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John Duarte: “The Pacific Legal foundation, which is a public interest law…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 21:47

They kicked us up to enforcement and told all kinds of other regulatory agencies that we'd destroyed wetlands and polluted water and all kinds of other nonsense. They'd never give us a hearing. So The Pacific Legal foundation, which is a public interest law firm that I call them the American Civil Liberties Union for productive people, they oftentimes represent farmers and builders and property owners, and they represented us on a. On a pro bono level to sue the government under Fifth Amendment due process claims. Well, once the government decided they couldn't get that kicked out of court, they countersued us. And they literally said, we're suing them because they're suing us, which is a First Amendment violation of our rights on top of the. (21:47–22:09)

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Asserts that the Pacific Legal Foundation represented them pro bono to sue the government under Fifth Amendment due process claims.

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