Liberty - Issue Papers - Independence Institute

Protecting Law-abiding Firearms Businesses from Abusive Lawsuits 0
- 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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The Conservative Case for Ranked Choice Voting 0
- May 11, 2021
This paper evaluates the compatibility of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) with conservative principles. Good voting systems do not favor any one political party or perspective. That is what makes them good. Making a conservative case for RCV does not meaning showing how it makes conservatives more likely to win, that it favors Republicans over Democrats,
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Comparing Approval Voting and Ranked Choice Voting 0
- April 7, 2021
This paper is about better ways to vote. Americans have become so accustomed to our voting system we forget how strange it is. Many countries admire our Constitution to the point of imitation, and have adopted our system of checks and balances by dividing government into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Yet absolutely none of
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Where Life is Written in Water 0
- March 26, 2021
Where Life is Written in Water: Why Water Issues Unite, Divide, and Matter So Much in Colorado Nearly six million residents and 90 million people in 16 other states depend at least partly on Colorado’s water. Given Colorado’s limited water supply, Colorado’s water remains a contentious issue. In this issue paper, Greg Walcher discusses effective
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