#rutherfordinstitute

[dococt86]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 whew the government needs to lay down....too drunk off dat power and spinning out of control. Reposted from @california_libertarian - Reposted from @freedom_faction - Denouncing a #Virginia town’s #draconian lockdown measures as a clear example of a dysfunctional, excessive government that overreaches, overspends, and is out of sync with #theConstitution, The #RutherfordInstitute has asked a federal court to hold government officials responsible for adopting costly security protocols lacking in common sense and intended to chill #FirstAmendment activity. #TheRutherfordInstitute’s actions come in response to a motion filed by the City of #Charlottesville to dismiss a #FourthAmendment lawsuit against the City over its August 2018 “#stateofemergency” lockdown measures. In accordance with the emergency declaration, local, state and federal #lawenforcement agencies locked down portions of the small college town, deployed 700 police officers—many in riot gear—to patrol portions of the downtown area, restricted the free movement of persons on public streets, and imposed a broad ban on innocuous items such as metal food and beverage containers, aerosol sprays, glass bottles, skateboards, masks and hoods. The Institute’s lawsuit arose after police swarmed a disabled war veteran and arrested him for lawfully purchasing canned iced tea, bug spray, lightbulbs and razor blades, which were banned as part of the city’s pre-emptive measures to discourage #civilunrest, all the while allowing him to carry two firearms—which were not among the city’s prohibited items—through a security checkpoint. “Despite any credible threats to public safety, government officials embarked on a militarized exercise intended to intimidate the residents of Charlottesville—once home to Thomas Jefferson—into going along with the lockdown, the invasion of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses,” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of #BattlefieldAmerica: The War on the #American People. 🖐🏾More @freedom_faction - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw2liSflWFk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bk9kd8e768qe

[ph4z0n]

Is the U.S. Government the Enemy of the People? America’s Lost Liberties, Post-9/11

Take heed, America. Our losses are mounting with every passing day. What began with the post-9/11 passage of the USA Patriot Act has snowballed into the eradication of every vital safeguard against government overreach, corruption and abuse. The rights embodied in the Constitution, which have been steadily chipped away at, undermined, eroded, whittled down, and generally discarded, are now on life support. Since the towers fell on 9/11, the U.S. government has posed a greater threat to our freedoms than any terrorist, extremist or foreign entity ever could. Indeed, as constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead points out, the U.S. government—the government that was supposed to be a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”—has become the enemy of the people.

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https://soundcloud.com/rutherfordinstitute/is-the-us-government-the-enemy-of-the-people-americas-lost-liberties-post-911

[gwlarson2002]

"Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy – their own population."

~ Noam Chomsky

[tenthamendmentcenter]

How to bring down the #policestate? John Whitehead at the #rutherfordinstitute says #nullify everything. We agree. #liberty #libertarian #tenthamendment #nullification #constitution