Arizona’s economy is booming and is expected to grow even more! Arizona ranked second nationwide for year-over-year employment growth in 2017-2018. Over 290,400 new jobs have been added in Arizona since 2015. Over the last 5 years, median household income in Arizona...
Masterpiece Cakeshop
Roller Coaster Week
Most Mondays in June, you’ll find me in my CAP office at 7:00 a.m. on the SCOTUS blog website awaiting U.S. Supreme Court decisions. That’s where I was when the Court issued its Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Upon seeing the 7-2 decision in favor of...
NEWS RELEASE: SCOTUS Orders Justice for Jack
A Statement from Center for Arizona Policy President Cathi Herrod This morning, in a 7-2 opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. I applaud this ruling for...
Secret Recording? Oh My!
And, now as the world turns, here’s the latest “fake news” story featuring none other than yours truly. The media, Twitter, and school choice opponents erupted this week over a so-called secret recording the Arizona Republic obtained of me speaking to a group of...
Constitutional or Not: Government Targeting Disfavored Speech
“Today, before the United States Supreme Court justices, I argued on behalf of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates that the California law forcing pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise for abortions is unlawful government-compelled expression” stated...
Pregnancy Centers Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Can the state of California force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise for abortions? Next Tuesday, on March 20, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments for National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra. The court will decide whether...
Responding to HB 2586
News media outlets have been promoting recently introduced HB 2586, a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Arizona’s nondiscrimination laws. Current law prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations because of a...
Pray, Pray, Pray!
It’s next Tuesday, December 5. It’s Justice for Jack time. That’s when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. I’ll be there, speaking at the rally and praying. Follow me...
Rights of Conscience for Professionals
Every American citizen should be free to peacefully live and work according to the dictates of his or her conscience without the fear of unjust government punishment. This freedom equally applies to professionals.Therefore, Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) has...
BREAKING NEWS: CAP Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court
Statement by Center for Arizona Policy President Cathi Herrod “Creative professionals, like Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, rightly serve all people; however, they should not be compelled to communicate all messages or celebrate all events,” stated CAP...