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Free Market

Utah’s Universal Sandbox Is Open for Business


If regulations are what's holding back your great business or product idea, come play in Utah's universal sandbox.

  • Caden Rosenbaum
  • 4th Feb '22
Policy Analysis

Permit Freedom: Reducing Regulation in Everyday Life


Utahns have the right to reasonable, consistent, and clear rules governing how, when, and to whom permits will be granted.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 14th Jan '21
Policy Analysis

Protecting the Right to Privacy in a Digital Era


The desire to use new technologies in the name of protecting the community cannot come at the expense of an individual’s fundamental rights.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 8th Jan '21
Op-Eds

It’s time to scale back licensing requirements


It's critical that Utah lawmakers remove barriers to entry for workers. Here's why…

  • Connor Boyack
  • 17th Nov '20
Policy Analysis

Government Accountability for Causing Individuals Harm


Utahns should be able to hold their government accountable when its actions cause them harm.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 7th Mar '19
Justice and Due Process

Hate civil asset forfeiture? Here’s a court case in Utah to follow…


The Utah Highway Patrol seized money from a person not suspected of a crime, and then gave it to the federal government—circumventing state law that prohibited them from doing so.

  • Connor Boyack
  • 10th Oct '17
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Blog
Blog

Drop the F Bomb, Go to Jail


KSL reported last night that Ogden city officials are responding to violence at kids’ sporting events by proposing that profanity be outlawed. To justify this component of the ever-increasing nanny state in Utah, Ogden...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 9th Aug '12
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Personal Freedom
Personal Freedom

Realizing True Personal Responsibility and Individual Accountability


Both sides of the political aisle claim a near monopoly on accountability and responsibility while demonizing the “other side” for its irresponsible behavior. These ideals, however, have changed meaning throughout the years....

  • Shiloh Logan
  • 2nd Aug '12
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Property Rights
Property Rights

Keep the Sabbath Day Holy, Or Else!


With a vote of 3-2, the Highland City Council recently lifted longstanding restrictions that prohibited businesses from operating on Sunday.  After much debate and community input, councilmen Tom Butler, Scott Smith, and Tim...

  • Jeremy Lyman
  • 31st Jul '12
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Blog
Blog

What Do We Mean By Liberty, Exactly?


Since our launch, we’ve fielded a variety of questions from curious Utahns wondering more about what we’re up to. One question recently came in which merits a public response. A reader asks: In your view, what is...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 20th Jul '12
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Property Rights
Property Rights

By the Sweat of Thy Brow: Property, Taxation, and Theft


Adam was told by God that “By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread…” (Genesis 3:19). This was man’s introduction to the basic principle of self-reliance. Another translation of the same verse of...

  • Jeremy Lyman
  • 16th Jul '12
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Press Releases
Press Releases

Over 500 Utahns ask Governor Herbert to call a special session to nullify Obamacare


Rapidly growing list of Utahns want to see Herbert be a leader on this issue. Salt Lake City, UT, July 10, 2012 — In one 24-hour period, Libertas Institute has collected petitions from over 500 Utahns requesting that Governor...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 10th Jul '12
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10th Amendment
10th Amendment

Nullify Obamacare


Conservatives across America were shocked to see Chief Justice John Roberts side with the liberal wing of the Supreme Court in upholding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly...

  • Michael Jolley
  • 9th Jul '12
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10th Amendment
10th Amendment

The Tenth: A Superfluous Amendment?


It is significant that included in the Bill of Rights, which was designed to protect our natural rights of liberty and property, is a constitutional amendment that reiterates the limited powers of the federal government and...

  • Michael Jolley
  • 6th Jul '12
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Free Market
Free Market

Believing in Liberty


Many believe in theoretical liberty but aren’t ready to see it in practice. There is a long tradition of liberty in this country.  It was a desire for greater liberty that moved early revolutionaries to challenge the greatest...

  • Riley Risto
  • 5th Jul '12
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Property Rights
Property Rights

Liberty Cannot Exist Without Private Property


The goal of Libertas Institute is to reach out to people across the political spectrum throughout the state of Utah and to promote the three pillars of good government: individual liberty, private property, and free enterprise. ...

  • Jeremy Lyman
  • 4th Jul '12
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