Libertas Utah Articles

Personal Freedom

Several Successful Licensure Reforms in Utah

The Legislature passed a number of great bills to help more Utahns access occupational licenses.

Molly Davis
| 4th Apr 2019

Property Rights

Reforming the Annual Tax on Business Supplies

Meaningful reform to the tangible personal property tax was achieved via HB 231.

Michael Melendez
| 1st Apr 2019

Justice and Due Process

Improving Government Accountability

Utahns win with the new government accountability bill passed just this year.

Molly Davis
| 29th Mar 2019

Op-Eds

Utah steps forward to protect digital privacy

The “third party doctrine” might have made some sense before the digital era, but our inherent reliance on numerous third parties to facilitate any digital interaction makes it clear that the case law needs a major overhaul.

Connor Boyack
| 26th Mar 2019

Op-Eds

Local Utah government should respect property rights

Utahns aren't able to fully utilize there property due to local government regulations—SB 107 seeks to change that.

Molly Davis
| 21st Feb 2019

Op-Eds

Car sharing shouldn’t be criminalized at the airport

Salt Lake City and the Airport are criminalizing Utahns who share their vehicle using Turo.

Connor Boyack
| 7th Feb 2019

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