Travis Hall

The highest court in the nation just re-affirmed access to more than 3 million acres of public land via corner crossing.

CDT has joined a coalition of civil society organizations in filing a comment with the Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to their Request for Information on Regulatory Reform on Artificial Intelligence, calling for them to maintain existing civil rights protections as a matter of law and policy. The Administration should refrain from framing decades of civil rights law and regulations as a “regulatory mismatch”, as these guardrails are the legal infrastructure that enable responsible AI innovation to flourish. Weakening or removing these protections will harm consumers, concentrate market power, destabilize markets, and result in untrustworthy AI that consumers will shun. The Administration should instead work with stakeholders to ensure the application of these laws to emerging technologies such as AI. CDT stands ready to assist in these efforts.

The proposed Sheep Creek mine would sit on public land in the headwaters of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River. But residents of the area and local politicians are pushing back against the controversial plan

Last night, the Trump Administration released an Executive Order (EO) setting forth various directives to his administration that purport to preempt state laws regarding artificial intelligence (AI). But he cannot constitutionally preempt state laws via EO, and the substance of the EO is as a result a cobbled-together set of largely toothless directives. The Administration appears to recognize that it does not have the authority to preempt and lays out what it would like to see in a Congressionally passed moratorium, but nearly identical proposals have been rejected twice already, once on a 99-1 vote. States shouldn’t feel constrained by this EO, and should instead forge ahead with AI legislation they feel will protect their residents. Each of the operative provisions of the EO is inherently flawed.

Fans of the renowned fishery are raising alarm bells over fast-moving development plans for its headwaters and lower stretches

Sixteen-year-old Ryder Humphries caught the massive bull trout in the pristine Bow river near Banff, Canada.

Congress just stripped protections from America's most-visited Wilderness Area despite heavy opposition from hunters and anglers

Travis Hall of the Center for Democracy & Technology urged passage of HB 26 1210, warning that surveillance or bespoke pricing uses vast amounts of personal data to tailor prices and wages to each individual’s perceived vulnerability. He argued this undermines transparent pricing, exploits information imbalances, and risks harming consumers and workers, especially as AI makes such practices more widespread, while emphasizing that meaningful discounts require a clear, stable baseline price.

Justin Hodge caught the record-breaking blue catfish in the Suwanee River back in February on a live, hand-sized bream.

Joe Bouta caught the enormous lake trout while jigging in 100-feet of water during heavy winds on Lake Superior