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Constitution and Law
A Legacy of Faith, Activism and Revolution: Balancing the First Amendment Rights of Religious Ministries with 501(c)(3) Restrictions on Political Engagement
Recognizing that the challenge before churches and other religious institutions today is in reconciling a moral calling to speak out…
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The Right To Be Let Alone: When The Government Wants To Know All Your Business
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.”—Supreme Court Justice…
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SCOTUS Gives Texas a Free Pass on Law That Could Chill the Right to Criticize Government, Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Child
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The U.S. Supreme Court has given Texas a free pass on its electronic harassment law, which is so…
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Supreme Court Case Pits Postal Worker’s Request to Get Sundays Off for Church Against Government Contract to Deliver Sunday Amazon Packages
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case that pits the right of conscience against the threat of losing one’s livelihood, the…
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Commentary
A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best
“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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U.S. News
Supreme Court Lets Police Sidestep Accountability for Retaliating Against Activist Over Right to Criticize the Government Through Satire
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of an Ohio man who was arrested,…
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Wikimedia Lawsuit Challenging Mass Internet Surveillance of Americans by NSA
WASHINGTON, DC —The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the federal government’s mass surveillance program. In…
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Dictators Bent On Building Military Empires: The Cost Of The Nation’s Endless Wars
“Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take…
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Police Warned Not To Retaliate Against Citizens Who Exercise Their Constitutional Right To Record Police In Public
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Pointing out that a significant number of police officers across the country fail to understand or…
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Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise
“If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and…
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U.S. News
Delaware Sidesteps Due Process, Doubles Down on ‘Evict First, Ask Questions Later’ Practice
WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware officials are doubling down on defending their misguided practice of “evict first, ask questions later” that…
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Commentary
Distract, Divide & Conquer: The Painful Truth About The State Of Our Union
Step away from the blinders that partisan politics uses to distract, divide and conquer, and you will find that we are…
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U.S. News
San Francisco Police Commission Urged Not to Expand Power to Kill by Arming Robots for Deadly Force Against Citizenry
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Once again, The Rutherford Institute has sounded the alarm over the dangers of equipping police with…
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Supreme Court Called to Stop Police From Using Excessive Force Against Individuals Who Have Surrendered or Complied
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of a spate of incidents involving the use of excessive force by police against…
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Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids
“This is warrior policing on steroids.”—Paul Butler, law professor That the police officers charged with the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Give the Government a Green Light to Chill Political Speech on Social Media
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging part of Colorado’s stalking law to…
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