Liberty in Action 30 th Anniversary Edition

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE 30 YEARS OF ADVANCING FREEDOM AND DEFENDING LIBERTY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 3 pon Barry Goldwaternomination in 1964, his presidential accepting U told an audience that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” At the At vice.” of liberty is no in the defense that “extremism told an audience the center freedom is at liberty and advancing defending Institute, Goldwater a on for 30 years. It’s and it is work we have carried day, of what we do every legislatures, andto live up to through our work in courtrooms, mission we strive the country. communities across blessing, the Goldwater Arizona with Senator Goldwater’s Founded in 1988 in public policy research and litigation Institute is a leading and strengthen the freedoms guaranteed to defend organization that works states. The Institute seeks and all 50 of the United States by the constitutions freedom, and of , economic to advance the principles in the areas of education, free speech, with a particular focus individual liberty, and constitutional limits on property rights, economic liberty, healthcare, government. first asking permission fromThe freedom to decide and to act without between those who are free and thosegovernment is the crucial difference over nearly all aspects of increasing control who are not. As government takes and personal—our nation is in danger ofour lives—economic, political, social, efforts are winning Goldwater Institute’s losing the freedoms we cherish. The eager to continue we’re a mission that’s real results for freedom every day—and three decades. as we start our next had the conscience of a “My father Jr., In the words of , He loved Arizona and he loved ourconservative and the courage of a lion. and classic American the taxpayer, He stood for the Constitution, country. I’m proud that it bears our family name, values. So does the Goldwater Institute. Institute your enthusiastic support.” and I encourage you to give the Goldwater At the Goldwater At Institute, liberty defending and advancing the is at freedom center of what we do every day, and it is work we have carried 30 years. on for Winning Real Results for Freedom for Results Winning Real

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GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 2 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 5 the policy world, and I wanted to learn from their I wanted to learn from their the policy world, and start of a great and long-lasting analysts. It was the relationship. the Goldwater Institute different What makes from other policy organizations? groups What sets the Institute apart from other white is that we do much more than just write of our really the only organization papers. We’re develops kind that conducts original research, in capitols policies, and passes model legislation also have an aggressive We all around the country. not only litigation team to defend our ideas—using Constitution, but the 50 state constitutions the U.S. the shop like as well. There is no other one-stop country. Goldwater Institute anywhere in the to How can the Goldwater Institute continue impact for America? an make has the Institute Since its founding 30 years ago, grown from a small think tank in the desert into not only the premier force for freedom in Arizona, but also into one of the most impactful organizations ahead, I look Looking anywhere in the country. most forward to proving the efficacy of federalism: The greatest effect we can have on the country is by moving issues at the state level. Our approach is proof that federalism benefits Americans—from right our efforts to protect terminally ill patients’ to try investigational treatments, to our work to people eliminate unnecessary licenses that keep from entering the workforce and achieving the American Dream. Q&A with Victor Riches Q&A with in Arizona and Across the U.S.A. Fighting for Liberty mean to you? What does freedom in 1989 when the Berlin Wall I was 17 years old Reagan’s Ronald came down. I remembered a famous admonition to Mikhail Gorbachev appreciate its but I didn’t couple of years earlier, Germans significance until I watched the East in decades. reclaim their freedom for the first time later and I actually went to Germany a few years in Berlin. bought a piece of the wall from a vendor When I look at it, I still on my mantle today. It’s a that’s remember how precious freedom is—and my life. lesson I’ve carried with me throughout policy? When did you get your start in public as an Born and raised in Arizona, I was hired legislature assistant research analyst at the state This was shortly after I graduated from college. and the lowest position at the Arizona Capitol, I was a cubicle under the stairwell. my “office” of staff of ultimately became the youngest chief the I became Later, Senate. all time at the State and I’m still the only chief of staff of the House, person to have ever run both chambers. I served deputy chief of staff for as Governor Doug Ducey’s the first two years of his administration, running his in policy and budget shops. All told, I’ve worked the policy world for more than 20 years. What brought you to the Goldwater Institute? I started working with the Goldwater Institute shortly after I started at the Arizona Legislature. I was introduced to the Institute by one of our founders, Norman McClelland, who sadly just Goldwater was very small passed away last year. back then, with only a handful of employees. They wanted to learn how to be more effective in Leading the Goldwater Institute into into Institute Goldwater the Leading the Future hirty years ago, the Goldwater Institute was established to advance the hirty years ago,

