Chip Mellor

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William H. "Chip" Mellor (born December 31, 1950) is a co-founder of the

free speech
.

Early career

Mellor received his B.A. from

University of Denver Law School in 1977.[2] From 1979-1983, he practiced public interest law with Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver.[3] Following his time there, he served in the Ronald Reagan Administration as Deputy General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations in the United States Department of Energy.[4]

From 1986 until 1991, Mellor served as president of the

property rights, technology, and the First Amendment that would later serve as the Institute for Justice's long-term, strategic litigation blueprint.[4]

Institute for Justice

In 1991,

U.S. Constitution
protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use.

Mellor personally litigated lawsuits that broke open Denver's 50-year-old taxi monopoly,

property rights
cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 2008, Mellor co-authored with Robert A. Levy of the Cato Institute, The Dirty Dozen (book): How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom. The book takes on twelve Supreme Court cases that effectively amended the Constitution and argues for a Supreme Court that will enforce what the Constitution says about civil liberties, property rights and other controversial issues.[10]

In a January 2012 profile of Mellor, titled Litigating for Liberty, The Wall Street Journal wrote, “Move over, ACLU. Chip Mellor, president of one of America's most influential law groups is expanding freedom on political speech, organ transplants and other economic frontiers.” [11]

On June 7, 2012, Mellor was awarded the Bradley Foundation's Bradley Prize.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kramer, John E. (December 31, 2015). "Fighting for the American Dream". National Review.
  2. ^ Morrissey, Siobhan (September 24, 2009). "Chip Mellor: Libertarian Law". ABA Journal.
  3. ^ Gillespie, Nick (March 2008). "Litigating for Liberty". Reason.
  4. ^ a b c "William H. Mellor". Bradley Foundation. 2012. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  5. ^ Rosen, Jeffrey (April 17, 2005). "The Unregulated Offensive". The New York Times.
  6. Denver Business Journal
    .
  7. ^ Franch, Steve (May 2001). "Dusty Doctrines". ABA Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  8. ^ Mellor, Chip (October 1994). "A Right to Welfare?". Reason.
  9. ^ Sloan, Julie (June 1, 2004). "Libertarians and Justice for all?". Fortune Small Business.
  10. Manhattan Institute
    . Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  11. Wall Street Journal
    .

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