Sutherland Institute
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Behind the scenes: Educating voters and combating voter fraud at a county clerk’s office
“Running an election is like conducting an orchestra with complex timelines for each piece of the election. You can’t just change one thing without affecting many other areas.”
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Despite polarizing presidential election, consensus is growing behind healthcare price transparency
There is a consensus in healthcare policy that is growing increasingly clear: Price transparency for patients’ medical care and prescription drugs will continue to move forward no matter who claims victory in the 2020 elections.
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Teaching freedom of religion in grades K-6
Sutherland Institute is seeking to understand how well Utah’s current social studies standards help students fulfill their duties in civil society and government. For this second review, we are specifically looking at freedom of religion.
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Q&A: Multiple opportunities for religious freedom protection at Supreme Court
“The Supreme Court needs to answer these fundamental questions soon. If it does, it should make clear that governments can’t single out churches for disfavored treatment – even during a pandemic.”
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Religious belief accelerated efforts for women’s suffrage
A common (and incorrect) stereotype is that religion treats women as subservient to men. Both contemporary and historical evidence show otherwise, however.
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Prescription Drug Q&A: The U.S. market and COVID vaccines
“The U.S. has a vibrant and thriving biopharma sector” – says American Enterprise Institute scholar and Milton Friedman chair James C. Capretta – “in large part because the payments system for these products is more favorable to the industry than…
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Prescription Drug Q&A: The U.S. market-based system makes it a world leader in discovering new medicines
Americans get what they pay for when it comes to prescription drugs. We pay higher prices for drugs but gain access to nearly twice as many new medicines as citizens in foreign countries that use the law or government programs…
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Q&A with legal scholar: Upcoming SCOTUS cases
With another U.S. Supreme Court term beginning, there are more opportunities for guidance and protection of religious freedom. To understand these opportunities, we asked Howard Slugh some questions about religious freedom cases in the upcoming court term.
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Q&A: Quick info about registering and voting
This week Sutherland Institute’s education policy fellow Christine Cooke spoke with Justin Lee, director of elections in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
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SCOTUS’ opportunity to protect religious child welfare agencies
Whatever our political or legal philosophy, everyone should agree that prioritizing the welfare of children and families ought to be one of the main goals of our foster care and adoption system.