T Meet Victor Riches, the Meet Goldwater Institute’s and CEO President principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty. principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty. of As we look back on our successes of 2017—and as we celebrate 30 years defending liberty—we also look toward the future. the Goldwater Institute Board of Directors appointed a new year, Last president and CEO to lead the Institute boldly into that future: Victor Riches, Victor began his career vice president. who previously served as the Institute’s first school where he spearheaded the state’s Legislature, in the Arizona State is the choice legislation as well as the largest tax cuts of all time in Arizona. He State the only person in the history of the state to become chief of staff of both and he served as Arizona Governor Senate and the House of Representatives, deputy chief of staff for policy and budget, where he crafted and Doug Ducey’s budget in nearly a decade. first balanced negotiated Arizona’s

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 4 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 7 10. Protecting 10. Taxpayers. to a 2010 lawsuit Thanks brought by the Goldwater Institute on behalf of Phoenix taxpayers, the Arizona Supreme Court puts teeth a back into the “gift clause,” state constitutional provision that bars the government from using taxpayer dollars to subsidize private enterprises. 9. A Major Victory for A Major 9. Property Owners. the Institute wins a In 2009, major victory for hundreds of Arizona landowners in who were Maricopa County, suddenly told they could no or fix longer build on, improve, their properties. 8. Litigating for Freedom. The Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation is established at the Institute in making Goldwater the 2007, first state-based free market think tank to deploy a team of lawyers to enforce its policies in courtrooms across the country. 7. The Gold Standard The Gold Standard 7. for Protecting Property Rights. The Institute develops revolutionary Private Arizona’s Property Rights Protection Act which requires the government to reimburse property owners whenever government regulations cause property values to go down. 6. A Focus on Low- Income Children. In 2006, the Institute passes a groundbreaking corporate scholarship tax credit to help low-income children in Arizona access better educational opportunities. 5. Open School Enrollment. The Institute plays a key adoption role in Indiana’s of mandatory open school enrollment in 2005, giving students and parents greater educational choices. Today, more than 20 states (including Arizona) have adopted such policies. 4. The Birth of Charter Schools. The Institute issues the policy report Child-Centered School Funding in 1998, presenting for the first time a charter school funding model for Arizona. In 1993, the Institute introduces lifelong for the Goldwater Award recognizing the service to liberty, Subsequent career of . recipients include President Ronald Prime Minister Margaret Reagan, , Milton Thatcher, Hirsi Ali, George Friedman, Ayaan Noonan, and, of course,Will, Peggy Barry Goldwater. 3. Honoring Greatness. 2. Cutting Taxes. 2. Cutting Taxes. Beginning in 1992, Arizona enjoys a decade of new tax cuts every year thanks research. to the Institute’s Since then, tax reforms have become synonymous with the Institute.

1. The Dawn of an Institution. With the blessing of Barry the Goldwater Goldwater, Institute opens its doors on the Fourth of July in 1988.

n our 30 years of defending freedom, the Goldwater Institute has achieved more than 300 key victories key has achieved more than 300 freedom, the Goldwater Institute n our 30 years of defending

I 30 Milestones for 30 Years Years 30 for Milestones 30 in Arizona and across the country. The following 30 milestones are emblematic of the work we do and the are emblematic of the work The following 30 milestones the country. in Arizona and across won. we’ve hard-fought battles

