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Recent Highlights
VICTORY! Court Orders Phoenix to Stop Censoring People for the Super Bowl
The Goldwater Institute scored a major victory for residents and business owners in downtown Phoenix this morning when an Arizona trial court judge ruled that the city’s Super Bowl Censorship Ordinance violated thei...
Week in Review: Celebrate School Choice…but Don’t Stop There
The tide is turning. Victory in the fight for America’s future is within grasp in the form of true education freedom. This National School Choice Week, we’re celebrating the concrete victories that have given mil...
Can the Administrative State Be the Judge in Its Own Case?
Everybody knows that the bureaucracies that make up the Administrative State hold immense power to control how businesses operate, how private property is used, and countless other aspects of private life nationwide. Wh...
Refuting the New (Even Less Convincing) Scare Tactics Against ESAs in Arizona
First, the left told us that school choice would decimate the funding of public education. But then, Arizona passed the nation’s first universal education savings account (ESA) program last year, and funding for the s...
Property Rights
Goldwater Gets Innocent Phoenix Man’s Car Back in Another Civil Forfeiture Victory
May 17, 2021By Stephen Silverman Matthew Fabay is a Phoenix resident, an active member of his church and his community...
Arizona in Focus
Governor Ducey Signs Goldwater’s Sweeping Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill
May 5, 2021by Victor Riches Today marks a great day for due process and property rights in Arizona. With Governor..
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Goldwater’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Heads to AZ Governor’s Desk
April 28, 2021By Jenna Bentley In Arizona, government can take your car, your cash, even your house and hold it..
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Goldwater’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Moves Forward
February 18, 2021By Jenna Bentley Today, the Goldwater Institute’s reform of civil asset forfeiture in Arizona took an important step..
0-Government Preferences
HB 2477: Protecting Citizen’s Rights and Stopping Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse
Last week the Arizona House of Representatives took an important step toward protecting the due process rights of all Arizonans...
Property Rights
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Inverting Justice
Imagine a law that allowed the government to take your private property without having to prove that you did anything wrong and then rewarded the government agency that seized your property by allowing it to keep the proceeds of the seizure.
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