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October 9, 2018

The Right's Push for Criminal Justice Reform (Audio: Interview)

As guest host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show Point of View, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the new movement among conservatives to push for criminal justice reform with Marc Levin, Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

September 28, 2018

Ford and Kavanaugh Hearings: Ugly Day for USA (Audio: Interview)

In a discussion with 660 AM – The Answer’s Mark Davis, IPI’s Tom Giovanetti reviews on the September 27th Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh and how it is a reflection of today’s heated political climate and shifting culture.

September 18, 2018

Constitutional Heresy: Judicial Supremacy (Audio: Interview)

The concept of judicial supremacy is Constitutional heresy, says Tom Giovanetti in this interview with 660 AM – The Answer’s Mark Davis. Rather than kowtow to one branch, every branch of government has an equal responsibility to the Constitution.

 

February 23, 2018

Live From CPAC: Giovanetti Talks School Safety, Bike Sharing & Dershowitz (Audio: Interview)

Live from CPAC, IPI president Tom Giovanetti joins Mark Davis on 660 AM - The Answer discussing Dallas's bike share program, safety in public schools, and IPI's upcoming Hatton W. Sumner Lecture Series event with acclaimed civil liberties attorney Alan Dershowitz. 

October 20, 2017

Stifling Free Speech on Campus with Charles Murray

by Charles Murray

Featured speaker, Charles Murray addresses the audience at this Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series program.

October 20, 2017

Stifling Free Speech on Campus Q&A with Charles Murray

by Tom Giovanetti, Charles Murray

IPI President Tom Giovanetti fields questions from the audience for Charles Murray at the Hatton Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series event.

October 20, 2017

Stifling Free Speech on Campus

IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews and SMU Young Americans for Freedom Chairman and Founder, Grant Wolf discuss current free speech issues on the college campus.

June 8, 2017

Texas Legislature Special Session and Texting-While-Driving Ban (Audio: Interview)

In an interview with Mark Davis of 660 AM – The Answer, IPI president Tom Giovanetti offers his take on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the U.S. Senate, the policy priorities for the Texas legislature’s special session, and Gov. Abbott’s signing of a controversial texting while driving ban. 

June 7, 2017

Texas Bathroom Controversy, Property Tax Reform, and Workfare (Audio: Interview)

In an interview with 570 AM KLIF’s Grant Stinchfield, Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses top questions for the upcoming Texas special legislative session, including the viability of HB2899, a limited government solution to the bathroom controversy. Plus, what can Texas learn from California regarding property taxes? And on the national front, Matthews makes the case for putting more welfare beneficiaries to work to grow the economy, but will Republicans have the courage to implement “workfare”?

April 20, 2017

HB 2899 Limits Municipal Overreach Into Bathrooms (Audio: Interview)

Tom Giovanetti tells the WBAP Morning News that the best solution to the transgender bathroom controversy is to limit rather than expand government power. This is the approach taken by HB 2899, which limits municipal overreach and allows transgendered persons to freely choose whatever restroom they feel is appropriate for them. 

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