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The Rutherford Institute The Rutherford Institute filed an amicus brief on 1st Amendment in U.S. Supreme Court
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WASHINGTON - November 23 - Today, the Constitution Project and The Rutherford Institute filed a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. The case involves ...
The Rutherford Institute What is the best way to hold elected officials accountable to the Constitution?
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From Examiner.com Original article available here. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court denied Brittany McComb's petition to be heard regarding her lawsuit against Foothill High School's administration. The school allegedly violated her right to free speech in 2006 when her valedictorian speech was cut short due to he...r references to Christ. Reportedly, the school gave some informal guidelines to the three students that were chosen to speak regarding speech content prior to the ceremony. Yet, no specific prohibitions regarding faith related material were ever discussed. In the aftermath, McCombs enlisted the help of the Rutherford Institute to file the free speech suit. This final denial is the last of a long string of legal decisions that have kept this case in the public ey...Read More
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Hoping to alleviate any confusion over the do's and don'ts of celebrating Christmas in schools, workplaces and elsewhere, The Rutherford Institute has issued its "Twelve Rules of Christmas" guidelines, which are available here. Rutherford Institute attorneys are preparing to deal with the annual... onslaught of calls to their legal hotline regarding the censorship of Christmas celebrations. In years past, the Institute has been besieged by calls from parents and teachers alike complaining about schools changing their Christmas concerts to "winter holiday programs" and renaming Christmas "winter festival" or cancelling holiday celebrations altogether to avoid offending those who do not celebrate the various holidays. Individuals with legal questions or in need of legal assistance should call (434) 978-3888 or email staff@rutherford.org.Read More
"Statesmen may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand."--John Adams, letter to Zabdiel Adams (21 June 1776)American society has succumbed to a rampant materialism. And now it has passed down to our young people. In ...fact, studies show that a large percentage of young people between the ages of 16 and 25 don't see any meaning or purpose to life at all. Another study in 2009 showed that 15% of teenagers in grades 7 through 12 don't think they will live to the age of 35, which causes them to take part in adverse or risky behavior--drugs, wild parties, getting arrested by police, and even suicide. As we have lost our sense of meaning, morality and spirituality, the erosion of our freedoms on virtually every front has accelerated. And, make no mistake about it, freedom in the true sense of the word is always undergirded by a common moral and religious sy...Read More
The Rutherford Institute Richard Dreyfuss on the importance of teaching civics
America Does Not Happen By Itself: The Importance of Teaching Civics - Miller Center of Public Affai
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Actor and activist RICHARD DREYFUSS frequently speaks and writes in favor of privacy, freedom of speech, democracy, and individual accountability. Since 2006, Dreyfuss has organized and promoted campaigns about what he considers to be the potential erosion of individual rights. ...
The Rutherford Institute CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS PRESENTED BY PROHIBITIONS ON MATERIAL SUPPORT TO "TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS"
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The Rutherford Institute The Twelve Rules of Christmas®—Guidelines for Christmas, Thanksgiving Holiday Celebrations
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—In response to a growing tendency among public schools, government officials and even private businesses to ban references to Christmas or Christianity during the holiday season, The ...
The Rutherford Institute Supreme Court Ends High School Valedictorian's Fight to Speak Freely About Her Christian Beliefs at Graduation
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"This is a sad day for the cause of freedom. When the Supreme Court cannot clear their calendar to hear a case of this magnitude, then our freedoms are in jeopardy. Such censorship and discrimination should not be permitted in America."-- John W. ...
The Rutherford Institute At PVCC, panel debates role of disruptive speech
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The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech. But does it also guarantee the right to disrupt someone else’s speech or to impede an audience’s ability to listen? That question was ...
The Rutherford Institute John W. Whitehead Calls for Sweeping Changes to the U.S. Supreme Court and Far-Reaching Revisions to the Confirmation Process
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"The time has surely come for an independent judicial appointments commission to be established ... to take Supreme Court appointments out of the hands of politicians and beyond the reach of the political process..."--John W. ...
The Rutherford Institute Is Tweeting Now a Felony Under Federal Law?
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The ominous rise of the surveillance state continues unabated. With each passing day, hope fades that the Obama administration will diverge from George W. Bush's erection of a police state.The government's treatment of Elliot Madison is a case in point. ...
