HB 140: Attorney Fees for Successfully Suing the Government
This bill allows an individual to be awarded attorney fees if they sue the government and win.
Hate civil asset forfeiture? Here’s a court case in Utah to follow…
The Utah Highway Patrol seized money from a person not suspected of a crime, and then gave it to the federal government—circumventing state law that prohibited them from doing so.
30-Year Prosecutor Shares Thoughts on the Death Penalty and a Career of Law Enforcement
Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited interview with Creighton C. Horton II, a retired Utah prosecutor who spent 30 years prosecuting cases in Utah in Salt Lake County and in the Attorney General’s office. His...
Our Lawsuit Over HB43 Settled: A Victory for Free Association in Utah
Last November, along with the Utah Taxpayers Association, we sued the state seeking to overturn a clearly unconstitutional law requiring disclosure of information about our donors. Today, due to the great work of attorneys from...
HB85: Private Attorneys General: Incentivizing the Protection of Liberty
This bill passed the House unanimously but was not considered by the Senate. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Several years ago, the Utah legislature enacted a law that prohibits the awarding of attorney’s fees under...