Born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, William Perry Pendley received B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics and Political Science from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, after which he received his J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law, where he was Senior Editor on Land and Water Law Review. He served as an attorney to former Senator Clifford P. Hansen (R-Wyoming) and to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. During the Reagan Administration, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals of the Department of Interior, where he authored President Reagan's National Minerals Policy and Exclusive Economic Zone proclamation. He was a consultant to former Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Jr., and was engaged in the private practice of law in the Washington, D.C., area before his return to the West in 1989. He is admitted to practice law in Wyoming, Colorado, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Pendley is now President and Chief Legal Officer at the Mountain States Legal Foundation. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ After so much bad news from Washington, D.C., it is worth considering some good news. After all, America has seen its most leftward tilt ever; adoption of the trillion dollar stimulus package, and, thanks to the latest... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2009/04/01/good_news_from_washington,_dc 79b8565f-aa31-455c-b8a1-dd14b5c0eacf Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT It has been a captivating few weeks for Illinois. First, Illinois's governor-responsible for filling Barack Obama's vacancy in the U.S. Senate-is accused of trying to sell the seat. Then, the governor-in an audacious... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2009/03/02/in_the_land_of_lincoln,_is_money_property d829e090-64e7-40e6-b2a0-f4d6a87e3fa7 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:35:17 GMT Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1, in the City of Austin in Travis County, Texas, but independent of both, is a political subdivision that performs various governmental functions; its five-member board... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2009/02/01/supreme_court_to_decide_meaning_of_obama_election f1fedbba-4ef5-4c06-90e3-b294137675e8 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT One minute, Suzanne was eating lunch with her mother and father. The next, the happy hubbub of the restaurant was silenced when a pickup truck crashed through the brick, mortar, and glass. How could that happen? The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2009/01/01/college_students_seek_to_use_concealed-carry_permits 6aefd52b-281b-4218-8980-d1a9dcc3f7bb Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT In 1993, Congress adopted an "Apology Resolution" expressing regret to "Native Hawaiians" for the federal government's role in ending the Hawaiian monarchy. There was one problem: nearly every paragraph was either... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/12/01/one_consequence_of_a_sorry_congress;_more_to_come! 3327ea13-be28-4cf2-891c-848007b41ca8 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:50:14 GMT After Paul Newman died on September 26, news broke that, although he contributed to environmental causes, he was also a secret supporter of something anathema to environmentalists: nuclear power. His interest began... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/11/01/enviros_go_nuclear,_but_not_in_a_good_way 8534fa05-2eda-4aaf-9aee-703f7a53afc5 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:00:01 GMT On October 1, 2008, a 25-year ban on drilling in federal waters (the Outer Continental Shelf) will expire, not with a bang but a whimper, as congressional opponents to drilling for oil on American soil admit that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/10/01/paralysis_and_analysis_in_the_search_for_energy_in_michigan 615f6080-c648-4353-86ee-554ca1a8b7cf Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Arizona Snowbowl is an alpine ski area, seven miles north of Flagstaff, which occupies 777 acres on Humphrey's Peak, amid the San Francisco Peaks in the Coconino National Forest. Organized skiing has existed there... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/09/01/ninth_circuit_gets_it_right_no_indian_religious_veto b08c5fe2-f38e-427b-8707-e7fb1f396410 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld the ability of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to award broadcast licenses based on race. The decision, in Metro Broadcasting v. Federal... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/08/03/earth_to_fcc_what_part_of_unconstitutional_is_unclear 0379d325-0997-4690-8738-53bd5149eabd Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Steven Spielberg's 1998 Academy Award® winning epic, Saving Private Ryan, about the search for and safe return to his family of the sole-surviving Ryan brother, was based, in part, upon the true story of Fritz... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/07/01/this_fourth_of_july_earn_it! cf9aa623-e825-40aa-8750-836607649e01 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:59:10 GMT In 1991, at a cost of $70 million, a group of miners and mining entities known collectively as Seven Up Pete Venture acquired mineral rights on land, near Lincoln, Montana, believed to contain over four million ounces... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/06/01/ninth_circuit_outrage_states_immune_from_fifth_amendment! 7cb17210-e31f-4108-99c7-f03f8671763e Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT On March 18, Senator Barack Obama urged what the media labeled a "national dialogue on race." One week later, Colorado's Secretary of State approved a ballot initiative to permit Colorado voters to participate, along... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/05/01/states_decade-old_dialogue_on_race_dooms_quotas 8290bae6-c0bd-44e5-824d-4a0a603476e4 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Last year, a senior at Roswell (New Mexico) High School was ticketed for blocking a fire lane outside a middle school and for driving without a license. When the Roswell police officer who stopped her discovered that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/04/01/free_school_for_illegals_time_for_a_supreme_court_review 29ab859d-3c22-4557-afd3-be540582bde8 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT For years, Plains Commerce Bank made operating loans to the Long Family Land & Cattle Company, which is 51 percent owned by members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in northern... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/03/01/judging_civil_liability_using_values,_mores,_and_norms f7cd4f18-56d5-43f0-82f6-ec8cec8302b4 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:01:00 GMT In 1989, John Shuler of rural Dupuyer, Montana, heard grizzly bears outside his house; fearing they would kill his sheep, he grabbed his rifle and ran into the night. The good news is he survived his encounter with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamPerryPendley/2008/02/04/the_west,_washington,_dc,_and_weapons d916ce6c-62e1-4141-886e-9c6174e41d16 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:02:15 GMT