We Have to Prove It (Constitutional Action, American Fork Veterans' Hall, 4/30/2026)

About this episode

The episode features a speech discussing the need for a state government to defend citizens' constitutional rights and the challenges faced in Utah's political landscape.

Below is my speech from Constitutional Action at the American Fork Veterans’ Hall, April 30th. At last month’s meeting, we presented a historical model for what is happening in Utah, & how we got here — and I made the case that we need a state government willing to defend its citizens and their rights under the Constitution, instead of using the letter of the law as an excuse to ignore the spirit. The question that I hope it raised in your minds is, how do we get there? Can we get there? I’m here tonight to tell you that we can. EXIT is a fraternity dedicated to shorting managerial systems and building the human institutions that come next. Learn more here: I suspect most of you are here because, like me, you feel like you’re going a little bit crazy. You grew up in a state that was arguably the most cohesive and functional place, in a much more cohesive and functional country. Now, you’re watching as the Republican state government sells your home out from under you in a hundred procedural ways. The Republican state legislature and governor appointed a single “expert” (who happened to be a radical leftist activist) to assess the performance of every judge in the state. This…

Topics covered

• Constitutional rights
• State government
• Political activism
• Judicial assessment
• Redistricting
• Community engagement

Keywords

• Constitution
• Utah politics
• Republican
• Democratic
• judicial reform
• redistricting
• community rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EXIT, Republican state government, Democratic state convention

Places: Utah, American Fork Veterans’ Hall

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