Dear Friend,

If the government had its way, America’s founders would have been branded seditious conspirators based on the heavily charged rhetoric they used to birth the nation.
 
Yet the history of this nation is populated by individuals such as Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and John Adams whose rhetoric was aimed at fomenting civil unrest and revolution.
 
That’s why we have a First Amendment, which protects the right to political expression, even if that expression is anti-government. No matter what one’s political persuasion might be, every American has a right to peacefully protest government programs or policies with which they might disagree.
 
After all, the right to disagree with and speak out against the government is the quintessential freedom.

That’s why it is so important that The Rutherford Institute remain on the front lines of the many battles for freedom taking place in and out of the courts across the country and why your support is so necessary.
 
Your generous support makes it possible for The Rutherford Institute to stand up for the rights of all Americans who dare to speak truth to power.
 
With critical cases moving through the courts and a $100,000 First Amendment challenge deadline on June 30, we are in particular need of tax-deductible donations to sustain the vital legal and educational programs that enable us to push back against the government’s power grabs, corruption, immorality and ongoing assaults on the Constitution.
 
For more than 40 years, we have been taking the government to task in order to make it play by the rules of the Constitution, but it remains an uphill battle. Especially now.
 
Please take a moment to show that you stand with us in this critical fight for liberty and justice for all.

Together, we WILL make America free again.

For freedom,

John W. Whitehead
President

P.S. The Rutherford Institute—nonpartisan, apolitical and committed to the principles enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights—is working hard to push back against the government’s heavy-handed tyranny on almost every front. We’re filing lawsuits, issuing policy papers, training future freedom fighters, sounding the alarm over constitutional violations, and fighting in and out of the courts to hold the government accountable to playing by the rules of the Constitution.
 
Still, we couldn’t do all that we do without you. With so many cases and issues hanging in the balance and budgetary concerns that must be addressed, we need your help.

To make a tax-deductible donation to The Rutherford Institute, click the link below, visit us online at www.rutherford.org, donate using PayPal, call in your donation to 800-225-1791, or mail your donation to our headquarters at PO Box 7482, Charlottesville, VA 22906.

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