The Rutherford Institute

The Rutherford Institute is a national civil liberties organization working to reshape the government into one that abides by the rule of law.

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"Trump’s 'winning' is simply the latest branding campaign for an old con: convince the people they are winning while stripping them of the power to govern themselves."

If This Is Winning, America Can’t Afford Much More of It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Donald Trump promised Americans they would get tired of winning. The problem with Trump’s brand of winning is that it requires Americans to lose.
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If This Is Winning, America Can’t Afford Much More of It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/USI38yeTEa

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Can the government jail critics of war?

The government wants to muzzle political, anti-war speech and jail critics of war. A troubling court decision may make it easier to do exactly that.
https://t.co/0lxXY0zJvL

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As America’s war with Iran lurches on, Americans are being asked to trust that someone, somewhere, knows what they are doing.

But who?

The Permanent War Government: Who’s Really Calling the Shots in Washington? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/ZJswzyng3y

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A taxpayer-funded slush fund for the politically connected. A weaponized police state for the rest of us.
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We the Victims: Who Pays When the Government Weaponizes Its Power? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/XEcqVwlUol

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The Founders saw juries as a check on government power.

That safeguard is shrinking.

The Sixth Amendment exists because the Founders understood a dangerous truth: governments are not always trustworthy when power goes unchecked.

Read more: https://t.co/ANqNZhSGC4

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While Americans are focused on spectacle—the ballroom, the tweets, the outrage—the real story is unfolding out of view.

Distraction has become a governing strategy.
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👉 Read: Distraction, Deception and the Heist of the American Economy
https://t.co/u3bz545Sr7

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Surveillance is expanding.
Dissent is being labeled a threat.
Executive power is growing unchecked.
This isn’t random.
It’s a pattern.

Our latest Freedom Watch breaks it down.
https://t.co/4gpvnzXKWA

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Can Police Search Every Phone in a Crowd?

In a country where nearly everyone carries a tracking device in their pocket, the question is no longer whether the government can collect this data.

The question is whether the Constitution still forbids it.

https://t.co/EE5klT82tv

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The right to speak freely built this nation.
Now it’s being treated as a threat.
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Founding Felons: Jefferson Would Be on a Watch List Today—You Might Be Next | By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/mscreQ7ovt

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The government is rigging the system for war, making it easier to send our young people to war—and harder for the citizenry to have a say in it.

Read "Easier to Die, Harder to Vote: The Rigged Architecture of the Warfare State" By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/0hd3AhUEUO

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Anyone can read the Bible.
Anyone can quote the Constitution.

But what matters is whether those in power actually follow either one.

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Where does accountability begin?

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For more than a year, the Trump administration has been sending a message: challenge the government—and you will pay the price. But the government is not supposed to operate like a bully or a thug.

We're fighting back: https://t.co/Xmeh2IP6cG

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It is time to stop normalizing the unhinged.
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Unfit to Govern: We Need a 25th Amendment for the American Police State | By John & Nisha Whitehead https://t.co/LRnaM38Kcv

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Unlawful wars. Rising protests. Now dissent is being targeted.

As anti-war protests grow, the government is claiming the power to jail people for their political views.
👉 Read more: https://t.co/MreZHCkq5e

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It is becoming painfully clear that Donald Trump’s “America First” approach to governing puts America LAST every time.

America Last: War Abroad, Tyranny at Home—and the Theft of a Nation | By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/ID7wRHo5D1

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This is not a holy war. It’s a political war dressed up as holy.

👉 Read: Hijacking Religion: How the Pentagon Turned the Sermon on the Mount into a War Manual | By John & Nisha Whitehead
https://t.co/WByikyZf9t

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At a time when speech is increasingly being policed, one principle still holds: The government doesn’t get to pick which voices are heard.
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