AUSTIN – A United States Federal Court is set to hear oral arguments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s illegal refusal to comply with a January 2020 order requiring the agency to determine whether the Golden-Cheeked Warbler species may no longer require protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Texas Public Policy Foundation is representing the Texas General Land Office in this fight for Texans’ private property rights.
Since 1990, the protected status of the Warbler has severely restricted the use of certain private property in Central Texas and blocked critical economic development for the region, even though studies show the Warbler has likely recovered.
When: Wednesday, August 14th at 9:00am CT
Where: United States Federal Courthouse, 501 W. 5th St., Courtroom 2 (4th Floor), Austin, TX 78701
For additional background on the case, click here.
Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin that aims to foster human flourishing by protecting and promoting liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility. The Center for the American Future defends the Constitution through legal opposition to government overreach. The Center launches legal challenges at the administrative, district, and appellate court levels on behalf of ordinary people whose lives, liberty, and property are threatened by government action in defiance of the Constitution.
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