John W. Whitehead

Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His new book The Freedom Wars (TRI Press) is available online at amazon.com. The Rutherford Institute is available at rutherford.org

Most Recent Articles by John W. Whitehead:

Licensed to Kill: The Growing Phenomenon of Police Shooting Unarmed Citizens September 16, 2013
"Trigger happy" cops, NSA surveillance, drones
Farewell to Big Sister: Janet Napolitano’s Orwellian Legacy Lives On September 9, 2013
Constitution-Free Border Control, If You See Something, Say Something, drones, Fusion Centers
‘Elysium’: The Technological Side of the American Police State August 26, 2013
What happens when power, technology and militaristic governance converge
The NSA: ‘The Abyss from Which There Is No Return’ August 19, 2013
The average American breaks at least three laws a day without knowing it thanks to the glut of laws being added to the books every year
The Police State Mindset in Our Public Schools August 12, 2013
America is now on a fast track to raising up an Orwellian generation
Are Police in America Now a Military, Occupying Force? August 6, 2013
On an average day in America, over 100 Americans have their homes raided by SWAT teams
The American Surveillance State Is Here. Can It Be Evaded? July 29, 2013
Anyone living in the concentration camp that is America today must cede his privacy and liberty to a government agency, a corporation, or both
College Girls, Bottled Water and the Emerging American Police State July 8, 2013
Militarization of the police: Charlottesville, Virginia incident
Now More Than Ever, Everybody’s a Target in the American Surveillance State June 6, 2013
To our misfortune, the Obama White House has proven to be even worse than the Bush White House when it comes to invading the privacy rights of Americans
Maryland v. King and the Total Loss of Our Bodily Integrity June 3, 2013
You can add invasive DNA sampling to the list of abuses being “legally” meted out on the long-suffering American populace.
Terrorism and the Media: A Symbiotic Relationship April 18, 2013
Turn the media into broadcasters for your acts of terrorism
Roaches, Mosquitoes, and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution April 15, 2013
No matter what the future holds, however, we must ensure that Americans have a semblance of civil liberties protections against the drones
The Psycho-Therapeutic School System: Pathologizing Childhood April 8, 2013
Our children will use the coping skills we’ve taught them. They’ll reach for a pill
Attorney General Eric Holder: If the President Does It, It’s Legal March 18, 2013
The highlights of the dangerous philosophies embraced and advanced by Holder and his Justice Department
Move Over, Traffic Court, It’s Time for a New Money-Making Scheme March 5, 2013
School Truancy Laws Jail Parents and Levy Excessive Fines
The U.S. Supreme Court: Architects of the American Police State February 25, 2013
A slow death by a thousand cuts
Western Flicks and the Academy Awards: The Values We Live and Die By February 18, 2013
Time alone will tell if we can ever regain that intrepid, indomitable, heroic spirit that conquered the Wild West and has become the stuff of legends.
How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program February 8, 2013
Obama Executioner in Chief:
Majoring in Minors: Turning Our Schools into Totalitarian Enclaves February 4, 2013
draconian zero tolerance policies, stringent security measures and cutting-edge technologies have all but transformed schools into quasi-prisons.
The Age of Neo-Feudalism: A Government of the Rich, by the Rich, and for the Corporations January 28, 2013
Two-tiered system of justice and governance
The Magician’s Con: Renewing FISA and the NDAA Under Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates January 7, 2013
Rights and liberties are little more than exceptions to the rule, open to interpretation by government officials who can throw them out based upon expediency
Commentary: Government Violence: The Missing Link in the Gun Control Debate January 2, 2013
Government and its tendency to use violence as a means to an end
Paying It Forward at Christmas and Always, One Act of Kindness at a Time December 21, 2012
This year has certainly been plagued with its fair share of Scrooges and Grinches disguised as government agents
EyeSee You and the Internet of Things: Watching You While You Shop December 17, 2012
This may be the creepiest instance of targeted advertising in recent memory
The Fight Against the Total Surveillance State in Our Schools December 3, 2012
Without strong safeguards for privacy now, it will not be long before these technologies will come to dominate every aspect of our lives.
Can You Trust the President, Congress or the Courts to Protect Your Privacy Rights? November 27, 2012
Presidential Policy Directive 20
It’s Time to Overhaul the Transportation Security Administration November 19, 2012
It’s time to say no to these flagrant abuses of our taxpayer dollars and our rights
Obama’s First-Term Track Record on Civil Liberties November 12, 2012
Unless President Obama changes course—and drastically so—freedom as we have known it will become extinct.
America’s Schools: Breeding Grounds for Compliant Citizens October 15, 2012
Consciously attempting to create a compliant citizenry
Smile, the Government Is Watching: Next Generation Identification September 17, 2012
FBI’s Next Generation Identification, NGI