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DECEMBER 11, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated

Make Way for the Killer Robots: The Government Is Expanding Its Power to Kill 

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself 

Techno-Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay: China and the Deep State Have Joined Forces 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Criminalizing Free Speech: Texas Harassment Law Could Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Teen Child About Neglected Chores

Rutherford Institute Opposes Proposal to Allow Police to Expand Their Power to Kill Through the Use of Armed Robots 

Supreme Court Allows Government to Deny Sixth Amendment Protections to Citizens in Criminal Cases, Disregard Right to Twelve-Person Jury Trial 

U.S. Supreme Court Urged to Safeguard the Rights of the Citizenry, Power of State Courts in the Face of Electoral Power Grabs and Gerrymandering 
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IN THE COURTS

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Gun Owner Who Had Firearms Confiscated by Police for Refusing to Provide Mental Health Records 

Cops Acted Unconstitutionally When They Arrested, Forced Tenants Out of Their Home at Gunpoint Without a Warrant 

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Police Are Also Victims When They Shoot Someone 

Ninth Circuit: Student Has Right to Express Religious Beliefs on Graduation Cap 

Eighth Circuit Shields Catholic Groups From Transgender Health Care Rule 

Appeals Court Sides With Student Whose Middle Finger Cost Her a Soccer Scholarship

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Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself 

Techno-Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay: China and the Deep State Have Joined Forces 

America’s Death Squads: When Police Become Judge, Jury and Executioner 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

John W. Whitehead Speaks on Politics, Activism and the Rights of Churches to Foment Change, Speak Truth to Power

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Keep Violating the U.S. Constitution With Illegal Traffic Stops 

St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods. Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back 

How the Forced Hospitalization of ‘Mentally Ill’ People Will Work in NYC

AMERICA AT WAR

Red Alert: The Police Want the Power to Kill With Robots

BEHIND BARS

82-Year-Old Alabama Woman Arrested After She Failed to Pay the Trash Bill, Police Say
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NATIONAL SECURITY

A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet 

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle Get $9 Billion Pentagon Cloud Deal 

Philadelphia Transit To Treat Every Commuter Like A Potential Terrorist 

TSA Now Wants to Scan Your Face at Security. Here Are Your Rights 

FBI Used Secret Powers to Strip More Americans of Their Gun Rights, Documents Reveal 

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Major U.S. Police Departments Plagued by Officer-on-Officer Sexual Abuse and Retaliation

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

Amazon, Ashton Kutcher And America’s Surveillance Of The Sex Trade 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

The Federal Government's Plan to Track Truckers' Every Movement Is a Privacy Nightmare 

Geofencing Warrants Are a Threat to Privacy 

FREE SPEECH

Live Streaming Police Traffic Stops: Is It Unconstitutional? 

Elon Musk Teases Twitter Files on Free Speech Suppression: ‘Public Deserves to Know’

TECHNOLOGY

How DNA Sleuths Identified the ‘Boy in the Box’ After Six Decades

FURTHER READING 

Do You Have a Right Not to Be Lied To? 

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