-
Commentary
We The Exploited: The U.S. Government Buys & Sells Its Citizens For Profit & Power
Americans have become easy prey for hackers, scammers, snitches, spies, and con artists. But don’t be fooled into thinking the…
Read More » -
After Fighting for Freedom Abroad, Decorated Gulf War Veteran Is Punished for Exercising His Own Right to Political Free Speech at Home
TALLAHASSEE, Fl. — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a decorated Gulf War veteran who, after fighting…
Read More » -
Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us
“We’ve got to face it. Politics have entered a new stage, the television stage. Instead of long-winded public debates, the…
Read More » -
Police in Armored Vehicle Fire Tear Gas at Legal Observers Who Filmed Interaction Between Cops and Protesters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hold police accountable for firing tear…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More »