Why religious freedom? The question seems, on its face, silly. We are Americans. We value religious freedom and we have since before the Founding. Religious freedom is the first freedom protected in the Bill of Rights. It comes before the freedom of speech and assembly and before freedom of the press. It is the freedom […]
Archives for January 2014
Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Why doesn’t Utah have one?
January 25, 2014 by
Recently, Senator Stuart Reid announced that he is working on three bills that are intended to protect religious freedoms in Utah, including implementation of a state-based version of the Religious Freedom Act. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . . .” These are the immortals words of the Declaration […]
Campaign Fundraising: Free Speech or Extortion?
January 24, 2014 by
Utah has learned a lot about the state of campaign fundraising in recent months. We have John Swallow and Jason Powers to thank for that. With perhaps more creativity than we would like to give them credit for, Swallow and Powers found ways to duck, dodge, and hide from just about every Utah law designed […]
Gene Schaerr Leads the Utah Appeal of Kitchen v. Herbert
January 16, 2014 by
Citing the importance of the appeals process of Kitchen v. Herbert to both sides of the Amendment 3 debate, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes selected Utahn Gene Schaerr to lead the team of lawyers that will represent Utah in the appeal of the case that overturned Utah’s Amendment 3. Currently a partner at Winston & […]
The Swallow Deposition: If a picture is worth a thousand words
January 14, 2014 by
It appears that John Swallow’s deposition by the Utah House Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Special Investigator is now available. Whether you believe Swallow’s story that the House investigation is a witch hunt, think Swallow is guilty as sin, or are a dispassionate observer, the videos below make for fascinating watching. Here are some excerpts from the deposition […]
5 Minute Book Review | The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath by Nicco Mele
January 12, 2014 by
If Thomas Friedman‘s thesis in his 2005 The World Is Flat is that globalization has led to a flatter playing field, then The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath tells the author Nicco Mele’s vision that the ultimate tool of that equalization is the internet. In truth, it’s not a hard […]
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