John Whitehead
Free Speech Victory: Supreme Court Limits School Attempts To Regulate Off-Campus Speech & Usurp Parents’ Rights To Discipline Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for parents’ rights and students’ free speech rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has restricted the authority of public schools to punish students for speech engaged in off-campus. In an 8-1 decision in Mahanoy Area Sch.…
The Second Amendment’s Right to Bear Arms: What It Means
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”—The Second Amendment to the US Constitution You can largely determine where…
Fourth Amendment Victory: Appeals Court Strikes Down Baltimore’s Use of City-Wide, Daytime Aerial Surveillance to Spy On and Track Citizens
RICHMOND, Va. — In a victory for efforts to curtail the government’s spying powers, a federal appeals court has found that the City of Baltimore’s use of aerial surveillance to continuously track and monitor the activities of citizens…
Victory for the Fourth Amendment: Supreme Court Rules That ‘Hot Pursuit’ Over Driver’s Loud Music Doesn’t Justify Warrantless Home Invasion
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for the Fourth Amendment right of homeowners to be protected against warrantless home invasions, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “hot pursuit” of persons suspected of minor offenses does not alone…
1984’s George Orwell Travels to the Future in Order to Save the Past
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In an homage to writer George Orwell (Jun. 25, 1903-Jan. 21, 1950), who depicted the ominous rise of ubiquitous technology, fascism and totalitarianism in his chilling novel 1984, John W. Whitehead has penned the first novel…
One Nation Under Greed: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ―…
Supreme Court Upholds First Amendment Right of Catholic Church To Participate in Children’s Foster Care Program While Barring Sodomite Couples From Participating
WASHINGTON, DC — In a victory for religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the First Amendment right of a Catholic ministry to participate in a city-run children’s foster care program. In Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a unanimous…
