Timothy Sandefur

Goldwater Institute

Vice President for Litigation

500 E. Coronado Rd.

Phoenix, AZ 85004

United States

http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org

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Scholarly Papers (59)

1.

In Defense of Plea Bargaining

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 02 Mar 2004
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Plea bargaining, fifth amendment, sixth amendment, constitutional law, plea bargain, criminal law, right to trial

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Reason and Common Ground: A Response to the Creationists' 'Neutrality' Argument

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Feb 2008
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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evolution, creationism, education, stephen w. trask, methodological naturalism, science

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How Libertarians Ought to Think About the U.S. Civil War

Reason Papers, Vol. 28, pp. 61-83, 2006
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Oct 2006
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Civil war, secession, libertarianism, slavery, paleo-conservatism, sovereignty, state's rights

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A Critique of Ayn Rand's Theory of Intellectual Property Rights

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 139-161, Fall 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Apr 2008
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Ayn Rand, Objectivism, copyright, natural right copyright, patent, labor theory natural copyright, Adam Mossoff, Eric Daniels

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The 'Backlash' so Far: Will Americans Get Meaningful Eminent Domain Reform?

Michigan State Law Review, 2006
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 12 Dec 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 663 (69,478)
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eminent domain, kelo, public use, redevelopment

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In Defense of Substantive Due Process, or, The Promise of Lawful Rule

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 284-326, 2012
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 13 May 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2012
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 649 (71,427)
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substantive due process, due process of law, constitution, formalism, positivism, natural law

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Privileges, Immunities, and Substantive Due Process

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 5, No. 1
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2010
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 635 (73,557)
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Slaughterhouse Cases, Slaughter-House Cases, Slaughter House Cases, McDonald v. Chicago, privileges or immunities, privileges and immunities, sovereignty, federalism, fundamental rights, liberal originalism

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Liberal Originalism: A Past for the Future

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Liberal originalism, Scott Douglas Gerber, Declaration of Independence, Locke, Jefferson, natural rights, natural law, classical liberalism, Robert Bork, Harry Jaffa

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Some Problems with Spontaneous Order

The Independent Review, Vol. 14, No.1, Summer 2009
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2009
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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F.A. Hayek, spontaneous order, constructed order, rationalism, Burke, conservatism, libertarianism

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Condemnation, Public Use Clause, eminent domain

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The Wolves and the Sheep of Constitutional Law: A Review Essay on Kermit Roosevelt's - the Myth of Judicial Activism

Program for Judicial Awareness Working Paper No. 06-004
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2008
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 337 (155,137)
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judiciary, judicial acivism, constitution, jurisprudence

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Clarence Thomas's Jurisprudence Unexplained

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2008
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Clarence Thomas, Henry Mark Holzer, libertarianism, liberal originalism, natural rights

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A Gleeful Obituary for Poletown Neighborhood Council V. Detroit

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 314 (167,318)
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poletown, wayne county v. hathcock, eminent domain, public use, condemnation, takings, general motors, kelo

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So It's a Tax, Now What? Some of the Problems Remaining after NFIB v. Sebelius

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 203-237, 2013
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2013
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 281 (187,751)
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PPACA, ACA, individual mandate, NFIB v. Sebelius, tax power, origination clause, direct tax, Obamacare

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The Timing of Facial Challenges

Program for Judicial Awareness Working Paper No. 08-016, Akron Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 51, 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 23 May 2015
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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facial challenge, as-applied challenge, statute of limitations, ripeness, time barred

16.

Rational Basis and the 12(b)(6) Motion: An Unnecessary 'Perplexity'

George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal (CRLJ), Vol. 25, pp. 43-83, 2014
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2014
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 268 (197,035)
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rational basis, 12(b)(6), rational relationship, motion to dismiss

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The Unconstitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2022
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 256 (207,086)

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ICWA, Indian, child welfare, child abuse, Brackeen

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Public Use: Returning to the Sources

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 234 (225,165)

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eminent domain, public use, kelo v. new london, poletown, wayne county v. hathcock, legitimate state interests, california constitutional convention

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The Federalism Problems with the Indian Child Welfare Act

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Forthcoming 2022
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 May 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 229 (229,957)

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ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act, Brackeen, federalism, Native American children, non-delegation, commandeering

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Nice Questions Unanswered: Grokster, Sony's Staple Article of Commerce Doctrine, and the Deferred Verdict on Internet File Sharing

Cato Supreme Court Review, p. 235, 2004-05
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Dec 2006
David G. Post, Annemarie Bridy and Timothy Sandefur
Independent, Google and Goldwater Institute
Downloads 212 (247,176)

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internet, peer-to-peer filesharing, copyright, intermediary liability

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Escaping the ICWA Penalty Box: In Defense of Equal Protection for Indian Children

Children's Legal Rights Journal, Vol. 37(1) (2017), pp. 6-80
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 17 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2017
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 191 (271,711)

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ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act, Foster Care, Adoption, Interracial, Existing Indian Family Doctrine, EIFD, EIF, Baby Veronica

22.

