Last week, I joined a panel hosted by the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project to discuss state constitutions and how they provide robust protection against government overreach. The American framers ...
Barbecues. Pool parties. Fireworks. The right to live your life as you see fit. Our founding fathers battled to secure the blessings of liberty—whether they be the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Right...
We’ve long warned that one of the greatest threats to American constitutional government is the expansion of the “administrative state”—that is, regulatory agencies that combine the powers of the executive, leg...
Every summer, as Americans look forward to the long Independence Day weekend, there’s always someone who admonishes us not to trivialize the holiday with barbecues, pool parties, or shopping sprees with friends. Instea...
For 250 years, our country has fought against tyranny and oppression across the globe. We’ve spread the ideas of freedom..
February 14, 2022 By Christina Sandefur Today is Arizona Statehood Day. To celebrate Arizona’s 110th birthday, we can reflect on the..
This past year was one of the most successful in the Goldwater Institute’s history. As radical special interests tried to..
Massachusetts grandmother Malinda Harris was neither charged with nor even accused of a crime when police seized her car in..
Massachusetts grandmother Malinda Harris didn’t have a choice when the government demanded she turn over the keys to her car..
November 8, 2021 The Goldwater Institute founded the American Freedom Network (AFN), our network of pro bono attorneys across America,..
Twenty years ago today was September 11, 2001—a day when America came under attack by violent extremists opposed to our..
Massachusetts grandmother Malinda Harris had her car taken away by the government and held for years, even though she hadn’t..
Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas wanted to know what her daughter would be taught in kindergarten. For daring to ask..
August 10, 2021By Stephen Silverman Several years ago, innocent grandmother Malinda Harris found herself the target of government bullies: Her..
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