David Kopel, Author at Independence Institute

Notice to Readers from Rob Natelson 0
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - Supreme Court
- February 10, 2022
Salon.com issued a defamatory article it has refused to correct.
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Protecting Law-abiding Firearms Businesses from Abusive Lawsuits 0
- Guns, Liberty - Issue Papers, Second Amendment
- March 7, 2023
In the late 1990s, a gun prohibition organization adopted a strategy previously used by Jim Crow government officials against the free press: filing abusive lawsuits designed to cripple the businesses through the sheer cost of litigation against meritless claims. In response, most states, Colorado included, enacted legislation against such misuse of the judicial process. Eventually,
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Defund the Police 0
- Second Amendment
- January 11, 2021
“Defund the police” is not the slogan of people who sincerely believe that black lives matter. Rather, “defund the police” is the program of communists who want to establish a totalitarian police state. In the last year, they have made much progress towards their goal. As lawful, constitutional policing in the United States is defunded
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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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