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 6 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 9 20. Stopping Municipal Stopping 20. Overreach. dogged Due to the Institute’s efforts, cities across Arizona no longer practice unfair local bid preference policies, saving taxpayer money and ensuring all businesses get a fair chance to compete for contracts. 19. Courtroom Courtroom 19. Victories for School Choice. The Institute has seminal victories for school choice in 2015 by defeating legal and challenges to Florida’s school choice Louisiana’s programs. These rulings reinforce legal precedent from Arizona and pave the way for greater school choice programs across the country. 18. A Blow to Special Interests. In 2015, the Goldwater Institute wins a victory for free speech in North Dakota by successfully challenging the state bar association, which was using its members’ dues to support political measures that many members disagreed with. 17. Defending 17. Entrepreneurs. The Institute wins a victory for the right to earn a living in 2013, compelling the Arizona Board of Cosmetology to cease its attempts to needlessly regulate entrepreneurs. 16. Enforcing the Arizona Constitution. The Institute wins a major victory for Arizona taxpayers by enforcing a state constitutional provision that prevents government from using bond debt for projects not approved by taxpayers. 15. Eliminating the Capital Gains Tax. Continuing its longstanding commitment to lower taxes, the Institute passes a 2012 law to phase out the nefarious capital gains tax in Arizona, ensuring a more competitive tax climate in the state. 14. Health Care Freedom Act. The Goldwater Institute leads the charge in 2012 to establish the Health Care Freedom Act in 15 states, protecting taxpayers and employers from and insurance the higher taxes mandates buried in the so- Care Act. called Affordable In 2011, the Institute wins a victory for taxpayers when key it stops the city of Glendale from issuing $100 million in debt bonds to subsidize the private purchase of the team Arizona Coyotes hockey from the NHL by a Chicago investor. 13. A Slapshot for Taxpayers.

In a big win for free speech, the Goldwater Institute wins Bennett in the McComish v. Supreme Court in 2011, U.S. eliminating matching funds from political campaigns. 12. Free Speech Prevails in the U.S. Supreme Court.

11. The Origin of Education Savings Accounts. The Institute enacts Empowerment Scholarship Accounts in Arizona in 2011, creating ’s first program of public contributions to education savings accounts for special needs students.

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GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 8 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 11 Bonus Milestone: Right to Try. signs Right to Try In 2018, President a Goldwater Institute policy that protects into law, right to try medicines that terminally ill patients’ for market. have not yet been approved by the FDA Forty-one states have also adopted Right to Try, which was crafted by the Goldwater Institute. 30. Free Speech in Free 30. Medicine. The Institute wins a huge victory for patients and doctors in 2017 when Arizona becomes the first state to protect the free speech rights of those in the medical field to share information about effective alternative uses for medicines. FDA-approved 29. Defending the 29. Right to Earn a Living. Arizona enacts the nation’s first Right to Earn a Living Act, a Goldwater Institute reform that ensures free enterprise trumps government regulation so individuals can profit from their talents and labor. 28. Restoring Free 28. Restoring Speech on Campus. With the First Amendment under assault at college campuses, North Carolina enacts the Goldwater legislation to Institute’s protect the free speech rights of college students in 2017. The University of Wisconsin adopts similar policies based on our legislation. 27. The Nation’s First The Nation’s 27. Universal School Choice Program. The Institute spearheads first functional the nation’s universal education savings account program in 2017, providing universal school choice to all Arizona students. 26. The American Freedom Network Is Born. The Goldwater Institute establishes the American Freedom Network in 2017, force of a nationwide strike attorneys lending their skills, and interests to expertise, defend freedom at all levels of government. Also in 2016, the Institute ensures the right of a Colorado entrepreneur to operate his windshield- repair business, successfully defending him from the restrictive government’s zoning ordinances. 25. A Crack in Municipal Zoning Laws. 24. Protecting the Rights of Businesses. In 2016, the Goldwater Institute successfully challenges a discriminatory law that barred Kentucky businesses from contributing to political committees but allowed unions to do so. 23. A Groundbreaking Home-Sharing Law. Building on its long history of making Arizona the best state in the country for property owners, the Goldwater Institute spearheads the adoption of one of the most sweeping property rights ensuring laws in the country, Arizona cities cannot turn property owners into outlaws simply because they allow guests to stay in their homes.

22. Standing Up for the Up 22. Standing Little Guy. In 2015, the Institute ensures that Mississippi doctor Carrol will continue to make Landrum house calls after it challenges the state medical licensing board for demanding the surrender of his license for writing prescriptions from his car.

21. Clamping Down on Government Agencies. The Institute passes legislation in 2015 that prohibits Arizona agencies from adopting new rules that would increase regulatory burdens on property rights or the right to engage in a lawful business.

