John Whitehead

Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. He is the author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto.

John WhiteheadMay 30, 2017
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The Lessons of Sgt. Pepper’s 50 Years Later: Stop Fighting One Another and Focus on the Real Enemy

“Count me out if it’s for violence. Don’t expect me at barricades unless it is with flowers…. What’s the point…
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John WhiteheadMay 26, 2017
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VICTORY: Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of the NSA’s Mass Internet Surveillance Program

Ruling that the existence of the government’s mass internet surveillance program would violate the First and Fourth Amendments, a federal…
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John WhiteheadMay 23, 2017
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The Republic Has Fallen: The Deep State’s Plot to Take Over America Has Succeeded

“You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country…why in the name of God don’t you have any…
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John WhiteheadMay 21, 2017
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Congress Must Strengthen Whistleblowers Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has joined with a broad spectrum of nearly 30 organizations to urge that federal…
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John WhiteheadMay 19, 2017
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America’s Reign of Terror: A Nation Reaps What It Sows

“The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” ― James Madison Who…
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John WhiteheadMay 9, 2017
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You Are the True Guardians of the Galaxy: A Graduation Message for a Tyrannical Age

“When the rivers and air are polluted, when families and nations are at war, when homeless wanderers fill the highways,…
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John WhiteheadMay 3, 2017
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Big Brother Is Still Watching You: Don’t Fall for the NSA’s Latest Ploy

“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,…
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John WhiteheadApril 28, 2017
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Constitutional Q&A: Knock-and-Talk Police Tactics

Those who founded this country strongly believed that “a man’s house is his castle.”[2] This belief—that the sanctity of one’s…
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John WhiteheadApril 27, 2017
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The Iron Jaws of the Police State: Trump’s America Is a Constitution-Free Zone

“Policing is broken… It has evolved as a paramilitary, bureaucratic, organizational arrangement that distances police officers from the communities they’ve…
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John WhiteheadApril 24, 2017
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Legal Feature Constitutional Q&A: The Legality of Stop and ID Procedures

We are not supposed to be living in a “show me your papers” society. Despite this, the U.S. government has…
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John WhiteheadApril 18, 2017
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Run for Your Life: The American Police State Is Coming to Get You

“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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John WhiteheadApril 11, 2017
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Beware the Dogs of War: Is the American Empire on the Verge of Collapse?

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops…
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John WhiteheadApril 5, 2017
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When Government Evil Triumphs, Freedom Falls

“Government is said to be a necessary evil. The saying appears to be without merit. For can anything be at…
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John WhiteheadMarch 29, 2017
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Death at Your Door: Knock-and-Talk Police Tactics Rip a Hole in the Constitution

“It’s 4 in the morning, there’s headlights that are shining into your house; there’s a number of different officers that…
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John WhiteheadMarch 27, 2017
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Court Rules in Favor of Police Who Pounded on Wrong Door, Didn’t Identify Themselves, Then Killed Innocent Man for Holding a Gun

According to a federal appeals court, police will not be held accountable for banging on the wrong door at 1:30…
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John WhiteheadMarch 25, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Abusive Civil Forfeiture Law, Allows Police to Keep $201,000 in Cash from Legal Home Sale with No Proof of Criminal Activity

In refusing to hear a challenge to Texas’ asset forfeiture law, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Texas police to…
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