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MARCH 19, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next  

The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business 

A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best 
 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Calif. Officials Used Cell Phone Data, Geofence Surveillance to Spy on Church Assemblies During COVID-19 Lockdown  

SCOTUS Gives Texas a Free Pass on Law That Could Chill the Right to Criticize Government, Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Child 

Supreme Court Case Pits Postal Worker’s Request to Get Sundays Off for Church Against Government Contract to Deliver Sunday Amazon Packages 
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IN THE COURTS

Sixth Circuit Rules No Religious Exemption to Vaccination for Federal Contractors 

National Guard Sued for Using Low-Flying Helicopters to Clear George Floyd Protesters 

Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Domestic Violence Gun Law 

In U.S. Supreme Court Jack Daniel’s Case, a Free Speech Fight Over a Dog Toy 

Livestreaming Police Stop Constitutionally Protected, 4th Circuit Rules 

The Supreme Court Tackles the First Amendment Right To Encourage Illegal Immigration 

Arguments Are Set to Be Made in a Lawsuit That Threatens the Future of Digital Libraries

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars 

Distract, Divide and Conquer: The Painful Truth About the State of Our Union 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Enemies of the Deep State: The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Hawaii Police Officers Charged Over Car Chase That Left 14-Year-Old Paralyzed 

Lawsuit Shows Growth in Surveillance-Based Police Stops 

New York City Cracking Down on Illegal License Plate Covers 

Police Drop Most Complaints of Officer Violence Against Women, Study Shows

AMERICA AT WAR

DOD Pays To Create Propaganda, Censorship Tech For The Feds 

Palantir Lands $99.6 Mln Deal With U.S. State Department

BEHIND BARS

Arizona Spends Heavily on Keeping People in Prison, Not Ensuring They Stay Out
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NATIONAL SECURITY

After 20 Years, the Department of Homeland Security Is a Money-Guzzling Failure

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Catholic Group Spent Millions on App Data That Tracked Gay Priests 

Grocery Store Is Using Biometrics Including Eye Scanners and Voice Prints to Identify Repeat Shoplifters 

Police Departments Beginning to Integrate AI Tech Into Body Cameras 

Invasive Cellphone Surveillance Monitors Calls and Text Messages 

Do Cities’ Proliferating Flock License-Plate Cameras Violate People’s Privacy?

FREE SPEECH

Experts Say Attacks on Free Speech Are Rising Across the U.S.

ASSET FORFEITURE

The FBI Took Her Life Savings. Now She’s Fighting to Help Others Get Theirs Back 

How the Police Can Take Your Assets

TECHNOLOGY

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EDUCATION

TN Lawmakers Want Zero Tolerance for Students Who Make School Violence Threats 

Pa. Lawmakers Seek to Issue Child DNA Identification Kits via Schools

ECONOMY

Americans Lost $10.3 Billion to Internet Scams in 2022, FBI Says

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Online Mental Health Provider’s Use of Tracking Tech Highlights Dangers 

What We Know About the Origin of COVID-19 

Abortion Pills Now Banned in Wyoming After Governor Signs Bill Into Law 

Higher Cancer Rates Found in Military Pilots, Ground Crews 

Senior Care Is Crushingly Expensive. Boomers Aren’t Ready. 

Kids Are in a Mental Health Crisis

POLITICS

How Government Lost 15 Million Acres of Public Land in the United States 

Trump vs. DeSantis: Florida Pastors Mull Conservative Issues

FURTHER READING 

Three Classic First Amendment Cases on Personhood

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