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When Worship Makes You a Target: ICE Raids in Churches Pose Significant Threat to First Amendment & Religious Liberty
RICHMOND, Va — The Rutherford Institute is calling out the double standard inherent in the government’s willingness to prosecute political…
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Fool’s Gold: The Art of the Steal & the Privatization of the Presidency
“Donald Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself……
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Supreme Court Rules President Cannot Tax by Decree, Strikes Down Use of ‘Emergency’ Powers to Impose Billions in Stealth Tariff Taxes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a major rebuke of presidential power, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that President Trump cannot…
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Protecting Sex Predators: The Sordid Reality Of The Global Power Elite
“When did pedophilia become a partisan issue? The American people deserve to know the whole truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every…
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Defending the Constitution Is Not a Crime: Twin Rulings Block Trump Administration Retaliation Against Veteran Lawmakers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two back-to-back rulings have rebuffed efforts by the Trump administration to retaliate against military veterans for exercising…
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The Politics Of Hate: Weaponized Discord Is the Deep State’s Most Effective Tool
“Love your enemies.”— Jesus Christ “I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them.”—President Trump “Love is the…
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Constitutional Attorneys Calls on Supreme Court to Rein In Digital Fishing Expeditions, Prohibit Police Use of Geofence Warrants as Mass Surveillance Dragnets
WASHINGTON, DC — If you carried a cell phone past the wrong street corner at the wrong moment, police could…
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Locked Down – Rounded Up – Warehoused: The Rise Of America’s Concentration Camps
“No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order.”—Albert Speer, Nuremberg Trials In 2021, amid a…
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Judge, Jury, Executioner: When the Government Decides Who Lives or Dies
“How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?”—Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the…
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U.S. Supreme Court Opens Courthouse Doors for Political Candidates—But Not for Everyday Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a decision that makes it easier for political candidates to challenge election-related harms while leaving ordinary…
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One Year After Federal Courts Opened the Door to Warrantless Home Invasions, ICE Claims Power to Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to protect homeowners from warrantless searches by police based…
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Nullify The Police State: The People’s Veto To Rein in a Lawless Government
“The people have the power… We are the government.”—John Lennon We are living through a period of open lawlessness at the…
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This Is What Tyranny Looks Like Now: No Crowns. No Coups. Just Unchecked Power.
NYT: “Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage? Is there anything that could stop you…
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Constitutional Attorney Sounds Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts To Retaliate Against Veterans For Defending The Constitution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As an organization that has long defended the First Amendment rights of veterans and active-duty service members,…
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Stop the Steal: Projection, Retaliation, & the Theft of Our Republic
“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots… His public…
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2025 Annual Report: Protecting Liberty in a Year of Unchecked Government Power
The Rutherford Institute’s 2025 Annual Report documents a year in which constitutional freedoms faced some of the greatest assaults in…
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