John Whitehead
Giving Thanks For Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ To Police State Tyranny
“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if…
Supreme Court Fails to Keep a Tight Leash on Police K-9 Drug-Sniff Searches That Intrude Into Vehicles, Raising Fourth Amendment Concerns
WASHINGTON, DC — In yet another ruling that contributes to the steady normalization of police overreach, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to rein in police K-9 drug-sniff searches during traffic stops. By declining to hear an appeal…
America’s Crime Syndicate Government: Profiteering, Protection Rackets & A Pay-to-Play Presidency
“It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.”—Michael Corleone, The Godfather Pay-to-play schemes. Protection rackets. Extortion. Corruption. Self-enrichment. Graft. Grift. Brutality. Roaming bands of thugs smashing car windows and terrorizing communities. Immunity for criminal behavior coupled with prosecutions of whistleblowers. This is…
Executive Overreach & The Erosion Of Constitutional Safeguards: When The Executive Branch Becomes Judge & Jury
The case of Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice warns of the grave consequences that follow when the Executive Branch retaliates against legal advocates for challenging government authority. At stake are foundational principles of the Constitution, including the…
Who Holds The Power To Tax? The Supreme Court Weighs The Limits Of Presidential Power
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether President Trump exceeded his constitutional authority by unilaterally imposing tariffs under broad “national security” powers. While it may sound like an economic dispute, this case strikes at the…
Who Really Owns America? The Banks, The Billionaires, & The Deep State
“The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They…
Civil Liberties Groups Urge Supreme Court To Block President’s Use Of Troops In Chicago & Rein In Attempts To Establish A Standing Army
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pushing back on President Trump’s claim that “I have the right to do anything I want to do,” a coalition of civil liberties organizations is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to block the president’s…
Rule By Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government
“Kleptocracy: a society whose leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people.”—Cambridge Dictionary America has been backsliding into kleptocratic territory for years now, but this may finally be it. A kleptocracy is…
Truth Matters: Court to Rehear Challenge to President’s Use of National Guard Against Protesters After ‘Factual Discrepancy’ Emerges
PORTLAND, Ore. — Following reports that “a factual discrepancy” existed in court filings used to justify President Trump’s use of military troops against civilian protesters, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a ruling granting the president…
The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances
“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal…
Extreme, Unprecedented, and Unconstitutional: Legal Coalition Warns Against President’s Unchecked Power to Deploy Troops Against Citizenry
PORTLAND, Ore. — Calling President Trump’s actions extreme, unprecedented and unconstitutional, a coalition of civil liberties organizations is urging the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to rein in the president’s use of the military against the American…
Who Would Jesus Bomb? The Gospel According to the Military-Industrial Complex
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”—Thomas Jefferson For a man supposedly intent on winning a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump spends an extraordinary amount of time waging war, threatening to wage war, and fantasizing about waging war. Notwithstanding…
Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War On America
“Brother, I am American. You are twisting my arm.”— Man shouts “I am American” while ICE agents detain him Masked gunmen. Tasers. Tear gas. Pepper spray. Unmarked vehicles. Intimidation tactics. Brutality. Racial profiling. Children traumatized. Families terrorized. Journalists…
Ideological Extortion: Civil Liberties Groups Challenge the Government’s Political War on ’Thought Crimes’ at Private Universities
NEW YORK, NY — In an unprecedented move that strikes at the heart of academic freedom, the federal government is attempting to turn private universities into mouthpieces for state-approved ideology—using research dollars as a cudgel. The Rutherford Institute…
Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution
“When they came in the middle of the night, they terrorized the families that were living there. There were children who were without clothing, they were zip tied, taken outside at 3 o’clock in the morning. A senior…
Penalizing Dissent: Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech and Target Peaceful Protesters
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A group of civil liberties organizations is continuing to push back against the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional efforts to target student activists for engaging in peaceful protests over the rising death toll in Gaza. The legal…
Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes
“Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds…
