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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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MARCH 21, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Beyond the Law: What It Means to Weaponize the Government

When Dissent Becomes a Crime: The War on Political Speech Begins 

The Deep State’s War on Truth—Waged with Doublespeak, Delusion and Propaganda 

A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency? 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Warning: Deporting Non-Citizen Protesters Sets a Dangerous Precedent of Punishment and Retaliation for All Americans 

Can Schools Force LGBTQ Lessons on Young Kids? Parents Take a Stand, Ask Supreme Court to Protect Right to Opt Out 

SCOTUS Inaction on Botched SWAT Raid Coupled with Trump’s Push for Greater Police Immunity Could Usher In a New Era of Lawless Policing & Brutality 

The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for the Government to Violate Your Rights—Without Paying the Price 

Did Facebook Conspire With the Government to Censor Speech in Violation of the First Amendment? Case Could Redefine Social Media Censorship 

LEGAL FEATURES

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey 

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

Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump’s Call to Oust Judge Who Blocked Deportations

RI Doctor Rasha Alawieh Deported Despite Federal Court Order 

Deputies Who Sicced Police Dog on Sleeping Man Not Protected by Qualified Immunity 

New York Top Court Strikes Down Law to Allow Noncitizen Voting in Big Apple Elections 

Ninth Circuit Swats Challenge to Idaho Anti-Trans Bathroom Law 

Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s Large-Capacity Magazine Ban 

Farmers Sue Trump Administration to Unfreeze USDA Grants 

DC Circuit Skeptical of Trump Effort to Fire Employee Appeals Board Members 

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Transgender Military Ban 

Judge Rules Musk, Doge Dismantling of Usaid Likely Unconstitutional, Orders Systems Restoration 

Judge Stops Musk’s Team From ‘Unbridled Access’ to Social Security Private Data 

Trump Urges Supreme Court to Limit Judges’ Power to Impede His Agenda

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

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

Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent 

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

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

Threats to the Constitution (Interview with Dave Krieger)

Executive Orders, AI Tyranny, and 42 National Emergencies: Is the Constitution Dead? (Interview with Collapse Life) 

JUSTICE SYSTEM

How the Justice Department Is Remaking Itself in Trump’s Image

AMERICA AT WAR

Trump Invokes Wartime Powers to Increase Production of Critical Minerals 

Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants 

Perilous Times for Personal Liberty 

Trump Is Seeking to Deport Another Academic Who Is Legally in the Country, Lawsuit Says 

Are They Gang Members or Simply Venezuelan Immigrants With Tattoos? 

The Scholars Targeted for Deportation by the Trump Administration

BEHIND BARS

Immigration Agents Arrested a U.S. Citizen and Created Warrants After an Arrest, Lawyers Say in Court 

The Canadian Who Was Detained by ICE for Two Weeks 

My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a Political Prisoner 

Billion Dollar Fed Contractor Fights to Pay Detainees $1 a Day to Work
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Brown Professor Deported to Lebanon After Allegedly Attending Hezbollah Funeral 

DHS’s Airport Panopticon Is Getting People Deported and Detained 

Warrantless Home Searches Under the Alien Enemies Act? 

The Terrorist Screening Center Changes Name to the Threat Screening Center

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

French Researcher Expelled From US for Expressing ‘A Personal Opinion’ on Trump

ASSET FORFEITURE

The FBI Seized This Woman's Life Savings—Without Telling Her Why

POLITICS

Trump’s Plans for the Federal Government  

Donald Trump Building $100M Ballroom Inside White House 

House Dems Demand Records on Doge Structure, Activities at Federal Agencies 

Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Personal Data 

How Trump’s Firings Could Upend a 90-Year-Old Supreme Court Ruling Limiting His Power

FURTHER READING 

Why Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are Anti-Christian

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