Topic: United States Constitution

April 17, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: April 17, 2026

With most Americans recently submitting their income tax filings, it’s an opportune time to review where exactly those tax dollars go in the federal budget these days. Spoiler: It’s mostly […]
April 26, 2024 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: April 26, 2024

What is the future of impact fees in Georgia after a recent Supreme Court ruling?
October 6, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 6, 2023

This year alone, at least 19 states have significantly expanded school choice policies.
June 30, 2023 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: June 30, 2023

The lack of emphasis on civics, government and political history is the biggest education problem in our country.
April 26, 2023 • Commentary

Bringing greatness back to life

By Bringing greatness back to life
The view from one of America’s secular temples eludes capture by the lay photographer.
June 20, 2022 • Blog

Juneteenth: A Franchise of Freedom

By Leo Smith
We are not all descendants of American slavery, but to be an American is to have inherited its legacy, and its lessons. 
September 17, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 17, 2021

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marked 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives” with a dinner celebration Thursday night at the Geo
June 18, 2021 • Commentary

The Joy in Juneteenth

By The Joy in Juneteenth
In the 1860s, news traveled slowly. There was no Twitter, no 24-hour cable news, no talk radio. For many enslaved people on the Western Frontier, news of their emancipation arrived […]
March 5, 2021 • Commentary

Adding up the Benefits of Education Options

By Dr. Benjamin Scafidi
Proposals in the Georgia General Assembly to give Georgia families more opportunities to choose schools and educational settings for their children have come un
September 18, 2020

Friday Facts: September 18, 2020

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Good intentions toward a laudable end are not enough to uphold governmental action against a constitutional challenge.” – William S. Stickman IV, U.S. District Judge […]
July 2, 2020

Friday Facts: July 3, 2020

It’s Friday! Friday Facts is coming to you a day early to beat the holiday rush! Have you registered yet for the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum? The Forum, hosted […]
June 30, 2020 • Press Release

Foundation Praises Supreme Court Ruling For Education Choice

NEWS RELEASE | For Immediate Release June 30, 2020 Contact: Benita Dodd  (404-256-4050) Foundation Praises Supreme Court Ruling For Education Choice Atlanta – The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrated today’s […]
January 31, 2020

Friday Facts: January 31, 2020

It’s Friday! About 300 friends and supporters joined us Tuesday night at the Fabulous Fox in Atlanta for the Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner. The keynote speaker […]
August 2, 2019

Friday Facts: August 2, 2019

It’s Friday!  Events August 27: “Election Integrity: Facts, Fraud and Fiction” is the Foundation’s August noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at the Georgian Club. The speaker is Hans von Spakovsky, Senior […]
December 1, 2017

Marsy’s Law of Unintended Consequences

Proceed cautiously with a victims’ rights amendment. By Benita M. Dodd It’s hard to fathom the depth of the pain and suffering of crime victims and families left behind. For […]
June 30, 2017

Friday Facts: June 30, 2017

It’s Friday! Canada 150: Happy birthday, O Canada! Canada was created on July 1, 1867, by the British North America Act (now the Constitution Act) and celebrates its 150th anniversary Saturday. Georgia has […]
April 14, 2017

Return Insurance Regulation to the States

Let’s reawaken the constitutional idea of federalism. By Ralph T. Hudgens Much of the impasse in Washington regarding health care reform relates to health insurance regulation and mandates. There is […]
August 1, 2016

Above All, Do No Digital Harm

Congressional action could have unintended negative consequences. John Graham of the National Center for Policy Analysis writes a column in Forbes warning against congressional overreach as telemedicine moves forward across […]
November 21, 2014

Friday Facts: November 21, 2014

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.” […]
February 24, 2014 • Press Release

Register TODAY for Balanced Budget Amendment Event

GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT REMINDER February 24, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Deadline is TODAY to Register for Balanced Budget Amendment Event Atlanta – And then […]
February 18, 2014

Article V Constitutional Amendment Momentum Grows

By Mike Klein Legislators are considering several bills that would ensure Georgia is there if a Constitutional Convention is called for a single purpose to compel the federal government to […]
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