HB128: Requiring a Search Warrant for Obtaining Cell Phone Data
This bill passed the House 70-1 and passed the Senate unanimously. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. Libertas Institute supports this bill. While many Utahns are concerned...
HJR7: Requiring Staff Attorneys to Highlight Federalism Implications of Legislation
This bill, as a substitute, passed the House 55-19 but was not considered in the Senate. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. Libertas Institute supports this bill. When...
Potential Court Reform in Utah
As we explained in our asset forfeiture policy analysis, “policing for profit” is a problematic element in law enforcement. Similarly, there is a concern that local justice courts in Utah can prosecute and adjudicate for profit...
Procedural vs. Substantive: Who’s in Charge?
Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee reviewed and discussed House Bill 70, a proposal we’ve been working on for months. Whereas law enforcement officers had been concerned about the bill, some ended up supporting the...
Anti-discrimination proposal violates property rights
The following op-ed was published in the Deseret News. According to a unanimous decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court, the suppression of one’s moral convictions and the denial of one’s property rights has become the “price of...
HB318: Jury Trial for Parents Facing Termination of Parental Rights
This bill passed the House 46-27 but was not considered in the Senate. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Last fall we published an...