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Daren Bakst

Email: dbakst@johnlocke.org

Daren Bakst, Esq., is Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies for the John Locke Foundation. In this position, he analyzes and presents on a wide range of issues, including property rights, constitutional law, regulatory reform, and energy and the environment.

His op-eds and quotes have appeared in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, USA Today, National Review Online, AOL News, American Enterprise Online, Chronicle of Higher Education, and many North Carolina newspapers, such as The Charlotte Observer.

Bakst serves on the Federalist Society's Administrative Law and Regulation Executive Committee and as a member of the Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council. He also is an adjunct professor at Barton College, teaching business law.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Bakst was Policy Counsel for the National Legal Center for the Public Interest in Washington, DC., which recently merged into the American Enterprise Institute.

In 1998, Bakst founded the Council on Law in Higher Education, an independent nonprofit organization that analyzes the regulatory and legal burden on colleges and universities. He still serves as president of CLHE.

A licensed attorney, Bakst earned his J.D. from the University of Miami and his LL.M. in Law and Government from American University, Washington College of Law. Both his B.A. and M.B.A. are from The George Washington University.


Articles by Daren Bakst

(5.27.10) A Quick and Easy Fix of the Annexation Law
Senators should ignore a flawed House bill and pursue two simple changes to benefit property owners.

(5.27.10) A Quick and Easy Fix to Annexation Law
Senators should ignore a flawed House bill and pursue two simple changes to benefit property owners.

(2.19.10) Hey, Let The Dogs In
Restaurant owners should be allowed to decide for themselves whether customers can bring their canine companions.

(10.30.09) State Should Focus on Low-Cost Power
RALEIGH -- Like the federal government, state governments have adopted policies that undermine efforts to secure low-cost and reliable energy sources. States have created numerous obstacles to developing low-cost energy, and even outright mandated the use of expensive and unreliable forms of energy.

(9.24.09) N.C. Supreme Court decision restores Second Amendment rights
RALEIGH -- Recently, the North Carolina Supreme Court handed gun rights advocates a major victory. Under the North Carolina Constitution, a state statute prohibiting all felons from owning firearms was declared unconstitutional as it applied to a Garner man who was convicted of a nonviolent felony.

(9.18.09) A Gun Rights Victory
The N.C. Supreme Court strikes a blow against an overly broad law.

(8.13.09) Push for Wind Turbines Could Knock Down Property Rights
RALEIGH -- Some legislators and environmental groups are trying to get commercial-scale wind power along the mountain ridges of western North Carolina. This would mean that lines of commercial wind turbines, which can be as tall as 500 feet (or 50 stories), would line the ridges.

(6.05.09) Please Treat North Carolinians Like Dirt
There’s no good reason to give mud or a mushroom more protection than a person in cases involving eminent domain.

(5.27.09) Taxes Should Not Pay for Political Campaign Bills
Some lawmakers want to use your money to help more local and state-level politicians pad their campaign accounts.

(4.21.09) The Wrong Eminent Domain Amendment
State lawmakers need to go beyond House Bill 1268 to fix problems with North Carolina's eminent domain rules.

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