11 Facts About Goldwater Institute

Goldwater Institute is a conservative and libertarian public policy think tank located in Phoenix whose stated mission is "to defend and strengthen the freedom guaranteed to all Americans in the constitutions of the United States and all fifty states".

Goldwater Institute was primarily a public policy research organization until 2007 when it added a litigation arm, becoming the first state-based policy organization to do so.

Goldwater Institute was founded in 1988 by conservative activists with the blessing of Barry Goldwater.

Goldwater Institute is a proponent of increased educational choice through charter schools and school vouchers.

Goldwater Institute is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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Goldwater Institute created the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation in June 2007.

In Turken v Gordon, the Goldwater Institute sued the city of Phoenix over a $100 million corporate subsidy to the CityNorth development, which the Institute argued was illegal under the Arizona Constitution.

In 2010, the Goldwater Institute successfully defended the right of voters to wear Tea Party T-shirts to the polls.

In Tombstone v United States, the Goldwater Institute sued on behalf of the City of Tombstone, Arizona which had been denied permission to use machinery to repair its water lines in an environmentally sensitive area.

In February 2015, the Goldwater Institute filed suit in Massachusetts, challenging the state's century-old ban on corporate contributions to political candidates.

In November 2017, the Goldwater Institute threatened to sue on behalf of UCF Knights football kicker Donald De La Haye, who was earlier in the year kicked off the team for ineligibility.