12 Apr 2019

Overkill: Gov’t Officials Deploy 700 Police to Lockdown City Only to Arrest Disabled Veteran for Buying Canned Iced Tea, Bug Spray

By Rutherford Institute

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (April 12, 2019) —  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 the Constitution, The Rutherford Institute has asked a federal court to hold government officials responsible for adoptin

11 Apr 2019

Whistleblowers Such as Julian Assange Who Shed Light on Government Corruption Deserve Protection, Not Prosecution

By Rutherford Institute

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (April 11, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute has denounced the US government’s attempts to extradite and prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for his part in disclosing information relating to government-misconduct that is within the public’s right to know.

05 Apr 2019

Napping Not Allowed: Ban on Sleeping in Cars Could Allow Police to Seize Car Occupants, Vehicles and Carry Out Warrantless Searches

By Rutherford Institute

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA (April 5, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute is sounding the alarm over a local Virginia ordinance that makes it illegal for people to sleep in their cars and subjects them to warrantless seizures and searches by police and a fine of $250.

21 Mar 2019

Rutherford Institute Warns That Overburdened Public Defenders Jeopardize Sixth Amendment Right to a Fair Trial for Poor Clients

By Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (March 21, 2019) — Warning that overburdened, underfunded, and — consequently, at times — incompetent public-defenders jeopardize the Sixth Amendment’s assurance of the right to a fair trial when they fail to present an adequate defense for those too poor to hire a competent attorney, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S

12 Mar 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Require Police to Render Emergency Aid After Ohio Police Shoot Military Veteran Multiple Times, Let Him Bleed to Death

By Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON, DC (March 11, 2019)  — The US Supreme Court has rejected an effort to require police to render emergency aid to individuals they injure in the course of an arrest. In refusing to hear the case of Stevens-Rucker v.

07 Mar 2019

Rutherford Institute Defends Rappers Charged With Terrorism for Sharing Song Critical of Police on Facebook and YouTube

By Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (March 7, 2019) — Weighing in on a First Amendment case that could have significant ramifications for online communications and controversial art forms, The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a rap artist who was charged with making terrorist threats after posting a rap song critical of police on Facebook and

28 Feb 2019

Victory: Court Upholds TRI's Contempt of Cop Lawsuit Alleging Police Punched Compliant Driver 20+ Times in Head and Body

By Rutherford Institute

SHREVEPORT, LOUISANA (February 28, 2019) — A federal court has given the green light to a “contempt of cop” lawsuit filed by The Rutherford Institute on behalf of a young African-American man who, despite complying with police orders during a traffic stop for a broken taillight, was slammed to the ground face-first and pummeled by polic

20 Feb 2019

Victory: Unanimous Supreme Court Limits State Power to Levy Fines, Seize Property, Abuse Asset-Forfeiture Laws

By Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (February 20, 2019) — In a unanimous ruling that is expected to curb attempts by local and state governments to increase their revenue by seizing private property using excessive, arbitrary asset forfeiture laws, a unanimous US Supreme Court has ruled in Timbs v State of Indiana that state governments must abide by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on the imposition of “excessive fines” for criminal offenses.

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