, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and The U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

One Best Way

Joseph Kast

Frederick Winslow Taylor was a business consultant obsessed with scientific precision in everything he did, whether it was a friendly game of tennis or the operation of a steel lathe.

The Visionary

Joseph Kast

Woodrow Wilson spent most of his life in academia penning books about public administration.

Birth of the Leviathan

Joseph Kast

In 1917, Vladimir Lenin—the Russian revolutionary who led an overthrow of the Russian government—was trying to hold his country together.

The Brain Trust

Joseph Kast

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated when the Great Depression was in full swing. Many Americans felt as if the country was months—if not days—away from breaking under the weight.

We Should Follow the Science, But Who Makes the Decisions?

Scott Barton

“We're just following the science.” That simple and seemingly unobjectionable statement has been used over the past year to justify every policy, regulation, and law related to COVID-19, no matter their scope or the length they’re in place.
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Sword&Scales is a quarterly magazine with in-depth stories about liberty, equality, and justice. Published by Pacific Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm with a winning record at the Supreme Court, Sword&Scales features narratives from history, courtroom showdowns, and the real experiences of people fighting for their rights.

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