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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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APRIL 21, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution 

Tyranny by the Numbers: The Government Wants Your Money Any Way It Can Get It 

The Government Wants to Play God. What Does That Mean for Our Freedoms? 

Rule by Criminals: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State  

The Language of Force: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Defends Women’s Basketball Coach’s First Amendment Right to Religious Expression 

Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to Criminalize Homelessness 

Rutherford Warns Florida ‘No Go Zone’ Law Could Chill First Amendment Activity, Thwart Citizen Journalists & Embolden Police Misconduct 

Court Fails to Hold Constables Accountable for Wrongfully Evicting Blind Man, Leaving Him Homeless During a Snowstorm 

Government Tries to Sidestep Accountability for Violating Citizens’ First Amendment Right to Political Expression Critical of Biden and Trump 

LEGAL FEATURES

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey 

Special Report: The Right to Be Let Alone: How to Safeguard Your Freedoms in the Face of the Government’s COVID-19 Power Grabs 

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech 
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IN THE COURTS

11th Circuit Scrutinizes Florida’s Restriction on Chinese Immigrants Buying Property 

Opening Arguments in Trump Hush-Money Trial to Begin Monday 

Donald Trump Pits Presidential Power Against Rule of Law at Supreme Court 

Veteran Wins Supreme Court Battle Over Education Benefits 

Fourth Circuit Finds West Virginia Ban on Transgender Athletes Unconstitutional 

Medical Emergencies Collide With Abortion Bans at Supreme Court 

Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens 

The Supreme Court Effectively Abolishes the Right to Mass Protest in Three US States

 Fifth Amendment Does Not Protect Against Biometric Phone Unlock, Says 9th Circuit Appeals Court

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

COVID-19 Tested Our Commitment to Freedom. Four Years Later, We’re Still Failing 

We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President 

2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex  

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

How to Stand Up for Freedom (Interview with Collapse Life)  

Counting the People (Interview with Financial Rebellion, CHD) 

Are You Being Watched? (Whitehead Interview with Good Morning, CHD) 

The Rise of the Security Industrial Complex: One America News  

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Georgia Sheriff Cites Ignorance of the Law as Defense for Violating Detainees’ Civil Rights

AMERICA AT WAR

Retired General Ties Abu Ghraib Torture to Civilian Contractors 

VA Halts Taking Away Gun Rights From Veterans Who Require Help Managing Their Benefits — but Only for 6 Months

BEHIND BARS

Lawmakers Eyeing Solitary Confinement Crackdown in Federal Prisons, Migrant Detention Facilities 

How Bad Is The Price Gouging At Prison Commissaries? Pretty Bad! 

The Enduring Use of Solitary, and New Proposed Limits That Will Likely Fail (Again) 

Locked In, Priced Out: How Prison Commissary Price-Gouging Preys on the Incarcerated
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NATIONAL SECURITY

FBI Chief Says Chinese Hackers Have Infiltrated Critical US Infrastructure 

A Citizen’s Guide to FBI ‘Knock and Talks’ 

DHS Announces New Campaign to Combat Child Exploitation and Abuse Online

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

UN Says Law Enforcement Should Not Use Biometrics to Surveil Protestors 

AI Surveillance Robot Uses Facial Recognition to Decide Who to Blast With Paintballs 

Touring a Rental? A Face Scan May Be Required 

Woman Accuses Target of Illegally Collecting Customers’ Biometric Data 

Steak ’n Shake Installs Facial Recognition at Self-Ordering Kiosks

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

Apple Drops WhatsApp, Threads From China App Store on Government Order

TECHNOLOGY

Experts Urge Swift Congressional Action to Combat Election Deepfakes 

How Israel Uses Facial Recognition Systems in Gaza and Beyond 

Smart Gun Will Put Fingerprint, Facial Recognition Technology to Work 

Boston Dynamics Unveils New Humanoid Robot for ‘Real-World Applications’ 

Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Political Beliefs From Expressionless Faces  

How Facial Recognition Technology Works

EDUCATION

Tennessee Is Ramping Up Penalties for Student Threats. Research Shows That’s Not the Best Way to Keep Schools Safe 

Ron DeSantis Brings Volunteer Chaplains Into Schools in the Name of Religious Freedom 

Schools Keep Censoring Valedictorians

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Some Pharmacists Fear Jail Time Over Murky Abortion Laws

POLITICS

Senate Must Follow House’s Lead In Passing Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act 

Senate Passes Bill Renewing Key FISA Surveillance Power Moments After It Expires 

House Passes Bill Requiring Warrant to Purchase Data From Third Parties 

Maryland Bill on Police Use of Facial Recognition Is ‘Strongest Law in the Nation’

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