Is Economic Exclusion a Legitimate State Interest? Four Recent Cases Test the Boundaries

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Sep 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 189 (274,315)
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Economic protectionism, right to earn a living, Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, Powers v. Harris, Sagana v. Tenorio, legitimate state interest

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Don't Mess with Property Rights in Texas: How the State Constitution Protects Property Owners in the Wake of Kelo

Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal, Vol. 41, p. 43, Summer 2006
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Sep 2006
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 186 (278,171)

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Kelo, eminent domain, property rights, public use

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Mine & Thine Distinct: What Kelo Says About Our Path

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 9, 2006
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 10 May 2006
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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eminent domain, kelo, property rights

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Justice Stephen Field: Frontier Justice or Justice at the Natural Rights Frontier?

Nexus: A Journal of Opinion, Vol. 6, pp. 121-131, 2001
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Aug 2006
John C. Eastman and Timothy Sandefur
Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Goldwater Institute
Downloads 171 (299,389)
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Stephen Field, Slaughterhouse, Natural Law, Constitution, Supreme Court, California History

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State Standing to Challenge Ultra Vires Federal Action: The Health Care Cases and Beyond

University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 23, pp. 311-344 (2013)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2013
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Freedom and the Burden of Proof: Randy Barnett's New Book on the Constitution

Independent Review, Vol. 10, p. 139, 2005
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 162 (313,473)

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Randy E. Barnett, Barnett, Restoring The Lost Constitution, sovereignty, Blackstone, limited government, substantive due process, Calder, Sharpless, Billings

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The Senate is Supposed to Advise and Consent, Not Obstruct and Delay

Nexus: A Journal of Opinion, Vol. 7, No. 11, 2002
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Aug 2006
John C. Eastman and Timothy Sandefur
Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Goldwater Institute
Downloads 157 (321,925)

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Judicial Confirmations, Constitution, Filibuster, Appointment Power

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Rebuilding the Fourteenth Amendment: The Prospects and the Pitfalls

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2019
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 153 (328,909)

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Libertarian, Fourteenth Amendment, Lochner, Kelo, eminent domain, economic liberty, substantive due process, privileges or immunities, free speech

30.

Lex Terrae 800 Years on

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, vol. 9 (2015), pp. 610-653.
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2015
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Magna Carta, positivism, natural law, natural rights

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Love and Solipsism: Law and Arbitrary Rule in Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Anouilh

Alabama Law Review, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 981-1011
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2013
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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law and literature, rule of law, Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Anouilh, Oresteia, Antigone, ordered liberty

32.

A Public Convenience and Necessity and Other Conspiracies Against Trade: A Case Study from the Missouri Moving Industry

George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal (CRLJ), Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 159-204 (2014)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2014
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Can You Get There from Here?: How the Law Still Threatens King's Dream

Law & Equality, Vol. 22, 2004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Jan 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 142 (349,381)

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Segregation, bus boycott, economic regulation, civil rights

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A Private Little Bush V. Gore, or, How Nevada Violated the Republican Guarantee and Got Away with it

Texas Journal of Law & Politics, Vol. 9, No. 105, 2004
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Apr 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
Downloads 127 (380,538)

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Republican Guarantee Clause, Guinn, state budget

35.

The Proposed Amendments

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
Manhattan Institute, Goldwater Institute, Brooklyn Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia University - Law School, Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Princeton University, Stanford Law School and ASU
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constitution, constitutional law, amendments, constitutional amendment, Supreme Court, Supreme Court reform, legislative veto, impeachment, comparative law, comparative constitutional law, constitutional structure

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Does the State Create the Market - And Should it Pursue Efficiency?

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 May 2010 Last Revised: 08 May 2010
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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efficiency, markets, natural rights, Sunstein, Tribe, state of nature

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Charles V. Stuart: A Solitary Voice at California's Constitutional Convention

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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California Constitutional Convention, Chinese-Americans, Charles V. Stuart

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Kelo, eminent domain, California, redevelopment, takings, Sandefur

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Hercules and Narragansett Among the Originalists: Examining Tara Smith's Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2017
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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judicial review, objectivity, originalism, original meaning, original intent

40.

