John Whitehead

Overthrowing the Constitution: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln It is both apt and ironic that the…

Rutherford Institute Takes Government to Trial Over Discrimination of a Christian Study Center and Favoritism of Other Religious Practices

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a Christian ministry’s right to receive the same benefits as other religious and charitable organizations which provide similar services. Through the Bradley Study Center, the nonprofit…

Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back-to-School in the American Police State

“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.”—Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes It’s not easy…

Rutherford Institute Defends Right of Political Speech & Right of Citizens to Criticize Candidates and Keep Voters Informed

TALLAHASSEE, Fl. — Pointing out that free debate about public affairs is the essence of self-government and at the heart of the First Amendment’s protections, The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of an attorney who was…

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Hold Facebook Accountable for Working With the Government to Censor, Suppress Disfavored Ideas and Speech

PASADENA, Calif. — In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought by Children’s Health Defense (“CHD”) against Meta Platforms for restricting CHD’s posts, fundraising, and advertising on Facebook following communications between Meta and…

The Political Matrix Sustains the Illusion of Freedom

“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public…

Can Social Media Companies Be Regulated to Prevent Censorship & Protect Free Speech? Supreme Court Avoids Deciding for Now

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a unanimous decision in the combined cases of NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, the U.S. Supreme Court sent each case back to the lower courts for further proceedings without ruling on the merits of the First Amendment…