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The president cannot weaponize the government to punish speech he dislikes.
That was true under Biden.
And it is no less true under Trump.
The right to criticize those in power is the whole point of the First Amendment.
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Tariffs. A ballroom. A triumphal arch. The press.
A government that can declare anything a national-security concern can eventually declare anyone a national-security threat.
When Everything Becomes a National Security Threat | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Government power rarely expands all at once.
It advances through exceptions, emergencies, workarounds—and precedents that become the new normal.
This week’s Freedom Watch tracks war, surveillance, press freedom, executive power and the courts.
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The Constitution cannot protect itself.
The Rutherford Institute’s 2026 Mid-Year Report reveals the battles underway.
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On Constitution Day, the question isn’t whether we still celebrate the Constitution. It’s whether we still live by it.
The Constitution can’t defend itself.
Stand with The Rutherford Institute in our efforts to make America free again:
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What's the point in celebrating the Constitution one day a year if we permit the government to violate it the other 364?
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The Constitution Can’t Protect You If You Don’t Protect It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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READ: The Washington Post's profile on @JohnW_Whitehead, his role in helping to launch the religious freedom movement in America, and how it has changed.
"Why a lawyer who launched the Christian legal movement believes it’s gone astray"
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, the question is not only what happened that day, but what happened to America in the years that followed.
What did we surrender in the name of security—and what did we become in the process?
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, has the nightmare ever really ended?
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America After 9/11: 25 Years of War, Surveillance and Permanent Emergency | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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When technicalities are all that stand between us and tyranny, we’re in trouble.
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Tyranny by Technicality: The Supreme Court Will Not Save Our Republic | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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A bunker can preserve a president—it cannot preserve a republic.
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The Bunker State: The Government Will Survive, but Will the Constitution? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Masked agents + secrecy + mass surveillance + detention + weak oversight + pain-compliance weapons = a recipe for abuse.
"The Gloves Are Off: ICE, Electric Shock Weapons and Secret Police" by John & Nisha Whitehead
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How does the government silence thousands of people? By making examples of a few. The government doesn’t have to censor an entire movement if it can frighten the people into censoring themselves.
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The Government Is Using Deportation to Silence Dissent
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What began as an extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to the nation's capital is becoming something much more dangerous.
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The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets
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Who decides what you can display on your own property?
New Rutherford Institute guidance explains the First Amendment rights governing signs, flags, religious symbols and other expressive displays.
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Trump’s war with Iran is only the latest reminder that America cannot police the globe indefinitely without exposing its own people to the blowback.
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America Reaps What Trump Sows: The Price of Policing the Globe | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Why is the government telling churches how to minister to those in need?
Churches should not have to choose between answering their religious calling and complying with unnecessary government paperwork before offering someone shelter on a freezing night.
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Donald Trump is not defending the Constitution. He is testing how much of it he can violate.
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A Head for an Eye: The Government’s War on the American People | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Rutherford Institute retweeted
Under Trump, the Buck Stops Nowhere | By John & Nisha Whitehead
From wars abroad to deadly force at home, those in power are protected while everyone else bears the consequences. This is how the American Police State gets away with murder.
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