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A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking…
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No, the Government Should Not Be Allowed to Use Warrantless Drone Surveillance to Snoop on Citizens at Home or Spy on Private Property
LANSING, Mich. — The Rutherford Institute is pushing back against efforts by government officials to use warrantless aerial drone surveillance…
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Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Many Ways Our Rights Have Been Usurped Since 9/11
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to…
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The Next Crisis Is Anyone’s Guess, But the Government Is Ready to Lockdown the Nation
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety)…
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Victory: Court Discourages Constitutional Mischief by the Government, Holds DMV Fiscally Accountable for Constitutional Violations
RICHMOND, Va. — In a 7-4 en banc ruling in Stinnie v. Holcomb, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed that the…
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We the Targeted: How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence Its Critics
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to…
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Police Get Called Out By Constitutional Lawyers After They Twice Arrest The Wrong Man & Hold Him In Jail For Three Days Before Verifying His Identity
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hold police accountable for misidentifying and…
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We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime
“Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever…
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From Press Room Raids to Indictments, Anything Goes When the Government Piles On
“When players are piled on top of each other after a mad scramble for a loose ball, it’s a free-for-all. There…
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Commentary
Indoctrination, Intimidation & Intolerance: What Passes for Education Today
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools…
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Appeals Court Agrees: First Amendment Requires Jail Officials to Treat All Religious Beliefs Equally
CHICAGO, IL — Recognizing that the First Amendment requires the government to treat all religious beliefs equally, a federal appeals…
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Technocensorship: The Government’s War on So-Called Dangerous Ideas
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with…
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Supreme Court Protects Anti-Government Speech, Narrows Scope of Immigration Law to Not Criminalize Encouragement of Civil Disobedience
WASHINGTON, DC — In a 7-2 ruling that protects anti-government speech, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of…
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Whether You Live in a Small Town or a Big City, the Government Is Still Out to Get You
“I can’t remember what all Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Asset Forfeiture Scheme Where Police Seize and Keep Cars, Cash & Homes of Innocent Owners
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal challenging a modern-day form of highway robbery…
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Commentary
Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase of the Government’s War on Thought Crimes
“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.”—Hannah Arendt Get ready for the next phase of the government’s…
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