SB46: Limiting Law Enforcement’s Authority to Use Administrative Subpoenas
This bill, as a second substitute, passed the House and Senate unanimously. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Over the past several...
Strengthening Judicial Oversight of Forcible Entry Warrants
To track the status of this bill, find it on our Legislation Tracker. Click here to contact the sponsor of the bill to share your thoughts, or click here to email your Senator and Representative about it. Libertas Institute...
The Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions
This article was written by John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute. It is published here with the author’s permission. “Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the...
How An Unlikely State Became a Hotbed For Police Reform
Investigative journalist Radley Balko has published six articles in a series about efforts in Utah to reform the way police handle drug enforcement cases and the “militarization” trend we’ve become familiar...
Caution Needed in Warrant Enforcement
The story of Matthew David Stewart is now well known to most Utahns. Based on the tip of an informant (Matthew’s angry ex-girlfriend), police dressed in street clothes entered Matthew’s home in the dark of night to...