John Whitehead

This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown?

“It takes a remarkable force to keep nearly a million people quietly indoors for an entire day, home from work and school, from neighborhood errands and out-of-town travel. It takes a remarkable force to keep businesses closed and…

US Border Patrol Agent Not Held Accountable for Shooting Across Border & Killing Child at Play

WASHINGTON, DC —In a blow to all persons seeking justice for violations of the Constitution by federal officers, a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that a U.S. Border Patrol agent cannot be sued for shooting…

Encouraging The Police State: Federal Courts Rule Individuals Shot By Police But Not Immediately Arrested May Not Sue Police For Wrongdoing Under The Fourth Amendment

WASHINGTON, DC — In a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could determine how far the courts may go in shielding police from being held accountable for wrongdoing, The Rutherford Institute is challenging a lower court ruling…

Coronavirus vs. Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat?

“If, as it seems, we are in the process of becoming a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is all-powerful, the ethics most important for the survival of the true, free, human individual would be: cheat, lie, evade,…

The Looming Financial Nightmare: So Much for Living the American Dream

“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.” ―…

SCOTUS Asked To Intervene To Prevent Government From Meddling In Church Decisions Involving Who Can Teach Religious Doctrine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case that will decide whether the government can interfere with the choices of religious institutions regarding who may minister to and lead followers on matters of faith, The Rutherford Institute has asked the…

Compliance 101: Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn the Schools into Prisons

“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 Just when you…