Christina Sandefur

Christina Sandefur

Goldwater Institute

Christina Sandefur litigates in defense of economic liberty, private property, free speech, and taxpayer rights and is the lead attorney on the Institute’s challenge to the federal health care law. She recently won a major victory for Arizona taxpayers when the court of appeals held that government cannot spend bond money on unapproved purposes when voters authorized the funds for specific projects. <br /> <br /> Christina is a frequent guest on national and local television and radio shows. Before joining the Institute, Christina worked to advance liberty as a law clerk at the Pacific Legal Foundation in California and a research intern and contributor at the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy. She earned her J.D. summa cum laude from Michigan State University College of Law, where she served as notes editor of the Michigan State Law Review and president of the MSU Federalist Society. Christina graduated magna cum laude from Hillsdale College with a B.A. in history and political economy and completed an honors thesis on the economic history of the U.S. Postal Service.