BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
500 EAST CORONADO ROAD, PHOENIX, AZ 85004 www.goldwaterinstitute.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THROUGH RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, STRATEGIC LITIGATION, TESTIMONY, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION, THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE ADVANCES PUBLIC POLICY AND A RULE OF LAW UNDER WHICH INDIVIDUALS CAN SHAPE THEIR OWN DESTINIES AS FREE MEN AND WOMEN. WE HELP CITIZENS UNDERSTAND AND...ADOPT POLICIES THAT SUSTAIN AND RESTORE ECONOMIC LIBERTY, EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT POWER CONSISTENT WITH THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. WHEN GOVERNMENT OVERSTEPS ITS PROPER BOUNDS, THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE USES PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION TO ENFORCE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND CONSTRAINTS ON GOVERNMENT POWER GUARANTEED BY OUR STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS.

THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE DRIVES RESULTS BY WORKING DAILY IN COURTS, LEGISLATURES, AND COMMUNITIES TO DEFEND AND STRENGTHEN THE FREEDOM GUARANTEED TO ALL AMERICANS IN THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL FIFTY STATES.

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION: THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE LITIGATES CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS, ON BEHALF OF AMERICANS WHO WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO DEFEND AGAINST THE HEAVY HAND OF GOVERNMENT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE OR EXPERTISE. WE DEFEND TAXPAYER AND PROPERTY RIGHTS, FREE SPEECH AND FREE ENTERPRISE, AND EDUCATIONAL CHOICE. WE ENFORCE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT POWER. OUR CASES SEEK TO SET BROAD LEGAL PRECEDENTS TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS OF OUR CLIENTS AND ALL AMERICANS. THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE ALSO MANAGES A SUCCESSFUL "LITIGATION BY LETTERHEAD" EFFORT, WHERE WE INDUCE GOVERNMENT TO CEASE UNLAWFUL ACTIONS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION BY LETTER, WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO COURT. IN 2019, THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE'S ACTIVE CASELOAD AVERAGED 37, AND WE ADVANCED CUTTING-EDGE LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE COURTS BY FILING 18 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS. WE HAD 6 LITIGATION VICTORIES AND 4 AMICUS VICTORIES IN 2019.

POLICY ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE CONDUCTS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF STATE-LEVEL PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND COMMUNICATES THAT RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC. OUR PRIMARY AREAS OF RESEARCH INCLUDE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, EDUCATION REFORM, AND HEALTHCARE POLICY. IN 2019, WE DELIVERED 73 PUBLIC SPEECHES, DISTRIBUTED 13 POLICY REPORTS, AND TESTIFIED REGULARLY BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. IN 2019, WE HAD 19 POLICY AND LITIGATION VICTORIES IN COURTS AND LEGISLATURES NATIONWIDE. ARIZONA BECAME THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO ADOPT GOLDWATER'S UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION LAW, ALLOWING WORKERS LICENSED IN ONE STATE TO CONTINUE WORKING WHEN THEY MOVE TO A NEW STATE WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY GETTING ANOTHER (TO DATE, 11 STATES HAVE ENACTED VERSIONS OF THIS GROUNDBREAKING LAW). OTHER VICTORIES INCLUDE STATE LAWS THAT PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS; SAFEGUARD FREE SPEECH ON PUBLIC COLLEGE CAMPUSES; AND SHIELD NON-PROFIT DONORS FROM HAVING THEIR NAMES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PUT ON A GOVERNMENT LIST, THUS EXPOSING THEM TO POTENTIAL HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION. THIS WORK WAS SUPPORTED IN PART THROUGH OUR RONALD REAGAN FELLOWS PROGRAM, WHICH DEVELOPS YOUNG TALENT BY TEACHING AND EMPLOYING 25 INTERNS AND LAW CLERKS.

COMMUNICATIONS: IN 2019, THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE'S WORK IN DEFENSE OF OUR RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THANKS TO OUR STRONG PRESENCE IN AN INCREASINGLY CROWDED MEDIA LANDSCAPE. OUR EFFORTS RECEIVED MORE THAN 7,700 MENTIONS IN TRADITIONAL (PRINT, RADIO, TELEVISION, AND ONLINE) AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. GOLDWATER INSTITUTE EXPERTS AND CLIENTS PUBLISHED MORE THAN 30 OP-EDS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DURING THE YEAR, IN OUTLETS THAT INCLUDED THE WASHINGTON POST, WALL STREET JOURNAL, ARIZONA REPUBLIC, ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES, PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, ARIZONA ATTORNEY MAGAZINE, REALCLEARPOLICY, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE, FOX NEWS, WASHINGTON EXAMINER, THE HILL, REASON.COM, DAILY CALLER, DES MOINES REGISTER, DETROIT NEWS, LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL, AND CHAMBER BUSINESS NEWS. OUR EXPERTS WERE ALSO A REGULAR PRESENCE ON LOCAL AND NATIONALLY SYNDICATED RADIO SHOWS, HELPING TO CIRCULATE GOLDWATER'S WORK TO AN EVEN WIDER AUDIENCE.THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE'S BLOG, IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY, HAD ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR YET. MORE THAN 94,000 VISITORS CAME TO OUR BLOG MORE THAN 136,000 TIMES FOR TIMELY INSIGHT AND ANALYSIS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF POLICY TOPICS. IN THE MONTH WITH THE HIGHEST READERSHIP - APRIL 2019 - THE BLOG RECEIVED 14,466 VIEWS FROM 10,824 VISITORS. OUR PRIMARY WEBSITE, GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG, WAS VIEWED BY NEARLY 104,000 VISITORS MORE THAN 201,000 TIMES.AND THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE CONTINUED TO BOLSTER ITS INFLUENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL. OUR FACEBOOK POSTS REACHED MORE THAN 674,000 PEOPLE, AND OUR CONTENT RECEIVED MORE THAN 1,353,000 IMPRESSIONS ON TWITTER. ADDITIONALLY, OUR VIDEOS RECEIVED MORE THAN 18,000 VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.

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