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Coalition Forms To Curb Executive Branch Power & Presidential Overreach, Restore Checks & Balances
The Rutherford Institute as part of a coalition of more than 150 groups is calling on Congress to curb executive…
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Freedom from Fear: Stop Playing the Government’s Mind Games
“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”—Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist America is in…
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Under Misguided ‘Evict First, Ask Questions Later’ Policy, Delaware Police Mistakenly Evict Blind Man During a Snowstorm, Rendering Him Homeless
WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware officials are attempting to evade a lawsuit challenging the state’s “evict first, ask questions later” policy after police…
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Constitution Day 2021: It’s Time to Make America Free Again
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the…
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Commentary
20 Years of Government-Sponsored Tyranny: The Rise of the Security-Industrial Complex from 9/11 to COVID-19
“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in…
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U.S. News
On Appeal: Should Police Be Allowed To Retaliate Against Citizens for Exercising Their First Amendment Rights by Recording Police Brutality?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to safeguard the right of citizens and journalists…
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Bring All the Troops Home: Stop Policing the Globe & Put an End to Endless Wars
“Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to…
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U.S. News
Court Ruling Strips Apartment Dwellers of Fourth Amendment Rights – Leaves Hallways Open to Warrantless Police Surveillance & Arrests
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Pushing back against a lower court ruling that leaves apartment dwellers vulnerable to warrantless surveillance and arrests, The Rutherford…
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The Dangers of Going Back to School After a Year of COVID-19 Lockdowns
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools…
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The Right to Bodily Integrity: Nobody Wins and We All Lose in the COVID-19 Showdown
“We’ve reached the point where state actors can penetrate rectums and vaginas, where judges can order forced catheterizations, and where…
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Civil Liberties Attorney John Whitehead Issues Guidance on How To Request a Religious Exemption for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in the Workplace
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Responding to concerns from employees in both the public and private sector about workplace requirements regarding COVID-19…
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Supreme Court Watch: Can the Government Require That Citizens Prove the Need for Self-Protection in Order To Carry a Gun Outside the Home?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Can the government require that citizens prove they need self-protection in order to carry a gun outside…
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Commentary
T Is for Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z
“Plays, farces, spectacles, gladiators, strange beasts, medals, pictures, and other such opiates, these were for ancient peoples the bait toward slavery,…
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A New State of Segregation: Vaccine Cards Are Just the Beginning
“The things we were worried would happen are happening.”—Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York Imagine it:…
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SCOTUS Asked to Overturn Ruling That Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance & Justifies Use of Excessive Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that justifies the…
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Authoritarians Drunk on Power: It Is Time to Recalibrate the Government
“The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal, object of my solicitude. The…
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