Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Happy Sedition Act Day!
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, it’s an opportunity to do things you could not do before.”—Rahm Emanuel Following Rahm’s rule for expanding government power, 216 years ago today, the US Congress, controlled by...
Potential Daylight Saving Time Changes in Utah
“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.” –Aristotle Perhaps it was this Aristotelian proverb that led Congress to pass the Standard Time Act of 1918 establishing both a...
Hobby Lobby Case Shows the Importance of Congressional Limits on the ‘Despotic Branch’
“The Constitution… meant that its coordinate branches should be checks on each other. But the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in...
Comparing the Declaration’s Grievances to Our Own
Today, July 2, is the anniversary of America’s independence. Though the 4th has been (wrongly) given the distinction, it was on this date in 1776 that the Second Continental Congress voted to approve independence from...
These Three Important Laws Go Into Effect Today
The previous legislative session, which concluded in March, produced 484 bills that were signed into law. Many of these were detrimental to individual liberty, private property, and free enterprise. But several were very...
Shurtleff raid further proof of over-militarization of police
The following op-ed, co-authored with ACLU Utah and the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Laywers, was published in the Salt Lake Tribune. The actions of law enforcement officers during their recent search of former Utah...