John Whitehead

A State of Martial Law: America Is a Military Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy
“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?”—Thomas Jefferson The government is goosestepping all over our freedoms. Case in point: America’s founders…

FBI Make-Work Entrapment Schemes: Creating Criminals in Order to Arrest Them
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”— Friedrich Nietzsche We’re not dealing with a government that exists to serve its people, protect their liberties and ensure their happiness.…

Sounding Alarm Over Thought Crime Programs, College Warned Against Tracking Religious, Political Ideologies
CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. — Responding to a report suggesting that the University of Virginia should consider tracking the religious and political affiliations/ideologies of students and faculty, The Rutherford Institute has warned that such a program would raise significant constitutional…

Traitor to the Constitution: The US Government Is the Real Criminal
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he…

Rule by Decree: The Emergency State’s Plot to Override the Constitution
“Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.”—Justice Neil Gorsuch We have become a nation in a permanent state of emergency. Power-hungry and lawless, the…

Court Asked to Hold Government Accountable for Violating Citizens’ First Amendment Right to Political Expression
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Rutherford Institute is challenging attempts by the government to sidestep accountability and avoid having to make financial restitution for violating the citizenry’s First Amendment right to political expression. Although a state circuit court found…

Conspirators for the Constitution: When Anti-Government Speech Becomes Sedition
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”— George Orwell Let’s be clear about one thing: seditious conspiracy isn’t a real crime to anyone but the U.S. government. To be convicted of seditious conspiracy, the charge levied against…








