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ICE is preparing to spend millions of dollars equipping agents with electric shock gloves designed to inflict pain and compel "compliance." In the hands of an agency already accused of excessive force, unlawful arrests, secrecy, mass surveillance and constitutional violations, these so-called less-lethal weapons pose a much larger danger. The problem is not merely the weapon. It is what happens…
ICE is preparing to spend millions of dollars equipping agents with electric shock gloves designed to inflict pain and compel "compliance." In the hands of an agency already accused of excessive force, unlawful arrests, secrecy, mass surveillance and constitutional violations, these so-called less-lethal weapons pose a much larger danger. The problem is not merely the weapon. It is what happens…
Can the government arrest and threaten to deport a handful of political dissenters in order to frighten everyone else into silence? The Rutherford Institute has joined civil liberties groups in AAUP v. Rubio and The Stanford Daily v. Rubio to challenge government efforts that threaten to turn immigration enforcement into a weapon for punishing political speech and chilling First Amendment rights.…
One year after President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., the so-called "emergency" is over-but the troops never left. Now the Pentagon is preparing to keep a standing military presence in the nation's capital through the end of Trump's term. What began as an extraordinary response to a supposed crime crisis is becoming something far more dangerous: a precedent for using…
One year after President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., the so-called "emergency" is over-but the troops never left. Now the Pentagon is preparing to keep a standing military presence in the nation's capital through the end of Trump's term. What began as an extraordinary response to a supposed crime crisis is becoming something far more dangerous: a precedent for using…
The First Amendment protects more than spoken and written words. It also protects the right to communicate through signs, flags, crosses, banners, artwork and other expressive displays on private property. While local governments may enforce reasonable, content-neutral safety and land-use regulations, they may not favor approved messages, suppress controversial viewpoints or make protected…
The First Amendment protects more than the right to speak. It also protects the right to communicate through signs, symbols, flags, art and religious displays without government favoring some viewpoints and suppressing others. In this Constitutional Q&A, The Rutherford Institute explains the constitutional protections governing First Amendment displays on private property and offers general…
No government can bomb, threaten and police the world indefinitely without eventually bringing the consequences home. They come home through hacked water systems, heightened surveillance, militarized police and demands that Americans surrender still more freedom in exchange for protection from dangers the government helped create. This is blowback-and once again, "we the people" will be left to…
No government can bomb, threaten and police the world indefinitely without eventually bringing the consequences home. They come home through hacked water systems, heightened surveillance, militarized police and demands that Americans surrender still more freedom in exchange for protection from dangers the government helped create. This is blowback-and once again, "we the people" will be left to…
Government officials are increasingly passing laws that make it harder for the homeless to survive in public spaces-while regulating, restricting or even penalizing churches, religious charities and nonprofits that attempt to help. Yet churches should not have to choose between answering their religious calling and complying with unnecessary government paperwork before offering someone shelter on…