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Supreme Court Asked To Rein In IRS’ Unconstitutional Power Grabs, Warrantless Searches Of Innocent Taxpayers’ Bank Accounts
WASHINGTON, DC — Warning against unconstitutional power grabs and overreaches by the IRS, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S.…
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The War on Free Speech Is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government
“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those…
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Recognizing the Need to Protect Due Process Rights, Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Lawsuit for Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the need to protect due…
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Speak The Truth: Don’t Let The Government Criminalize Free Speech
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George…
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U.S. News
Court Threatens Street Preacher With Arrest for Using Bible Verses to Criticize Same-Sex Marriage, Denouncing Drag Show on Social Media
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Pushing back at attempts by the courts to silence individuals whose religious views may be perceived…
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Commentary
Fiscal Insanity: The Government Borrows $6 Billion A Day, & We’re Stuck With The Bill
We’re not living the American dream. We’re living a financial nightmare. The U.S. government is funding its existence with a…
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Fake News Curated by the Deep State: Government Spin Doctors Control the News Cycle
“We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the…
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Rule Change Challenged That Could Allow Universities to Discriminate Against Religious Student Groups
WASHINGTON, DC —The Rutherford Institute is pushing back against the Department of Education’s efforts to roll back First Amendment protections…
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A State of Never-Ending Crisis: The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria
“This country has been having a nationwide nervous breakdown since 9/11. A nation of people suddenly broke, the market economy goes…
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U.S. News
Asset Forfeiture Scheme Empowers Cops to Seize & Keep Cars, Cash & Homes Even When Owners Are Not Charged With a Crime
WASHINGTON, DC — The Rutherford Institute is pushing back against a modern-day form of highway robbery which empowers police to…
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Commentary
Circus Politics Are Intended to Distract Us – Don’t Be Distracted
“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.”—Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor It…
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Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next
“I know the capability that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that…
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California Officials Used Cell Phone Data, Geofence Surveillance to Spy on Church Assemblies During COVID-19 Lockdown
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. — Government officials used cell phone data and geofence surveillance to track the number of congregants…
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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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