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Attorney Warns Against Schools Expanding Zero Tolerance by Monitoring and Punishing Students for Social Media Activity Off-Campus
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning against attempts by public school officials to undermine parents’ rights by monitoring and punishing students for…
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Federal Court Gives Denver Police the Green Light To Intimidate, Threaten & Retaliate Against Individuals Who Record Police Brutality, Misconduct
DENVER, Colo. — Defying clearly established First Amendment jurisprudence that protects the right to record police in public without fear…
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‘Civil Liberties in the Age of COVID-19’: Report on the Year-Long Impact of Lockdowns, Mandates & Restrictions
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak, The Rutherford Institute has issued an in-depth report…
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After a Year Under Lockdown, Will Our Freedoms Survive the Tyranny of COVID-19?
“The remedy is worse than the disease.”—Francis Bacon One way or another, the majority of Americans will survive COVID-19. It…
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Digital Trails: How the FBI Is Identifying, Tracking and Rounding Up Dissidents
“Americans deserve the freedom to choose a life without surveillance and the government regulation that would make that possible. While we continue…
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Coalition Calls for Reform of Drug Laws That Delivered Harsher Prison Sentences by 100–1 Ratio to Minorities for Low-Level Offenses
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of a broader push for criminal justice reform, a wide-ranging coalition of civil liberties and…
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Supreme Court Rules 8-1 Student Can Sue College Police After Being Accused of ‘Disorderly Conduct’ for Sharing Faith on Campus
WASHINGTON, D.C. —In a victory for the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a college student cited…
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The Government’s War on Free Speech: Protest Laws Undermine the First Amendment
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—…
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Attorneys Challenges Police Effort to Force Users to Disclose Phone Pass Codes in Violation of Fifth Amendment Right to Remain Silent
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case that tests the limits of digital privacy, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S.…
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Commentary
Techno-Censorship: The Slippery Slope from Censoring ‘Disinformation’ to Silencing Truth
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”―…
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U.S. News
Attorney Warns: Government Officials Cannot Censor Speakers Critical of COVID-19 Protocols During Public Comment Sessions
AUSTIN, Tex. — At a time when individuals who question COVID-19 protocols are finding themselves increasingly silenced or censored on…
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Don’t Impeach Trump. Impeach the Deep State for Its Conspiracy to Kill the Constitution
“All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to…
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