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GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 10 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 13 Rights Foundation who is helping dissidents around dissidents who is helping Rights Foundation target a very tempting is that freedom is the world, because they can and autocrats for dictators by taking away their political power strengthen freedom.” people’s seen firsthand the consequences has Kasparov he has been an of repressive governments—and one He was advocate for democracy. outspoken Soviets to call for democratic of the first prominent an early supporter of reforms and was and market Union. push to break up the Soviet Boris Yeltsin’s of Russian he has been a strong critic Recently, on his award President Vladimir Putin. In reflecting remarked Kasparov from the Goldwater Institute, in the Soviet on how Barry Goldwater was viewed him today. Union and what Goldwater means to Goldwater was “I grew up in a country where Barry Reagan. even more a boogeyman than Ronald Goldwater is the founding father of the me, To And his freedom movement of the 20th century. talk he didn’t ideas are still very valuable because my problem with about abstract values, and that’s use words listening to many politicians. They just they’re not without recognizing that these values, floating in the background. about leading by those values and recognizing “It’s creative. that without freedom, you cannot be no innovations. So there’s Without creativity, freedom is an essential element of the success of capitalism, of the free market. of free society, And the way Goldwater described this in his many eloquent speeches and his great book With No the because it’s still very timely Apologies, it’s values that he has been standing for that counts.” hen you ask former world chess champion former world chess hen you ask W why freedom is worth defending, is worth defending, why freedom Garry Kasparov life imagine my “I cannot is simple. his answer to Because if you belong free. without being own your free to make if you are not someone else, limited in your movements, how choices, if you are can you be creative?” attained Union, Kasparov Born in the Soviet for his incredible career in chess, international fame top-rated player the world’s including being ranked years, breaking Bobby Fischer’s for 20 consecutive famously taking on the and rating record in 1990, 1990s. But IBM super-computer Deep Blue in the has taken since retiring from chess in 2005, he around the on a new mission: fighting for freedom world. at our The Goldwater Institute honored Kasparov naming Annual Dinner in Scottsdale last October, Award. him the recipient of our 2017 Freedom around His leadership as an advocate for liberty and the Goldwater the world is truly remarkable, In an Institute was pleased to recognize him. Kasparov interview with the Goldwater Institute, about why it is so critical to be a vigilant spoke defender of freedom today. someone who “I was a professional chess player, of my always viewed creativity as a vital element come up And I think that only free people can life. with great inventions. They can move the world And if you want and human civilization further. you have to fight for that. Because to be free, from what I discovered in my life, unfortunately, my earliest days in the to my life now in my position as chairman of the Human in exile,

are out of date.’ of date.’ out are Politics 2017 Freedom Award Recepient Award 2017 Freedom

“ Returning to conservative valuesconservative to “ Returning back the clock. turning mean does not message, that movingThis is a critical and innovation that progress forward, timeless. that are principles require suggest that ‘ To wrote, As Goldwater philosophy is out ofthe Conservative the Golden that to saying date is akin or Commandments, Rule, or the Ten Aristotle’s the from old—eternal. Not That is, not all time. past—but for and leadership prosperity American becausedepend on this understanding is the absolute requirementfreedom and needed to create the innovation for of Freedom growth. economic sustain of thought. Freedomcapital. Freedom to succeed. Evento move, to speak, to try again.” and to fail, freedom - Garry Kasparov

A Fighter for Freedom: Garry Kasparov Freedom: A Fighter for Recipient Goldwater Institute 2017 Freedom Award

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 12 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 15 Right to Try Right is the law of the to Try Right Today, right of terminally ill land, protecting the treatments patients to try investigational their lives. that could save or extend The Goldwater Institute policy caught fire in the states, with 41 states enacting Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, the law. Iowa, and Maryland adopted Washington, and Wisconsin and in 2017, Right to Try Nebraska joined them in early 2018. from Seeing the groundswell of support passed Right Senate the states, the U.S. unanimously in the summer of 2017, to Try the House followed suit in 2018, and signed it into law, President Donald Trump strong Pence’s with Vice President Mike In support. The law is already saving lives. Ebrahim Delpassand treated Doctor Texas, some 100 patients under Right to Try, treatment. had blocked where the FDA had Many of those patients were told they only months to live but are still alive more than a year later. The Goldwater Institute has advocated across the country. for the Right to Try Vice Goldwater Institute Executive President Christina Sandefur debated the issue at the national MedCity CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia, and the Director of Healthcare Policy Institute’s Bauman testified before Naomi Lopez of Representatives House the U.S. Subcommittee on Health. Seeing the groundswell Seeing the groundswell the of support from Senate states, the U.S. passed Right to Try unanimously in the summer of 2017, the suit in followed House 2018, and President signed Donald Trump Vice with it into law, Mike Pence’s President support. strong The law is already saving lives.

n 2017, the Goldwater Institute succeeded in expanding freedom from sea to shining freedom succeeded in expanding the Goldwater Institute n 2017,

I Freedom: Legislative Victories Legislative Freedom: Defending Liberty and Advancing Advancing and Liberty Defending sea by winning key legislative victories in state capitols: protecting individuals’ right in state capitols: protecting individuals’ legislative victories sea by winning key freedom of speech at public saving medication; defending the to try potentially life choice in medical information; and expanding universities; stopping censorship of education.

