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** DECEMBER 18, 2022
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It ([link removed])

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated ([link removed])

Make Way for the Killer Robots: The Government Is Expanding Its Power to Kill ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Challenging Government Efforts to Undermine Sixth Amendment Rights, Unfairly Deny Protections to Citizens ([link removed])

Criminalizing Free Speech: Texas Harassment Law Could Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Teen Child About Neglected Chores ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Opposes Proposal to Allow Police to Expand Their Power to Kill Through the Use of Armed Robots ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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VA Sued Over Decision to Offer Abortion Counseling and Certain Abortions to Veterans ([link removed])

State Appeals Latest Abortion Order, Asks Indiana Supreme Court to Take Up Religious Freedom Case ([link removed])

NYU Law Faculty on the Cases They Found Most Interesting to Follow in 2022 ([link removed])

Appeals Court Rules Transgender Care and Transition Infringes Upon Religious Freedom ([link removed])

Court Allows New York to Enforce Limits on Guns on Private Property ([link removed])

Justices to Consider if Venue Whiff Nets Trade Secrets Acquittal ([link removed])

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Former Virginia Tech Soccer Player in Free Speech Case ([link removed])

FL Supreme Court to Decide Whether Police Are Also Victims When They Shoot Someone ([link removed])

Live Streaming Police Traffic Stops: Is It Unconstitutional? ([link removed])

Judge Upholds Charges Against Woman Who Abetted Daughter’s Abortion ([link removed])

Appeals Court Backs Trans-Inclusive Sports in Connecticut Schools ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Make Way for the Killer Robots: The Government Is Expanding Its Power to Kill ([link removed])

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself ([link removed])

Techno-Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay: China and the Deep State Have Joined Forces ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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John W. Whitehead Speaks on Politics, Activism and the Rights of Churches to Foment Change, Speak Truth to Power ([link removed])


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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Atlanta Police Get Facial Recognition Software and Access to Database of 20 Billion Images ([link removed])

Homeless Veteran Living Out of His Car Beaten by Police During Traffic Stop ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Slaughterbots: The Weaponization of AI ([link removed])

San Francisco Supervisors Bar Police Robots From Using Deadly Force for Now ([link removed])

Military Groomers Are Increasingly Infiltrating US High Schools ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Antiabortion Advocates Want Jail Time for Pill ‘Trafficking’ ([link removed])

Female Inmates Speak About Widespread Sexual Abuse by Prison Staff ([link removed])
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** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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Former SWAT Officer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Child to Produce Child Pornography ([link removed])


** WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY
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This Mom Was Jailed for Leaving Her Teen Home Alone. Now, She's Suing ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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How the U.S. Census Bureau’s Work to Improve Data Privacy Can Be a Lesson for Enterprises ([link removed])

Holes in the Constitution: The Feds and the Global Spyware Industry ([link removed])

How Government Fusion Centers Violate Americans’ Rights — and How to Stop It ([link removed])

New Bill Would Limit the Use of DNA From Rape Kits ([link removed])

Students Rebel Against Heat-Sensing Crotch Monitor Surveillance Devices ([link removed])

Why You May Soon Find Yourself in ‘Digital Prison’ ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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'EctoLife' Artificial Womb Facility to Engineer, Grow Babies in 'Factory' ([link removed])


** SOCIAL MEDIA
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Twitter Has Dissolved Its Trust and Safety Council to Address Hate Speech, Child Exploitation, Suicide, Self-Harm ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Oklahoma Senator Files Bills to Strengthen Fourth Amendment Rights ([link removed])

Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act Protecting Gay Marriage ([link removed])

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