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Authoritarians Drunk on Power: It’s Time to Recalibrate the Government
“There is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you…
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U.S. News
Lawsuit Ensues Over Discrimination of a Christian Study Center, Warns That First Amendment Requires Equality for All Religious Beliefs
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a Christian ministry’s right to be treated equally…
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Evil Walks Among Us: Monsters with Human Faces Wreak Havoc on Our Freedoms
“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able…
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Postcards from a Police State: 22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. All you have to…
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Guns for Hire: America’s Crisis State Goes Global
“Political parties exist to secure responsible government and to execute the will of the people. From these great staffs, both…
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U.S. News
In a Blow to Due Process, Supreme Court Gives Police the Green Light to Misidentify, Arrest and Jail Innocent Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a blow to due process safeguards that protect Americans against reckless and wrongful arrests by government…
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Commentary
This Is Not Freedom, America: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time…
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Sounding Alarm Over Mass Surveillance Systems, Rutherford Institute Opposes Police Use of License Plate Readers
CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. — At a time when growing numbers of unsuspecting Americans are being swept up into a massive digital…
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The New Abnormal: Authoritarian Control Freaks Want to Micromanage Our Lives
“Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau Authoritarian control freaks out to micromanage our lives have become…
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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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