John Whitehead

Machinery of Death: When the Government Acts as Judge, Jury & Executioner

“Police fail to grasp that they are public servants for peace. They should provide a civil service, to enforce the laws equally, without bias and with discretion. They must understand that they do not have immunity or special…

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.”― George Orwell This is the slippery slope that leads to the end of free speech as we once…

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 social media and elsewhere, The Rutherford Institute has issued a strong warning to government officials that the First…

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 make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes…

Maryland: Civil Rights Attorney Call For Greater Protections For Citizens In Face Of Unwarranted, Citywide Aerial Surveillance By Police

BALTIMORE, Md. — Citing the need to rein in the surveillance state, The Rutherford Institute is calling on the Maryland General Assembly to broadly forbid the police from carrying out persistent, citywide aerial surveillance on the citizenry except…

Pure Evil: The Boys & Girls Being Sold for Sex During COVID-19 & the Super Bowl

“Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day.”—John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Even in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no stopping this year’s Super Bowl LV showdown between the…

Major Civil Rights Attorney Warns: Police Are Carrying Out Warrantless Home Invasions in Order To Seize Guns as Part of ‘Community Caretaking’ Duties

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has issued a warning over police attempting to carry out warrantless home invasions in order to seize lawfully-owned guns under the pretext of their so-called “community caretaking” duties.  In an amicus brief filed in Caniglia…

Enemies of the Deep State: The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap

“This is an issue that all Democrats, Republicans, independents, Libertarians should be extremely concerned about, especially because we don’t have to guess about where this goes or how this ends. What characteristics are we looking for as we…

Firefighter’s First Amendment Rights Defended For Criticizing Defaced Public Monuments

RICHMOND, Va. — Denouncing a politically correct “cancel culture” that punishes anyone who voices opinions that challenge prevailing views, The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a firefighter who was fired for condemning the vandalism of…

The Deep State’s Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes

“You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country…why in the name of God don’t you have any faith in the system of government you’re so hell-bent to protect? You want to defend the United States…

A Nation Imploding: Digital Tyranny, Insurrection & Martial Law

“In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. [Y]ou can be filled with…

Civil Rights Organization Asks Supreme Court To Ensure Justice for Military Cadet Raped at West Point

WASHINGTON, DC — Coming to the defense of a military cadet raped while enrolled at West Point Military Academy, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the right of military servicemembers to sue the…

What to Expect in 2021: Madness, Mayhem, Manipulation & More Tyranny

“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from…

Undermining the Fourth: Police—in ‘Hot Pursuit’ Over Driver’s Loud Music—Follow Car, Carry Out Warrantless Home Invasion

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pushing back against efforts to dismantle the constitutional right to be secure in one’s home from unreasonable searches and seizures by government agents, The Rutherford Institute is challenging an attempt by police to justify carrying…

2020: The Year the Tree of Liberty Was Torched

“The people are unaware. They’re not educated to realize that they have power. The system is so geared that everyone believes the government will fix everything. We are the government.”—John Lennon No doubt about it: 2020—a terrible, horrible, no…

What If the Christ Child Had Been Born in the American Police State?

“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find…

Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Individuals Wrongly Placed on ‘No Fly List’ as Retaliation for Not Spying on Religious Brethren

WASHINGTON, DC — In an 8-0 ruling that affirms the right of religious individuals to not be persecuted for their faith, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of three men who were allegedly placed on a “no fly”…