Sutherland Institute
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The way of the reformer
FROM THE POWER OF TRUTH, BY WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN The reformers of the world are its men of mighty purpose. They are men with the courage of individual conviction, men who dare run counter to the criticism of inferiors, men…
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Innovations for Growing Education Choice
Panelists at “Innovations for Growing Education Choice,” a policy panel Sutherland Institute hosted last Wednesday during National School Choice Week, shared innovative ideas that give students options – policies that ought to spread throughout Utah. Kathy Visser, mother and recipient…
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Sutherland Institute announces new president
SALT LAKE CITY— Today Sutherland Institute announced Rick Larsen as its new president. Larsen succeeds former president Boyd Matheson, who recently announced his departure. “Rick is uniquely prepared and perfectly positioned to lead Sutherland Institute into an exciting and high-impact future,”…
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Sutherland Institute announces departure of Boyd Matheson
SALT LAKE CITY – Today Sutherland Institute announced the departure of Boyd Matheson. He has served as Sutherland president since March 2016 and has been an integral part of a new Sutherland vision. Matheson has accepted a new position at Deseret News…
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We must take back DACA debate from political predators
Originally published by The Hill. Despite a federal district court ruling blocking the wind-down of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, there is good reason to hope that progress will be made in immigration policy. Agreement between President Donald Trump and…
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Utah’s special-needs students deserve more choices
Originally published by the Deseret News. Congress gave students more education choice when it passed the GOP tax law. A provision in the law allows 529 plan funds — typically spent on higher education — to be spent on K-12 expenses such…
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Testimony Regarding H.R. 4532, Shásh Jaa’ National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act
Testimony of Matthew Anderson, director of the Coalition for Self-Government in the West, a project of Sutherland Institute, regarding H.R. 4532, Shásh Jaa’ National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act, before the Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of…
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Neely v. Wyoming
It is contrary to the overwhelming and consistent practice in the United States of accommodating, wherever possible, the expression of religious views and the exercise of religious commitments.
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Susette Kelo v. City of New London
While the public purposes that might be served by eminent domain are the same as those that might be served through the general police power, the eminent domain power is limited by the public use requirement of the 5th Amendment.