2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review

John W. Whitehead January 10th, 2012

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It was a year of populist uprisings, economic downturns, political assassinations, and one scandal after another. But as I point out in this week’s vodcast, on the civil liberties front, things were particularly grim.

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Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute and author of The Change Manifesto. He can be contacted … (Read More)

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Occupy America and Friendly Fascism: Life in the Corporate Police State

John W. Whitehead November 14th, 2011

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Time will tell whether the Occupy protests amount to anything more than an expression of discontent on the part of the 99%. However, as I point out in this week's vodcast, what has been made clear, is that the 1% is protected by its own security force—the police—funded ironically enough by the very 99% against whom they are waging war with pepper spray, rubber … (Read More)

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The War on the American People – John W. Whitehead on SBE

Erik Guzman October 21st, 2011

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Has the war on drugs become the war on the American people? Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead says that it has. Is legalizing marijuana the solution?

According to a recent article by Whitehead, warrantless SWAT team raids are becoming commonplace and a rising number of innocent people are being subjected to brutal tactics in the failed war on drugs. All the while the Fourth Amendment is going up in smoke.

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The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People

John W. Whitehead October 21st, 2011

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"On July 29, 2008, my family and I were terrorized by an errant Prince George's County SWAT team. This unit forced entry into my home without a proper warrant, executed our beloved black Labradors, Payton and Chase, and bound and interrogated my mother-in-law and me for hours as they ransacked our belongings… As I was forced to kneel, bound at gun point on my living room floor, I recall thinking that there had been a terrible mistake. However, as I have lea … (Read More)

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VIPR Searches and the American Citizen: 'Dominate. Intimidate. Control.'

John W. Whitehead July 25th, 2011

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The transition to a police state will not come about with a dramatic coup d'etat, but will creep in softly, one violation at a time. The latest test of our tolerance comes in the form of VIPR (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response), an omnipresent anti-terrorist task force that, as I argue in this week's vodcast (and in this post), actually serves to red … (Read More)

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Government by the Rich: Is This the American Dream?

John W. Whitehead April 4th, 2011

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"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin

"There's a reason education sucks, and it's the same reason it will never, ever, ever be fixed," said comedian/social commentator George Carlin in 2005. That's because, according to Carlin, "the owners of this country don't want that." And by owners, he's referring to the wealthy who "own everything." Warmin … (Read More)

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