Goldwater Institute
The Goldwater Institute is a leading free-market public policy research and litigation organization that is dedicated to empowering all Americans to live freer, happier lives. We accomplish real results for liberty by working in state courts, legislatures, and communities nationwide to advance, defend, and strengthen the freedom guaranteed by the constitutions of the United States and the fifty states. Founded in 1988 in Phoenix with Senator Barry Goldwater’s blessing, the Institute focuses on advancing the principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty, with a focus on education, free speech, healthcare, equal protection, property rights, occupational licensing, and constitutional limits. The U.S. Constitution provides a basic minimum of protection for individual rights, while leaving states free to enact laws that protect those rights more broadly. That’s why we direct our efforts at the states, the “laboratories of democracy,” to introduce innovative ideas that expand freedom. And that’s why we litigate in state courts to defend individual liberty.www.goldwaterinstitute.org
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Oct 16, 2026
Charlie BrennanHOST
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Charlie BrennanHOST
Elvin, your story this week in The American caught our attention, and it look, took a look at the Goldwater Institute suing the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for lack of transparency.
Charlie BrennanHOST
Tell our viewers what happened.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
Well, a, a person that had one of these, you know, I, I don't...
Alvin ReidPANELIST
Why can't they tell this gentleman why, you know, the police showed up at his place of business? And I think it takes a lawsuit like this to get to the bottom of it, because...
Alvin ReidPANELIST
And it's the police's own fault, so I don't feel for them at all.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
And it's a good lawsuit by the Goldwater Institute, and trust me, I ain't no friends with the Goldwater Institute.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
[laughs] But hey, thumbs up on this one.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
Yes, I do.
Charlie BrennanHOST
Elvin, your story this week in The American caught our attention, and it look, took a look at the Goldwater Institute suing the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for lack of transparency.
Charlie BrennanHOST
Tell our viewers what happened.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
Well, a, a person that had one of these, you know, I, I don't, I guess they're not called Airbnbs anymore.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
Why can't they tell this gentleman why, you know, the police showed up at his place of business? And I think it takes a lawsuit like this to get to the bottom of it because...
Alvin ReidPANELIST
And it's the police's own fault, so I don't feel for them at all.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
And it's a good lawsuit by the Goldwater Institute, and trust me, I ain't no friends with the Goldwater Institute.
Alvin ReidPANELIST
[laughs] But hey, thumbs up on this one.
Rick DoblinGUEST
So that was one of the most important things of the Trump executive order.
Rick DoblinGUEST
Because the right to try is, is very much, uh, been promoted by, uh, Republicans, by the Goldwater Institute.
Rick DoblinGUEST
Uh, this idea that if you have a disorder of some kind of a disease that the currently available medicines have not helped with, and there's a drug that's being researched by a pharma company for that disease, but it hasn't been approved yet.
Rick DoblinGUEST
You should have a right to try that drug before it's approved at your own risk.
Gary NolanHOST
Is that from the Article 3 Institute?
Brian HauswirthHOST
Uh, that's Goldwater Institute was involved in this.
Gary NolanHOST
All right.
Brian HauswirthHOST
Goldwater Institute.
Brian HauswirthHOST
Yes.
Brian HauswirthHOST
He was representing the Goldwater Institute.
Brian HauswirthHOST
No decision from the court on that one, Gary, but you've covered everything.
Gary NolanHOST
All right.
Gary NolanHOST
Coming up, uh, we are going to, uh, chat with the news guy at Zimmer Radio, get us up to date with what's going on around Central Missouri.
Gary NolanHOST
Dave Roland is gonna be with us, uh, Goldwater Institute.
Gary NolanHOST
He is the guy that likes to sue the government to protect your freedom.
Gary NolanHOST
He's, uh, for those of you who are not aware, he is the attorney for this, uh, woman here in Missouri who was serving breakfast and told by the, uh, uh, health department, [laughs] "You can't do that," Cathy Kite.
Billy CrowHOST
He's talking about things going on in St. Louis City.
Billy CrowHOST
Uh, here in the next segment, we're gonna have someone on from the Goldwater Institute because there's more terrible things going on in the city.
Billy CrowHOST
They're actually, uh, uh, suing the city police department, uh, because they're not following the Sunshine Rule.
Billy CrowHOST
So we're gonna get into that in a little bit.
Billy CrowHOST
We're Republican, we're very pro-police.
Billy CrowHOST
Yet- If they don't do right, sometimes someone's gotta call them out, right? And, and in St.
Billy CrowHOST
Louis City, there's a little bit of a problem going on, and the Goldwater Institute is actually, uh, looking into that because, uh, there ha- they've, there's some accountability issues going on.
Billy CrowHOST
If there's ever a institution [clears throat] that should be hel- be held accountable, it is law enforcement to make sure they are not infringing on our rights.
Billy CrowHOST
We got Kirk Hilsinger from the St. Louis, uh, Central Committee coming on to talk about some issues in the state.
Billy CrowHOST
And the St. Louis City Police are, uh, getting a little in hot water with the Goldwater Institute.
Billy CrowHOST
Uh, they are suing the police department, so we're gonna hear a little bit about that.
Billy CrowHOST
And lastly, stick around for the 8:00 hour, because we're gonna talk hockey with a St. Louis Blues legend.
Chuck WarrenHOST
We have B's Corner coming up, and you don't wanna miss the rest of our guests today.
Chuck WarrenHOST
We have John Riches on the podcast from the Goldwater Institute.
Chuck WarrenHOST
That one is gonna be fantastic.
Chuck WarrenHOST
And Henry Olsen coming up on air.
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Sam StoneHOST
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Sam StoneHOST
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Sam StoneHOST
We have John Riches from the Goldwater Institute coming up on this one.
Sam StoneHOST
We also have Gary Giye coming back, so check it out.
Megan LynchHOST
The suit says police did neither.
Megan LynchHOST
Dave Roland is director of allied litigation for the Goldwater Institute.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
Some government officials might say, "Well, we didn't know what the Sunshine Law required." Here's the thing.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
The custodian of records for the St. Louis Metro Police Department has held that position for more than thirty-five years.
Dave RolandGUEST
You knew what the law required.
Dave RolandGUEST
You simply have not been doing it, and that's why the Goldwater Institute and I have stepped in to say, "We're gonna hold you to account." So that's the new case, filing it today.
Gary NolanHOST
If you prevail, you get the records, or do you get, uh, attorney's fees? Um...
Dave RolandGUEST
Could be all of the above.
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