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 14 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 17 Education Savings Accounts North Carolina became the sixth state to enact education savings accounts year, Last to use their for children with special needs. The accounts give parents the flexibility (ESAs) school funding to help pay for tuition, tutoring, or other teaching tools. share of child’s public Traditional are an educational lifeline. For Arizona parent Holland Hines, ESAs program, her son ESA to Arizona’s equipped to help her son Elias. Thanks schools weren’t Arizona’s is now in a school with teachers trained to understand his gifts and challenges. to provide school choice to all students, is already helping program, which was expanded more than 4,000 students and their families. Free Speech in Medicine Speech Free that could help information of valuable censors the communication Government year when it became the first state lives. That changed in Arizona last improve and save free speech rights of those in the Institute legislation to protect the to adopt Goldwater uses and lawful alternative effective, truthful research about safe, medical field to share medicines. for FDA-approved Bauman published a Sandefur and Naomi Lopez Christina The Goldwater Institute’s this pro-patient reform in subject, which will be used to promote new paper on the states nationwide.

North Carolina enacted legislation based on the Carolina North the free protect model bill that will Goldwater Institute’s speech rights of the state’s public college students. With the First Amendment under assault at college campuses all across the With the First Amendment under assault based on the Goldwater Institute’s North Carolina enacted legislation country, public college rights of the state’s model bill that will protect the free speech and the University of Wisconsin also students. The University of North Carolina working. When conservative author Katie adopted similar policies. The law is but at UW Madison, demonstrators protested the venue recently spoke Pavlich new discipline policy. the university’s decided not to disrupt her talk, citing debate The Goldwater Institute launched a nationwide college tour last year to Jim the issue at public universities, featuring Goldwater Institute Senior Fellow The Institute also began an online campaign to share the message at Manley. RestoreFreeSpeech.com. Campus Free Speech Campus Free

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 16 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 19 More than half of all cases in Arizona are handled in Arizona are handled half of all cases More than of the all other levels unlike Yet in city courts. court judges never answer judicial system, city they are hired and retained, to voters. Instead, by city councils. In this report, and can be fired, judges city court why it makes Flatten uncovered pressure—and the negative vulnerable to political follow as a result. consequences that Judges Believe Police Claims and Judges Believe Police Ignore Video Proof Granados tried to prevent claimed Rene Police their path, them from arresting his son, blocked and tried raised his arm in a threatening manner, Arizona, to push past them at a Bullhead City, A videotape of the incident showed grocery store. matter to the city none of that happened. It didn’t court judge who heard the case. Money, Pressure & Politics Make it Make & Politics Pressure Money, to Beat the Rap Tough Prosecutors Push Jail for Disabled Over Zoning Violations Vietnam Vet just wanted to be left alone Stapleton Robert But when when he returned home from Vietnam. former a politically powerful developer and lived Phoenix mayor wanted the land Stapleton himself in city on for 30 years, he suddenly found with criminal court. Prosecutors charged Stapleton put him in jail. zoning code violations and tried to when the ex- Flatten reported on what happened refused to Marine and disabled combat veteran give up. and

merica’s justice system isn’t as fair as we might think, and that’s as fair as we might think, and that’s justice system isn’t merica’s because city courts in several states are influenced by political forces. because city courts in several states Goldwater Institute National Investigative Journalist Mark year, Last reports that uncover the flaws in Flatten began releasing a series of the city court system and how individuals have suffered as a result. His work was covered by local and national news outlets, including Reason. Cronkite News, and , KJZZ Radio, the Arizona Republic com. The series continues into 2018, and our work inspired model legislation in Arizona. bad,” the system that’s involved who are bad—it’s not the people “It’s vice president for litigation at the Goldwater says Timothy Sandefur, Arizona impedes due “The city court system in states like Institute. process protections, and it disproportionately hurts people who are unable to pay steep fines. Fixing the system will require substantive consolidating city courts into the county court system or like change, making city court judges answerable to voters.” Here are some of those stories. A

