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UT Supreme Court Favors Privacy

While police officers may be permitted to search your device with a warrant, you are not obligated to reveal the passcode to unlock it.

David Iglesias
| 11th Jan 2024

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Gov. Cox Wants 35,000 New Starter Homes. But How Will They Get Built?

If local government acts in the deregulatory, free market ways described here, then the goal of getting 35,000 starter homes built could be met or even exceeded — all at no cost to the taxpayer.

Lee Sands
| 15th Dec 2023

Op-Eds

College Can Wait

In an age where information is just a few clicks away, college may not be the golden ticket to success it once was. Entrepreneurship, coupled with self-directed learning, has the potential to provide a better path to success than attending a traditional college.

Jon England
| 11th Dec 2023

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Curbing AI Disinformation Requires Innovation, Not Regulation

Our technological capability will improve, just like any other industry. But heavy-handed regulations and executive orders are doomed to fail.

Caden Rosenbaum
| 27th Nov 2023

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We Don’t Need to Control Education

Milton Friedman said it best: “(A free economy) gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”

Jon England
| 27th Nov 2023

Op-Eds

Restoring Financial Privacy and Security

It’s official. As the New York Times recently reported, some US banks are denying their services to people whose banking activities trigger an algorithm, or whose political views they dislike. The bankers call breaking customers’ financial security and centuries of confidentiality precedent to aid government snoops “de-risking.”

Libertas Institute Staff
| 21st Nov 2023

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