Enedina Stanger: Charged with a Felony for Using Medical Cannabis
Our new video briefly features the story of a young mother charged with a felony for seeking relief from cannabis, after opiate-based prescription drugs administered by doctors nearly killed her. For more information on...
Private Attorneys General: Incentivizing the Protection of Liberty
Taxpayers pay the Attorney General to defend the law, but when a law violates our rights, they should reimburse private citizens who successfully overturn it.
Here’s How Many Utah Parents Have Been Imprisoned for their Child’s Truancy
Childhood education in our country has gone from private and optional to public and mandatory. However, schools were never intended, and are not equipped, to replace parents. Local control of education at the state, district, and...
Police Officer Kills Sam DuBose, is Indicted for Murder—Because of a Body Camera
Last week, Sam DuBose was shot in the face and killed by a University of Cincinnati police officer, Ray Tensing, after being pulled over for not having a front license plate on his vehicle. Today, the officer was indicted for...
NEA’s Opposition to Homeschooling Not Based on Fact
In 2009, the long-time lawyer for the National Education Association (NEA), Bob Chanin, gave a farewell speech to a crowd of thousands of assembled delegates at the organization’s annual conference. In a moment of startling...
Can the Government Make Laws—and Punishments—Retroactive?
“No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be passed.” —Utah Constitution, Article 1, Section 18 (see also Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution) A...