Investigative Reporting by the Goldwater Institute by the Goldwater Investigative Reporting City Court: Costs City Court: Consequences

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 18 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 21 Meet Mark Mark Meet Flatten National Goldwater Institute Investigative Journalist this story? How did you uncover municipal court always struck me as odd that It’s and yet power, judges have such immense judicial the public. They they have so little accountability to retained, are basically just city employees, hired, judges at every and fired by city councils. Unlike they never answer other level of the judiciary, the judicial to voters. And yet this is the level of including system that most people interact with, people charged with criminal offenses. Why is the issue important to the Goldwater Institute? basic This investigative series goes to the and equal Constitutional issues of due process Goldwater protection, bedrock principles for the judicial If people are to have faith in our Institute. there to system, they must be confident it is protect the dispense justice; not to raise revenue, from legal politically powerful, or insulate the cities liability or public scrutiny. What is the significance of the story to Arizona and nationally? courts has been a long- municipal Reforming simmering issue in Arizona since the 1950s, yet their cities have consistently killed efforts to make This courts more independent and accountable. is also an emerging national issue in large part because of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, where of confidence in the fairness of the the breakdown city judicial system helped fuel deadly riots after a controversial police shooting. can read more at You GoldwaterInstitute.org/CityCourt. National Investigative Journalist Investigative National The Goldwater Institute

“ The danger of political pressure skewing city court skewing “ The danger of political pressure nationwide examples are There is real. decisions judges to appointed pressuring of city politicians They do that using abusive collection revenue. raise surcharges—both and fees techniques; and excessive other states and Arizona in practices standard appointed.” are city judges where Flatten - Mark

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 20 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 23 by Jonathan Riches, Director by Christina Sandefur, by Christina Sandefur, by Matt Miller, Senior Attorney at the Senior Attorney by Matt Miller, by Byron Schlomach, Director of the Oklahoma-based Director by Byron Schlomach, The Importance of the Cost of Living and Policies to and Policies Cost of Living of the The Importance It Address and with its purportedly higher incomes Most might say that than, California is a more prosperous state higher minimum wage, Our this report reveals a different picture. Mississippi. But say, picture states truly have the rosiest financial understanding of which analysis of states’ government’s the federal is greatly skewed—since living into account. their costs of take doesn’t relative prosperity 1889 Institute Donor Privacy & Informed Citizenry Both media and nonprofit organizations provide information about it possible for citizens to advocate important public issues and make nonprofit organizations are forced to disclose private Yet for change. from information about donors, while the media is broadly exempt exempt why laws that disclosure requirements. This report explains traditional media from disclosure requirements should be updated to broadly protect all communications. NAACP NAACP Right to Advocate: Remembering Privacy and the on the Alabama and Its First Amendment Legacy v. 60th Anniversary of the Case risk as cities and states enact lawsThe privacy of nonprofit donors is at lists any time those groupsrequiring charities to turn over their donor at a crucial moment in the looks speak about public issues. This paper its legacy informs how examines history of donor privacy protection and the current debate. Free Speech in Medicine Restoring can help patients gain access toBetter-informed physicians and payers treatments. But federal regulationsa wider array of potentially effective the most current medicalprevent doctors and payers from accessing information. This report shows that speech restrictions have serious implications for patients and offers recommendations as to how states can restore free speech in medicine. Executive Vice President of the Goldwater Institute, and Naomi Lopez Bauman, and Naomi Lopez Vice President of the Goldwater Institute, Executive at the Goldwater Institute Director of Healthcare Policy Goldwater Institute of National Litigation at the Goldwater Institute he Goldwater Institute’s expert analysts and attorneys believe in the expert he Goldwater Institute’s

Cutting-Edge Research and Policy and Policy Cutting-Edge Research Goldwater Institute by the Reports T Ideas in Defense in Defense Ideas of Liberty power of ideas, and they back up their work with cutting-edge research and power of ideas, and they back up their work with cutting-edge research policy recommendations that provide the basis for new laws that advance the Institute published 12 policy year, Last freedom in states across the country. reports, including the following.

