Let’s not mince words: The Trump April 28 executive order is the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook: martial law masquerading as law and order. We are being frog-marched into tyranny at the end of a loaded gun. Or rather,…
What the Founders rebelled against — armed government agents invading homes without cause — we are now being told to accept in the so-called name of law and order. This is the face of Constitution-free policing in Trump’s America. Imagine…
Texas Republicans are changing the letters GOP to stand for Gestapo On Patrol with House Bill 2436, a bill that would exempt law enforcement officers from being charged with deadly conduct for actions taken in the line of duty. HB…
130 executive orders in under 100 days. Sweeping powers claimed in the name of “security” and “efficiency.” One president acting as lawmaker, enforcer, and judge — a dictator. No debate. No oversight. No limits. This is how the Constitution dies…
Does your driver’s license have a star on it? If it does, then you’re now a part of the Republican/Democrat duopoly’s war on liberty under a program launched by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2005 known as REAL…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad coalition of legal and civil liberties organizations is once again challenging President Trump for using executive orders in retaliation against law firms that he perceives as political opponents, to suppress opposition and chill lawful First…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Denouncing the Trump Administration’s ongoing attempts to silence dissent and chill lawful First Amendment activity, The Rutherford Institute has joined a broad coalition of eleven legal and civil liberties organizations to challenge President Trump’s use of presidential…