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** MARCH 1, 2020
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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The Looming Financial Nightmare: So Much for Living the American Dream ([link removed])
Compliance 101: Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn the Schools into Prisons ([link removed])
We’re All in This Together: A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream ([link removed])
Red Flag Nation: Anti-Gun Laws, Sanctuary Cities and the Second Amendment ([link removed])
** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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In 5–4 Ruling, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Border Patrol Agent Accountable for Shooting Across Border, Killing a Child at Play ([link removed])
Rutherford Institute Denounces Automated Speed Cameras As Unconstitutional, Profit-Driven & an Extension of the Surveillance State ([link removed])
Rutherford Institute Asks Supreme Court to Prevent Government From Meddling in Church Decisions Involving Who Can Teach Religious Doctrine ([link removed])
Citing Harm to Environment, Rutherford Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Stop Construction of Gas Pipeline Through Appalachian Trail ([link removed])
Law Criminalizing Speech That ‘Encourages’ Immigrants to Remain in the Country Is So Broad That It Could Be Used to Punish Anti-Government Speech ([link removed])
** TRI IN THE NEWS
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The Big Picture: John Whitehead on the Patriot Act Renewal 18 Years Later ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Court Rules YouTube Not Bound by First Amendment ([link removed])
Man Punched and Kicked by Police Not Guilty; Judge Rips Conduct of Officers ([link removed])
Caltrans Settles Claims of Unconstitutional Homeless ‘Sweeps’ for $5.5 Million ([link removed])
** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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A Key FBI Photo Analysis Method Has Serious Flaws, Study Says ([link removed])
** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Police Accused of Racial Profiling, Using Excessive Force in Federal Lawsuit ([link removed])
** AMERICA AT WAR
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More U.S. Veterans Have Committed Suicide In The Last Decade Than Died In The Vietnam War ([link removed])
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** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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D.C. Issues Record $1 Billion in Traffic and Parking Tickets, AAA Calls It ‘Predatory’ ([link removed])
** WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY
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Body-Slammed by School Staffer, Boy Suffered Brain Bleed and Neglect ([link removed])
** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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An Online Search for Abortion Pills Put This Woman in Jail ([link removed])
ICE Has Run Facial-Recognition Searches on Millions of Maryland Drivers ([link removed])
“1984” Has Come to China ([link removed])
SmartRent Gives Property Owners Unprecedented Access To Renters' Private Lives ([link removed])
Ring and Nest Helped Normalize American Surveillance and Turned Us Into a Nation of Voyeurs ([link removed])
** DRONES
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DARPA Wants Millions To Design An Unmanned 'Flying Gun' ([link removed])
** POLITICS
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New Mexico Governor Signs Red-Flag Gun Bill, Tells Sheriffs to Enforce It or Resign ([link removed])
Post-Impeachment, Trump Declares Himself the ‘Chief Law Enforcement Officer’ of America ([link removed])
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