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Unanimous Supreme Court Calls Foul on Government Efforts to Blacklist & Informally Censor Disfavored Political Groups Such as the NRA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a warning to government officials that the First…
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Commentary
What’s Next for Battlefield America? Israel’s High-Tech Military Tactics Point the Way
“I did not know Israel was capturing or recording my face. [But Israel has] been watching us for years from…
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Victory: Rutherford Institute Protects Valedictorian’s First Amendment Right to Talk About God in Graduation Speech Without Being Censored
TAMPA, Fla. — After being ordered by school officials to remove religious references from his valedictorian speech, a Florida high…
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The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech
Social media platforms censor in two primary ways. First, the platforms “remove[] posts that violate [their] terms of service or…
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U.S. News
Relying on Red Tape & Technicalities, Police Use Asset Forfeiture to Keep Thousands of Dollars in Cash From Innocent Owners
WASHINGTON, DC — The Rutherford Institute is pushing back against efforts by police to use red tape and technicalities as…
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Get Up, Stand Up, Don’t Give Up the Fight: Know Your Rights or You Will Lose Them
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and…
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From COVID-19 to Campus Protests: How the Police State Muzzles Free Speech
“Politicians of both parties want to use the power of government to silence their foes. Some in the university community…
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SCOTUS Fails to Protect Citizens From Asset Forfeiture Delay Tactics That Let Police Keep Seized Cars & Cash
WASHINGTON, DC — In a ruling on civil forfeiture, which has been likened to a modern-day form of highway robbery,…
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Commentary
A Nanny State Idiocracy: A Tale of Too Many Laws & Too Little Freedom
“Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the…
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Michigan Supreme Court Allows Government to Conduct Warrantless Drone Surveillance of Excess ‘Junk’ Cars on Couple’s Secluded Property
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in favor of government officials who used a drone to take…
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Virtual Home Invasions: We’re Not Safe from Government Peeping Toms
“The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may…
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US Supreme Court Allows Case to Move Forward That Could Dissuade & Chill the Right to Organize Peaceful Political Mass Protests
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case with far-reaching implications across the political spectrum for free speech and the right to…
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The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z
“As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.”—Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross…
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Divide & Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear & Fake News
“It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all…
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Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
“Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference … The Thought…
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Rutherford Institute Defends Women’s Basketball Coach’s First Amendment Right to Religious Expression
COLUMBIA, SC — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of the First Amendment rights of a women’s college…
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