Measure 37: Paying People for What We Take

Environmental Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2008
University of Washington - Seattle University School of Law, Goldwater Institute and Pacific Legal Foundation
Downloads 108 (428,779)

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land use, property rights, takings, Measure 37, decreased property values

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Insiders, Outsiders and the American Dream: How Certificates of Necessity Harm Our Society’s Values

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, Vol. 26, pp. 381-426 (2012).
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 18 May 2012
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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occupational licensing, certificate of necessity, certificate of need, public convenience and necessity, public choice, entrepreneurialism, bourgeois values, economic liberty, Lochner, New State Ice v. Liebmann

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Challenging the Dogma of Deference: A Review of Terms of Engagement by Clark M. Neily III

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2014
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Judicial Restraint, Judicial Activism, Rational Basis Review, Lochner, Clark Neily, Judicial Review

43.

The Arizona "Private Affairs" Clause

51 Arizona State Law Journal 723 (2019)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2019
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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State Constitutions, Arizona Constitution, Washington Constitution, Private Affairs, Search and Seizure, Warrant, Independent State Constitutionalism

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economic liberty, minorities, overregulation, right to earn a living, rational basis

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Equality of Opportunity in the Regulatory Age: Why Yesterday's Rationality Review Isn't Enough

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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rational basis, economic liberty, craigmiles v. giles, powers v. harris, lochner, brown v. barry, economic freedom, slaughterhouse cases

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Recent Developments in Indian Child Welfare Act Litigation: Moving Towards Equal Protection?

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Nov 2018
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act, Native American, Indian, Mancari, Equal Protection

47.

The Origins of the Arizona Gift Clause

Regent University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 27 Apr 2023
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Gift Clause, subsidies, anti-aid provisions, corporate welfare, Arizona Constitution, state constitutions

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Protecting Private Property Rights: The Property Ownership Fairness Act

Goldwater Institute Policy Paper, 2016
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Feb 2017
Christina Sandefur and Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute and Goldwater Institute
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property rights, Proposition 207, Prop 207, Arizona, regulatory takings, eminent domain, blight, just compensation, Kelo v. New London

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Certificate of Public Convenience And Necessity, occupational licensing, CON law, Certificate of Need, right to earn a living, economic liberty

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State 'Competitor's Veto' Laws and the Right to Earn a Living: Some Paths to Federal Reform

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 38, pp. 1009-1072, 2015
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Jun 2015
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Compliance - Or Else: The EPA’s Compliance Order Regime Creates a Hobson’s Choice

Regulation, Vol. 34, No. 4, p. 8, Winter 2011-2012
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 09 Jan 2012
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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A Private Auction of Opportunities

Regulation, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 52-56, Spring 2006
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 26 Apr 2006
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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State industries, interstate competition, rule of law, monopolies, protectionism, wealth of nations, rent-seeking, free market

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Suffer the Little Children

Regulation, Vol. 40, No. 4, Winter 2017-2018
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Mar 2018
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Indian Child Welfare Act, ICWA, child welfare

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Protecting the Right to Remain Silent in the Workplace

Regulation, p. 10, Winter 2012-2013
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2013
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Knox v. SEIU, U.S. Supreme Court case, unions political contributions, union dues, constitutional law

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CON Job

Regulation, p. 42, Summer 2011
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 05 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2011
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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The Arizona Gift Clause in the Twenty-First Century

Forthcoming in the Drexel Law Review vol. 16
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Apr 2023
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Arizona, State Constitution, Gift Clause, Anti-Aid, subsidy, public purpose, tax exemption

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Testimony to the Nevada Senate Transportation Committee Regarding S.B. 190

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Apr 2013
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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CON, CPCN, certificate of need, certificate of public convenience and necessity

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Freedom of Competition and the Rhetoric of Federalism: North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC

2014-2015 Cato Supreme Court Review pp. 195-225
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Sep 2015
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, Parker immunity, antitrust, state action, active supervision, clear articulation

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State "Competitor Veto" Laws and the Right to Earn a Living: Some Paths to Federal Reform

MERCATUS WORKING PAPER
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Other Papers (2)

Total Downloads: 317
1.

Jacob Bronowski Bibliography of Publications

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2012
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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J. Bronowski

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Frederick Douglass's Philosophy of the Self-Made Man

Presented at TOS-Con, Richmond, VA, Aug. 17, 2018.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Aug 2018
Timothy Sandefur
Goldwater Institute
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Frederick Douglass, Self-Made Men