A Small Supreme Court Win for the Fourth Amendment
Can police follow you into your home and arrest you for a low-level crime without getting a warrant?
Property Tax Deferrals: A Solution for Seniors
Rising property taxes put seniors on a fixed income at risk of losing their homes. A tax deferral program could be the fairest way to help them.
Utah’s Recidivism Rate Is Too High to Be Ignored
This program is beneficial for both the inmates and the rest of society. Through the Jail Industries program, Utahns can feel safer knowing that offenders are less likely to reoffend, and inmates benefit from gaining...
Utah Leads on Protecting Individual Privacy Rights
The State Auditor's office has released its statement on the appointments for Utah's newly-created Personal Privacy Oversight Commission.
Asset Forfeiture Reform Is Great. More Is Better.
There’s still a lot of work to be done to fully protect an individual's private property from being taken by law enforcement.
Supreme Court Ruling Delegitimizes Red Flag Laws
This reaffirmation of both privacy and Second Amendment rights should give pause to advocates of red flag laws. Posing as defenders of public safety, red flag laws bypass the Second and Fourth Amendments while simultaneously...
Utah Airports Should Support, Not Stifle, Innovation
The airport, when it was redesigned, had an opportunity to construct a facility that would represent the future economy and, instead, elected to go with infrastructure that represented the airports of years past rather than...
Autonomous Trucks Can Overhaul the Logistics Industry
Utah can benefit greatly from adopting a similar approach to Arizona regarding autonomous vehicles.
New Restrictions on Civil Asset Forfeiture in Utah
The government can steal your property. This new law further restricts that troubling power.
New Restraints on Emergency Powers Aren’t Perfect, But They Are Better
The law, as it now stands, is a marked improvement on what existed before. However, it remains to be seen how well the new restrictions will keep future executive branch employees in check in order to protect essential personal...