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JULY 9, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Circle the Wagons: The Government Is On the Warpath 

A State of Martial Law: America Is a Military Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy 

FBI Make-Work Entrapment Schemes: Creating Criminals in Order to Arrest Them 

Rule by Decree: The Emergency State’s Plot to Override the Constitution 

Conspirators for the Constitution: When Anti-Government Speech Becomes Sedition 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Supreme Court Paves the Way for the Government to Circumvent Double Jeopardy Clause 

Unanimous Supreme Court Sides With Postal Worker Requesting Sundays Off 

Victory: Supreme Court Reins in the Government's Power to Punish Speech 

Sounding Alarm Over Thought Crime Programs, Rutherford Institute Warns College Against Tracking Religious, Political Ideologies 

Rutherford Institute Asks Court to Hold Government Accountable for Violating Citizens’ First Amendment Right to Political Expression

Supreme Court Refuses to Rein In the IRS, Allows Agency to Carry Out Secret, Warrantless Searches of Innocent Taxpayers’ Bank Accounts 
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IN THE COURTS

Biden Likely Violated First Amendment During Covid-19 Pandemic, Federal Judge Says 

9th Circuit Court Orders Cities and Towns Cannot Force Homeless People Off the Street  

Ninth Circuit Guts Oregon Recording Law Requiring Consent to Record Public Conversations 

Arkansas Federal Judge Blocks First Ban on Gender-Affirming Care 

Supreme Court Clarifies When Online Harassment Can Be Prosecuted 

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Alabama County Bail System 

US Supreme Court Curbs States’ Property Tax ‘Windfall’ 

Ninth Circuit Says A Horn Honk Isn’t Protected Political Expression Even When That’s The Honk’s Entire Point 

First Amendment Challenge to Discipline of 8th-Grader for "Racially Insensitive" Instagram Post Can Go Forward

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next 

A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best 

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Chicago Police Raided at Least 21 Wrong Houses

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Zoning Police Criminalize Kindness in Oregon
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Documents Detail DHS Project to Give 'Risk Scores' to Social Media Users 

FBI’s Iris Biometrics Repository Reaches 2.5 Million With Tech From Iris ID

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Delaware State Police Purchase of Facial Recognition Software Prompts Some Calls for Oversight 

Amazon, Starbucks Face Wa Class-Action Lawsuit Over Customer Data

FREE SPEECH

YouTubers Film, Insult Public Workers in Towns Across Mass. For Self-Declared ‘First Amendment Audits’ 

At UChicago, a Debate Over Free Speech and Cyberbullying

TECHNOLOGY

Robots Take Questions at Geneva Press Conference, Say They Could Be Better Leaders Than Humans

ECONOMY

States Weigh Charging by the Mile as Fuel Taxes Plummet

POLITICS

Some States Are Restricting Abortion. Others Are Spending Millions to Fund It

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