Justice Clint Bolick serves on the Arizona Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Doug Ducey on January 6, 2016. Previously, he was the as the Vice President for Litigation at the Goldwater Institute.
In a recent profile, the New York Times said that Bolick is “known for his aggressive litigation to defend individual liberties.” He has argued and won cases in the United States Supreme Court, the Arizona Supreme Court, and state and federal courts from coast to coast. He has won landmark precedents defending school choice, freedom of enterprise, and private property rights and challenging corporate subsidies and racial classifications.
Before joining the Goldwater Institute in 2007, Bolick was co-founder of the Institute for Justice and later served as president of the Alliance for School Choice.
Bolick helped author the Health Care Freedom Act and the Save Our Secret Ballot amendment, which were added to the Arizona Constitution in 2010 and adopted in several other states. He also has assisted policy activists in several states to establish litigation centers based on the Goldwater Institute model.
In 2003, American Lawyer recognized Bolick as one of three lawyers of the year for his successful defense of school choice programs, culminating inZelman v. Simmons-Harris in the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2009, Legal Times named Bolick one of the “90 Greatest D.C. Lawyers in the Past 30 Years.” Bolick received one of the freedom movement’s most prestigious awards, the Bradley Prize, in 2006 for advancing the values of democratic capitalism.
Bolick has authored several books, most recently Death Grip: Loosening the Law’s Stranglehold Over Economic Liberty (2011) and David’s Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary (2007). In addition to his work at the Goldwater Institute, Bolick serves as a research fellow with the Hoover Institution.
Judicial Philosophies and the Process of Decision Making
Hyatt Regency, Orchid Room400 South East Second Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Roundtable: Federalism’s Contribution to Economic Liberty: Catalyzing Technological Advancement and Economic Growth
2019 National Student Symposium
BCLS W.P. Carey Foundation Armstrong Great Hall111 E Taylor Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Freedom's Frontier: State Constitutions and the Protection of Liberty
Boston University Student Chapter
Boston University School of Law765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Justice Kennedy Retrospective
Phoenix Lawyers Chapter
The Newton300 West Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Liberty
Florida International Student Chapter
FIU College of Law11200 SW 8th St
Miami, FL 33199
The SCOTUS Nomination: Why the Stakes Are So High
Arizona Student Chapter
James E. Rogers College of Law1201 E Speedway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85721
School Choice
Illinois Student Chapter
University of Illinois College of Law504 E Pennsylvania Ave
Champaign, IL 61820
The Judicial Power: The Judicial Duty to Follow the Law or a Discretionary Power of Judicial Review?
2018 National Student Symposium
Hamilton referred to the federal judiciary as the “least dangerous” branch of the new federal...
The Judicial Power: The Judicial Duty to Follow the Law or a Discretionary Power of Judicial Review?
2018 National Student Symposium
Hamilton referred to the federal judiciary as the “least dangerous” branch of the new federal...
Conversation with State Supreme Court Justices
2017 Annual Western Chapters Conference
What is the proper role of the State judiciary when considering questions of federal law? ...
Conversation with State Supreme Court Justices
2017 Annual Western Chapters Conference
What is the proper role of the State judiciary when considering questions of federal law? ...
Make the Civil Rights Division Great Again? -- Notes on "This is What a Trump Civil Rights Agenda Should Look Like"
Robert Driscoll has an outstanding post up at National Review Online titled “This is What...