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Protecting Donor Privacy Protecting common for cities to target nonprofit organizations that participate in political becoming increasingly It’s free speech rights, are forcing governments, seeking to restrict these organizations’ controversies. Local are nonprofits New Mexico, them to hand over personal information about their donors. In Santa Fe, than $250 to educate the required to turn over their donor lists to the government if they spend more free a New Mexico public about ballot initiatives. That unfair rule landed the Rio Grande Foundation, harms the possible think tank, in hot water when the Foundation posted videos online explaining market of a city proposal to impose a tax on sugared sodas and other beverages. anti-privacy mandate and city’s The Goldwater Institute partnered with Rio Grande to fight against the silence important voices in public Santa Fe’s filed a freedom of speech lawsuit. “Donor disclosure laws like causes they believe in if to donate to are less likely “People Matt Miller. says Senior Attorney debates,” with the government, and they know their names, donation amounts, and occupations might be shared are important to them.” to speak about issues that nonprofits are less likely Some of our greatest litigation successes Some of our greatest it to trial. Annette never even make story is a great example. Stanley’s behavior health Annette is a licensed and when she counselor from Kansas, a moved to Arizona in 2014, she sought license to practice in the Grand Canyon Arizona has a law Kansas, Like State. a certain number of hours as a student before obtaining a state requiring counselors to have practiced the hours Arizona would not recognize because she had owned her own practice in Kansas, But license. license. her Kansas she had accumulated when getting we November, case to defend her right to earn a living. Last The Goldwater Institute took on Annette’s that its rule violated the Right Behavioral Health Examiners explaining sent a letter to the Arizona Board of by the Goldwater Institute which forbids the state from blocking to Earn a Living Act—a law developed necessary to protect consumers—and warning that we that’s people from running businesses unless Annette can down, and today The Board backed rights in court if necessary. would enforce Annette’s state—all without seeing the inside of a courtroom. These victories, pursue her career in her new home legal practice. part of the Institute’s are an important which we call “litigation by letterhead,” Right to EarnRight to a Living

longside our work in legislatures, the Goldwater Institute frequently takes the fight for frequently takes in legislatures, the Goldwater Institute longside our work

liberty to court. Through our Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, we litigate our Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional liberty to court. Through on rights across the country, to advance freedom and defend individual cases and file briefs choice and equal protection free speech and property rights to school issues ranging from and much more. under the law, the first state-based free market making us the Scharf-Norton Center in 2007, opened We to promote our vision in court. In the decade-plusthink tank to deploy a team of lawyers freedom before state supreme courts, litigation team has advocated for the Institute’s since, Court. Supreme U.S. federal courts of appeal, and even the initiated 12 new We at the Goldwater Institute. 2017 was a landmark year for litigation friends of the court. And we furthered the reach oflawsuits and participated in 10 more as American Freedom Network, a nationwide coalitionour litigation efforts by establishing the and interests to defend freedom at all levels of of attorneys lending their skills, expertise, about the American Freedom Network on page 26. more government. Read from the Goldwater Institute litigation team over theThe following are a few success stories past year. Upholding Taxpayer Rights Rights Taxpayer Upholding hard-earned dollars Arizona, supervisors are planning to send taxpayers’ Pima County, County supervisors voted to borrow $15 million to fund the into space—almost literally. adventureconstruction of a balloon launchpad and corporate headquarters for luxury rent return, Pima County gets below-market View Enterprises. In tourism company World have beenpayments and a vague and unenforceable promise of jobs. But no passengers their money. sent into space to date—and taxpayers have not seen any benefit from that The Goldwater Institute stepped in to defend taxpayer rights, maintaining which forbids the “gift clause,” the agreement violates the Arizona Constitution’s expect We government from giving or lending taxpayer money to private enterprises. the Court’s this case to eventually reach the Arizona Supreme Court, but no matter ability to negotiate fighting to put a stop to government officials’ keep decision, we’ll sweetheart deals with private firms that serve no public benefit.

