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Fighting in Courtrooms Across the Country

The Goldwater Institute frequently takes the fight for liberty to court. Through our Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, we litigate cases and file briefs to advance freedom and defend individual rights across the country, on issues ranging from free speech and property rights to school choice and equal protection under the law, and much more.

We opened the Scharf-Norton Center in 2007, making us the first state-based free-market think tank to deploy a team of lawyers to promote our vision in court. In the decade-plus since, the Institute’s litigation team has advocated for freedom before state supreme courts, federal courts of appeal, and even the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are some of the cases we are working on today:

Case Name & Description
Filing Date
Issue Area
Status
Filing Date May 30, 2025
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
- Jobs & Economy
Status Last Step:
Filed complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Next Step:
Await response from the City of Scottsdale and the Arizona Department of Revenue.
Filing Date January 22, 2025
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
- Limited Government
Status Last Step:
Filed complaint.

Next Step:
Await opposing party’s response.
Filing Date January 15, 2025
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
Status Last Step:
Filed Complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Next Step:
Await response to complaint.
Filing Date December 27, 2024
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
Status Last Step:
Filed complaint.

Next Step:
Awaiting opposition’s reply.
Filing Date September 23, 2024
Issue Area - Education
Status Last Step:
Filed complaint.

Next Step:
Await government’s response.
Filing Date September 10, 2024
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
Status Last Step:
Filed complaint and motion for preliminary injunction.

Next Step:
Prepare for possible hearing on motion for preliminary injunction.
Filing Date June 18, 2024
Issue Area - Jobs & Economy
- Limited Government
Status Last Step:
Plaintiffs filed their Verified Complaint, Motion for Preliminary and Permanent Injunction, and Application for Order to Show Cause in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Next Step:
The court granted Plaintiffs’ Application and set a hearing for July 2 on the Order to Show Cause.
Filing Date June 1, 2024
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
Status Last Step:
Briefs filed in the Minnesota Supreme Court

Next Step:
Oral Argument
Filing Date April 26, 2024
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
Status Last Step:
Filed complaint in Pima County Superior Court.

Next Step:
Await county response.
Filing Date April 3, 2024
Issue Area - Constitutional Rights
Status Last Step:
Filed petition for writ of certiorari in. U.S. Supreme Court.

Next Step:
Await Supreme Court decision of whether to take up case.

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