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Animal Farm Politics: The Deep State Wins Again
“No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man,…
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Commentary
Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die… If We Let It
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name…
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The Deep State’s Triumph: 2024 & The Erosion Of Liberty
“Everyday the future looks a little bit darker.” ― Alan Moore, Watchmen We have become a nation adrift in a sea…
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News
What If the Baby Jesus Had Been Born into the American Police State?
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and…
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Wrong House. Wrong Raid. Wrong Justice: SWAT Teams Run Amok 30 Years After Crime Bill
WASHINGTON, DC — In the 30 years since the Crime Bill fueled the militarization of police and the explosive growth…
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A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss
“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even…
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Commentary
When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional?
“Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country is…
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Know Your Rights at Christmas: Constitutional Guidelines for Celebrating in Public, at School or Work
Charlottesville, Va. — As part of its annual effort to clear up much of the legal misunderstanding over the do’s…
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Commentary
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, & You’re On It
“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So…
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Supreme Court Sends Chilling Message to Gun Owners: Comply or Die—SCOTUS Fails to Hold Police Accountable for Shooting Armed Citizens Who Pose No Threat
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court is sending a chilling message to gun owners when it comes to encounters…
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This Is How It Begins: The Deep State Wants to Terminate the Constitution
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.”—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale This is how it…
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U.S. News
Gulf War Veteran Defended As He Challenges Efforts to Chill Political Speech Critical of Public Officials
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Rutherford Institute is challenging attempts by government officials that could chill political speech which is critical…
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Commentary
The Very Definition of Tyranny: A Dictatorship Disguised as Democracy
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many,…
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Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins)
“If voting could ever really change anything, it’d be illegal.”— Thorne, Land of the Blind (2006) After months of handwringing and mud-slinging…
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The Politics of Fear: Laying the Groundwork for Fascism, American-Style
“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”—Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist America is in…
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Constitutional Q&A on the First Amendment and Your Right to Vote: From Political Apparel and Ballot Selfies to Elon Musk and Taylor Swift
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — With election day approaching, The Rutherford Institute has released a Constitutional Q&A on the First Amendment and the…
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