Fighting in Courtrooms Across the Country Courtrooms Across Fighting in A Litigating for Freedom for Litigating

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 24 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 27 A key to the Goldwater Institute’s success is our unique litigation strategy. We employ We strategy. success is our unique litigation to the Goldwater Institute’s A key baseline set by the U.S. freedom far above the federal state constitutions to expand we have earned more than 300 victoriesConstitution—and over the past decade, the American Freedom by establishing, developing, and growing for freedom. Now, to protecting individual rights. By partnering withNetwork, we continue our commitment the number of meaningful we have increased lawyers around the country, like-minded and Right to Try, legislative initiatives like constitutional cases being litigated, furthered out for government overreach. have more eyes in more places watching recruiting and hosting a national training conference, By hiring a full-time staff member, than 150 attorneys in 33 states and the District we have partnered with more nationwide, in the AFN network represent multiple practice areas and diverse of Columbia. Attorneys and large law firms, solo practitioners, and publicaffiliations—including small, medium, of the American Freedom Network, 18 casesinterest litigators. Since the establishment AFN members, with more than 1,500 hours of workand projects have been completed by and free speech, property rights, school choice, donated in the areas of economic liberty, continue to seek out new cases and are we into the future, taxpayer protection. Looking projects related to all of our areas of expertise. exploring record of success The American Freedom Network is building on the Goldwater Institute’s AFN attorneys will efforts, and reach across the country. by maximizing our knowledge, litigators lackcontinue to engage in direct litigation in states where Goldwater Institute especially by filing analogous suits in other states once we have established a capacity, They will also provide direct litigationgood model and strong precedent in an initial state. including serving as local counsel where our litigators may not besupport to the Institute, is required on specific aspects of a case. licensed or where some special expertise dozens of casesOur long-term vision is to have the American Freedom Network handling With such a network at our disposal, our capacity to engage in over the course of a year. and we will both direct litigation and “litigation by letterhead” will increase exponentially, a dramatic contribution to the fight for individual freedom and be empowered to make and national levels. limited government at the local, state, can read more at GoldwaterInstitute.org/American-Freedom-Network. You By partnering with like-minded lawyers around lawyers around like-minded with By partnering the number of have increased the country, we meaningful being litigated constitutional cases initiatives. legislative and furthered

Pro Bono Attorneys Protecting Rights, Protecting Rights, Pro Bono Attorneys Preserving Freedom expanded its capacity to fight for the Goldwater Institute significantly In 2017, thefreedom with the formal launch of the American Freedom Network (AFN), pro bono program for lawyers who love liberty. The American Network Freedom

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GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 28 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 31 n outcry among Arizonans for Arizonans n outcry among freedom from excessive taxation launched taxation from excessive freedom years ago. Institute 30 the Goldwater of friends in every Since then, thousands their their time, state have invested in support of and their energy money, constitutionally our mission of advancing and free market limited government policies. you, the Goldwater like Because of friends one of the most Institute has become successful champions of liberty in the we seek nation. As we look to the future, years. to earn your support for another 30 Thank you for your unwavering the commitment to defend and strengthen by freedoms guaranteed to all Americans Constitution and the constitutions the U.S. of all 50 states. A Because of friends like you, the Goldwater has become Institute one of the most successful champions of liberty in the nation.

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GOLDWATER INSTITUTE INSTITUTE GOLDWATER 30 | GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | 33 “ believe that the Goldwater We and is the most effective Institute of to defend we know force influential its Supporting freedom. American investmentwork is the best long-term we could make in the cause of liberty.” Brophy Carleen and Dan - hat do you want your legacy to be? We all want to transmit those We hat do you want your legacy to be?

W Barry Goldwater Goldwater Barry Society Legacy things that are valuable and meaningful to us to the next generation. to us to the next things that are valuable and meaningful so through our children, in whom we try to instill moral values do We do so by strengthening our communities. and a strong work ethic. We form of ideas, principles, and evenBut we can also leave legacies in the concrete advances for liberty and freedom. to honor the what Dan and Carleen Brophy did. They wanted That’s a man who believed in the great Mike, brother, memory of Dan’s the and before the law, equality justice, American ideals of liberty, deep commitment to Mike’s Constitution. They wanted the spirit of Barry Goldwater Legacy The Goldwater Institute’s liberty to endure. use their resources to defendSociety gives them the opportunity to a beloved brother and communityliberty—and to pay a lasting tribute to leader. Society and the ways learn more about the Barry Goldwater Legacy To in which you can join Dan, Carleen, and many others in leaving a legacy for freedom, please visit Goldwater.GiftLegacy.com.

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