February 21, 2022
Right now—while pandemic mistakes are fresh in our minds—is the time to adopt legal reforms to ensure those mistakes don’t happen again.
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January 24, 2022Click to read full paper Colorado has experienced a skilled labor shortage for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic further exposed the underlying problems in the workforce. The state has a high percentage of workers who are particularly vulnerable to forced closures... -
December 10, 2021Click to read full paper This report identifies and explores possible grounds for, and consequences of, skills gaps in Colorado’s labor market. Imbalances between job openings and job applicants are neither new nor largely unique to Colorado. Every state examined in... -
December 3, 2021The "progressive's" lockdowns . . . increased the gap between rich and poor, and benefited their friends while punishing their opponents. -
November 24, 2021Paul Prentice, economist and Independence Institute senior fellow, sits down with Jon Caldara to discuss his study Unequal Opportunities, Unequal Outcomes: The COVID-19 Recession in Colorado. The study explores Colorado’s policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic and... -
November 1, 2021INTRODUCTION Click here to read the entire paper By mid-March 2020, it was apparent that a major pandemic was in process. Estimates were that millions upon millions of Americans would die from COVID-19 and that there would be insufficient hospital resources to... -
September 10, 2021Rob Natelson, Senior Fellow of Constitutional Jurisprudence at The Independence Institute, talks with Jon Caldara about the courts’ failure to enforce their own constitutional rights precedents against government overreaching during the pandemic: View on YouTube
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April 30, 2020In issuing his latest directive, the governor missed opportunities to quit being an autocrat and start being a statesman. -
April 27, 2020The Constitution's flexibility in emergency is why the late Justice Robert H. Jackson once said, “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” But emergencies do not cause the Constitution to vanish. -
April 24, 2020Read the latest COVID-19 information on Complete Colorado Page 2. -
April 23, 2020During this time of pandemic, many of us “non-essential” workers find ourselves confined to home. Suddenly, I have time to tackle all of the items on my home “to do” list; my house has never been this clean and organized.... -
April 14, 2020Colorado’s orders are classic examples of infringements of fundamental rights that are both overbroad and underinclusive—and therefore unconstitutional. -
April 6, 2020You are officially invited to our virtual drinking party, Freedom on Tap, as we hoist a couple with constitutional experts David Kopel and Rob Natelson and your video call-ins. We’ll chat about COVID, of course, but the real goal is... -
April 2, 2020Independence Institute & CaucusRoom.com Cordially Invite You to a Virtual Town Hall! featuring Jon Caldara hosting special guest Colorado GOP Chairman and Congressman Ken Buck. When: Thursday, April 2, 2020 @11am MDT Only on www.caucusroom.com. This event is open to all CaucusRoom members, and can be found at the top the CaucusRoom... -
April 1, 2020No free people should concede to any unelected agencies the kind of power Colorado state law now grants its state and county health departments. -
March 30, 2020" . . . constitutional rights are not luxuries. They are key to the functioning of our society." -
March 25, 2020The mayor of Denver has ordered the city on lock-down over COVID-19. In what seems to be Martial-Law-Lite, the mayor has pulled the plug on the very engine that keeps the residents of his fair town feed, employed and safe....
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March 24, 2020" has overreacted and has potentially violated the constitutional rights of city residents and millions of others.
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March 19, 2020Editor’s Note: Given recent action’s by Governor Polis, this article is somewhat out-of-date. **** In the long term, I am more concerned about the growth of governmental control than the growth of COVID. I remember well the great advance towards socialism during...
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March 19, 2020Thank you Governor Polis! To help deal with COVID-19 we need more Government Distancing. You know at Independence Institute, we are not shy about criticizing our governor when we feel he is wrong on the issues. With your help, we even...