David Kopel, Author at Independence Institute

Independence Institute Fights Wisconsin School Closing Orders 0
- Constitution, Education
- November 23, 2020
The Independence Institute joined several organizations in an amicus brief accepted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools v. Heinrich. We believe that the orders closing non-government K-12 schools while allowing daycare and colleges to stay open is illegal. Click here to read the full amicus brief.
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National Popular Vote Violates the Colorado Constitution 0
- Issues
- September 5, 2020
According to the Colorado Constitution: “The general assembly shall provide that after the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six the electors of the electoral college shall be chosen by direct vote of the people.” The Colorado Constitution is the only state constitution that guarantees the right to the people to direct election of presidential electors. In 2019,
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Self-Defense in the Jewish Tradition 0
- Guns, Video, Watch & Listen
- January 18, 2019
Second Amendment scholar Dave Kopel gave this speech, Self-Defense in the Jewish Tradition, at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in October 2018.
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In the wake of a gun ban, Venezuela sees rising homicide rate 0
- Guns, The Hill
- April 19, 2018
Since April 2017, at least 163 pro-democracy protesters in Venezuela have been murdered by the Maduro dictatorship. Venezuela serves as an example of how gun prohibition can sometimes encourage gun crime. In 2012, the communist-dominated Venezuelan National Assembly enacted the “Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law.” The bill’s stated objective was to “disarm all citizens.”
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