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State Law Puts Intellectually Disabled at Risk of Execution, Violates Prohibition Against Cruel & Unusual Punishment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing people with intellectual disabilities is unconstitutional, The…
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Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022
“Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at…
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2021 Year in Review: Madness, Mayhem & Tyranny
“Tyranny does not flourish because perpetuators are helpless and ignorant of their actions. It flourishes because they actively identify with those…
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Americans Swept Up Into Massive Digital Data Dragnet As Police Use Warrantless Real-Time Cell Phone Data to Track Travel, Movement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is warning that Americans are being swept up into a massive digital data dragnet…
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Attorneys Challenge Government Efforts To Sidestep Accountability & Avoid Paying Legal Fees For Constitutional Violations
RICHMOND, Va. —The Rutherford Institute is challenging government efforts to sidestep accountability and avoid paying legal fees for constitutional violations.…
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The Christmas Baby Born in a Police State: Then and Now
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and…
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Boston Uses ‘Government Speech’ Doctrine to Prohibit Display of Christian Flag While Displaying Flags Promoting Gay Pride, Islam, etc.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is sounding the alarm over attempts by Boston officials to use the “government speech…
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You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It
“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So…
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Attorneys Sue to Prohibit Delaware From Using Emergency Powers to Restrict Religious Gatherings & Practices
DOVER, Del. — Attorneys affiliated with The Rutherford Institute have filed suit against the governor of Delaware in the hopes…
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The War Over Life, Liberty & Privacy Rights: From Abortion To COVID-19 & Beyond
“Abortion on demand is the ultimate State tyranny; the State simply declares that certain classes of human beings are not…
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Supreme Court Urged to Rule That Prolonged, Warrantless Spying by Police Using Hidden Cameras Is an Illegal Search
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Challenging attempts by the government to carry out around-the-clock, year-long, warrantless surveillance on Americans, The Rutherford Institute…
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Don’t Give Up on the Blessings of Freedom
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”—John Lennon How do you give thanks for freedoms that are constantly…
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The Road to Fascism: Paved with Vaccine Mandates and Corporate Collusion
“Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau We are moving fast down the road to fascism. This…
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The Metaverse Is Big Brother in Disguise: Freedom Meted Out by Technological Tyrants
“The term metaverse, like the term meritocracy, was coined in a sci fi dystopia novel written as cautionary tale. Then techies took…
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U.S. News
Supreme Court Strips Apartment Dwellers of Fourth Amendment Rights, Leaves Hallways Open to Warrantless Police Surveillance & Arrests
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In refusing to affirm that the hallways outside apartments are protected curtilage which police may not invade without…
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