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Weaponizing Government Power: Constitutional Attorneys Push Back Against Trump Administration’s Attacks On The Media & Free Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning that the government cannot use its regulatory powers to punish or intimidate news organizations for speech…
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When Everything Becomes A National Security Threat
“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied…
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2026 Mid-Year Report: The State Of Constitutional Freedom—& The Fight To Defend It
The Constitution Cannot Protect Itself: The Rutherford Institute Releases 2026 Mid-Year Report Two hundred and fifty years after America declared…
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The Constitution Can’t Protect You If You Don’t Protect It
“What if the rights and principles guaranteed in the Constitution have been so distorted in the past 200 years as…
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America After 9/11: 25 Years of Fear, War, Surveillance and Permanent Emergency
“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in —…
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Tyranny By Technicality: The Supreme Court Will Not Save Our Republic
“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”—Justice William O.…
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Religious Liberty Win: Court Limits ICE Raids at Certain Houses of Worship
RICHMOND, Va — In a victory for religious liberty, a federal appeals court has upheld restrictions on ICE raids at…
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The Bunker State: The Government Will Survive, But Will The Constitution?
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.“—Theodore Roosevelt…
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The Gloves Are Off: ICE, Electric Shock Weapons & Secret Police
“Electric shock has long been a common method of inflicting torture or other forms of ill-treatment worldwide. While electric shocks are sometimes…
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Political Speech Under Threat: The Government Is Using Deportation to Silence Dissent
BOSTON, Mass. — The government cannot use arrests, detention and the threat of deportation to frighten people into silence for…
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Constitutional Q&A: The Right to Display First Amendment Messages on Private Property
The First Amendment protects more than spoken or written words. Signs, flags, crosses, banners, artwork, holiday displays and other symbols…
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The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets
“I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our…
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Who Decides What You Can Display On Your Own Property?
PORT ST JOE, Fla. — The Rutherford Institute is urging the City of Port St. Joe, Fla., to work with…
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America Reaps What Trump Sows: The Price Of Policing The Globe
“In a sense, blowback is simply another way of saying that a nation reaps what it sows.” — Chalmers Johnson…
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Rutherford Institute Urges Localities Not To Penalize Compassion by Placing Roadblocks Before Churches Ministering to the Homeless
LOUISA, Va. — For centuries, churches have cared for “the least of these” by feeding the hungry, clothing the poor and…
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A Head for an Eye: The Government’s War on the American People
“The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate…
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