Timothy Sandefur
Constitutional Rights
Supreme Court Should Overrule Ninth Circuit’s Disastrous Homelessness Rule
Five years ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided a case called Martin v. City of Boise that radically..
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Social Media Companies Have Free Speech Rights, Too
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a pair of cases challenging laws in Texas and Florida that sharply..
Constitutional Limits
Goldwater Asks Texas Supreme Court to Protect Constitutional Rights of Lone Star Taxpayers
Goldwater Institute lawyers were in the Texas Supreme Court this morning to argue against the constitutionality of public sector labor..
Constitutional Rights
Frederick Douglass Knew That Liberty Means the Freedom of Self-Responsibility
Today is the day that abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass chose to celebrate as his birthday. Those born into slavery,..
Constitutional Rights
Goldwater Asks AZ Supreme Court to Uphold Rights of Taxpayers and Public Employees
Goldwater Institute lawyers were in the Arizona Supreme Court this morning to ask the justices to support the rights of..
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Goldwater Asks Judge to Force AZ Tax Bureaucrats to Return Stolen $90 Million
Goldwater Institute lawyers are heading to court today to ask an Arizona judge to force Pinal County and the state’s..
Constitutional Rights
A New Constitution?—Join Goldwater Institute and Others to Discuss Feb. 1
As part of a project sponsored by the National Constitution Center to draft proposed new constitutions a few years ago,..
Constitutional Rights
The Supreme Court Confronts the Administrative State
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of cases addressing so-called Chevron deference—a rule that..
Constitutional Rights
Will the Supreme Court End Chevron Deference—and Restore Responsible Lawmaking?
In two back-to-back hours-long hearings this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court justices debated one of the biggest questions in contemporary..
Constitutional Rights
Fairfax County Public Schools Leaks Again
Two years ago, school bureaucrats in Fairfax County, Virginia, filed a lawsuit against journalist and mom Callie Oettinger after she..
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