Christina Sandefur is the Executive Vice President at the Goldwater Institute. She develops policies and litigates cases advancing healthcare freedom, free enterprise, private property rights, free speech, and taxpayer rights.
Christina is a co-drafter of the Right to Try initiative, now federal law, which protects terminally ill patients' right to try safe investigational treatments that have been prescribed by their physician but are not yet FDA-approved. She has won important victories for property rights in Arizona and works nationally to promote the Institute's Private Property Rights Protection Act, a state-level reform that requires government to pay owners when regulations destroy property rights and reduce property values.
Christina is the co-author of the book Cornerstone of Liberty: Private Property Rights in 21st Century America (2016). She is a frequent guest on national television and radio programs, has provided expert legal testimony to various legislative committees, and is a frequent speaker at conferences. She is the recipient of the 2018 Buckley Award in recognition of her leadership in the freedom movement, and she is an Advisory Board Member of the Network of enlightened Women. Christina serves on the board of the Phoenix Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society and is a member of the executive committee for the Federalist Society's Regulatory Transparency Project: FDA & Health.
Christina is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law and Hillsdale College.
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Right to Try
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Arizona State Student Chapter
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Phoenix, AZ 85004
2023 Arizona Supreme Court Review
Phoenix Lawyers Chapter
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Phoenix, AZ 85018
Big Brother May I? How Capitalism and the Rule of Law have Liberated Women (and How Gender Preference Laws Threaten That)
Samford Student Chapter
Cumberland School of Law305 Riley Road
Birmingham, AL 35229
Big Brother May? How Capitalism and the Rule of Law have Liberated Women
Samford Student Chapter
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Homewood, AL 35229
Explainer 67 - Veterans' Benefits Reforms: How Healthcare Influences Foreign Policy
The Regulatory Transparency Project’s Fourth Branch Podcast presents Explainer Episode 67. In this Fourth Branch...
Explainer Episode 65 - Reviewing Michael Cannon's Book "Recovery"
RTP's Fourth Branch Podcast
In this RTP explainer episode 65, we are joined by Michael Cannon, Director of Health...
Explainer Episode 41 - Government Obstacles to Over The Counter Medicines
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
The Goldwater Institute’s Christina Sandefur moderates a discussion with the Cato Institute’s director of health...
State Constitutions and Individual Liberty: State or Federal Government as Primary Custodian of Individual Rights?
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
Join us for a discussion between David A. Carrillo, Christina Sandefur, and Robert F. Williams...
State Constitutions and Individual Liberty: State or Federal Government as Primary Custodian of Individual Rights?
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
Join us for a discussion between David A. Carrillo, Christina Sandefur, and Robert F. Williams...