John Whitehead

Home Invasions: All the Ways the Government Can Lay Siege to Your Property
“How ‘secure’ do our homes remain if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and … forcibly enter?”—Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the lone dissenter in Kentucky v. King Americans are not safe in…

Attorneys Challenges Police Effort to Force Users to Disclose Phone Pass Codes in Violation of Fifth Amendment Right to Remain Silent
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case that tests the limits of digital privacy, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block an attempt by the government to force Americans to allow police carte blanche access…

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…







