The following is an op-ed I wrote that was published by KSL. SALT LAKE CITY — With the Human Rights Campaign’s tactic of attacking supporters of Amendment 3 for their religious convictions, we have seen an ugly shift toward divisive politics over civil discourse. Last week, Fred Sainz of HRC attacked Gene Schaerr, Utah’s […]
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 […]
Amazon wins one for the 1st Amendment
October 26, 2010 by
For those out there who trust government too much, I present to you a case of government bureaucracy gone too far, as well as the lawsuit that said “no.” A few months back, I took note of a case wherein North Carolina was trying to force Amazon to give up records in order to collect […]
Immigration Debate: Federal or state purview?
August 9, 2010 by
Image by Renegade98 via Flickr Recently, the local Deseret News has seen debate on its opinion page, and carried over in the Facebook-sphere, on the immigration issue, especially as it relates to whether immigration policy is the purview of states or the federal government, and in many respects, it returns to Constitutional interpretation by the […]
Proposition 8 overturned; next stop, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
August 4, 2010 by
Just moments ago, the Judge Vaughn Walker of the US District Court for the Northern District of California overturned Proposition 8, declaring it unconstitutional. And, predictably per their promise, the legal team defending Prop 8 has sought a stay pending appeal. In court papers filed Tuesday night, lawyers for the Proposition 8 defense team asked […]
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