by Garrett O’Brien, originally published 20-September-2017
One of our many sources of information we follow comes from the Rutherford Institute – a constitutional law and human rights organization (more about the institute is available with the video below).
To quote Ronald Reagan on the lack of trustworthiness of any government, “I’m from the government and I am here to help” are 9 words that should make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
Even our founding Fathers realized there is a need for limited government and a greater need for the power to be in the hands of the people, not the other way around.
Yet, every left-wing fanatic will tell you otherwise — they want bigger government, to have the government to be the answer to everything, and to have everyone on board with their “government is the answer for the greater good of the people”, a phrase that is found in the roots of Marxism and Socialism for starters and now embraced by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Whenever anyone undertakes a study of the roots and beginnings of the DNC, it does not take too long to see the ties to
- the KKK
- the Progressivism of Woodrow Wilson, and
- the works focused on an overall devaluation of life by Hillary Clinton’s hero Margaret Sanger –
All of these are threads that do not belong in a country that proclaims ‘In God We Trust’ as these people are constantly trying to shift that trust from God to government, in essence making government a god to the people.
There are, however, a growing number of Democrats that are against most, if not all, this and are embracing Classic Liberalism (such as David Rubin of the Rubin Report) and have in the past 18 months or so started making their voice heard.
We are only as strong as our weakest link — and that includes human rights, a matter that John D. Whitehead, the speaker in this video, has made a lifelong career and pursuit.
About This Video
It’s easy to denounce the full-frontal horrors carried out by the scientific and medical community within a totalitarian regime such as Nazi Germany.
However, what do you do with a government that claims to be a champion of human rights while allowing its agents to engage in the foulest and most despicable acts of torture, abuse, and human experimentation?
Mind you, the U.S. government has seldom had its citizens’ best interests at heart – truthfully, no government has saved for our Founding Fathers and Lincoln.
The government didn’t have our best interests at heart when it passed laws subjecting us to all kinds of invasive searches and surveillance, censoring our speech, and stifling our expression.
It didn’t have our best interests at heart when it turned America into a battlefield and transformed law enforcement agencies into extensions of the military.
Certainly, the government did not have our best interests at heart when it conducted secret experiments on an unsuspecting populace—citizens and non-citizens alike—making healthy people sick by spraying them with chemicals, injecting them with infectious diseases, and exposing them to airborne toxins.
Bottom line: a government that repeatedly lies, breaks the laws, overreaches its authority, and abuses its power can’t be trusted.
VIDEO – The Shameful Truth About the U.S. Government’s Secret Experiments
Duration 16m 03s
About the Rutherford Institute
- The Rutherford Institute is a non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., dedicated to the defense of civil liberties and human rights.
- The organization was founded in 1982 by John W. Whitehead, who continued to be its president as of 2015.
- The Rutherford Institute offers free legal services to those who have had their rights threatened or violated.
- The Rutherford Institute has a network of affiliate attorneys across the United States and funds its efforts through donations.
- In addition to its offer of legal services, the organization offers free educational materials for those interested in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
- The Rutherford Institute also publishes a weekly commentary by Whitehead which is published in hundreds of newspapers and web publications, including The Huffington Post and LewRockwell.com.
- While once primarily concerned with the defense of religious liberties, the organization later expanded its mission to encompass other constitutional issues such as search and seizure, free speech, and a zero-tolerance policy.
- The institute has been described as “a more conservative American Civil Liberties Union. (ACLU).
- Some of the Institute’s legal actions were widely reported, including helping Paula Jones pursue a sexual harassment lawsuit in 1997 against President Bill Clinton, and its defense of airline pilots and passengers affected by the Transportation Security Administration’s security procedures, middle and high school students suspended and expelled under inflexible zero-tolerance policies and the free speech rights of preachers and political protesters.
- The Rutherford Institute has worked with a number of similar groups across the political spectrum, including the ACLU, the Cato Institute, the Constitution Project, and the Liberty Coalition.
- Whitehead was described by jazz historian and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff as “this nation’s Paul Revere of protecting civil liberties.”
About John D. Whitehead
John W. Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated, and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights.
Whitehead’s concern for the persecuted and oppressed led him, in 1982, to establish The Rutherford Institute, nonprofit civil liberties, and human rights organization whose international headquarters are located in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Whitehead serves as the Institute’s president and spokesperson, in addition to writing a weekly commentary that is posted on The Rutherford Institute’s website (www.rutherford.org), as well as being distributed to several hundred newspapers, and hosting a national public service radio campaign.
Whitehead’s aggressive, pioneering approach to civil liberties issues has earned him numerous accolades, including the Hungarian Medal of Freedom.
Whitehead has been the subject of numerous newspaper, magazine, and television profiles, ranging from Gentleman’s Quarterly to CBS’ 60 Minutes.
Articles by Whitehead have been printed in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today, among others.
Whitehead gained international renown as a result of his role as co-counsel in Paula Jones’s sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton.
Whitehead continues to speak out in defense of a woman’s right to be free from sexual harassment and frequently comments on a variety of legal issues in the national media.
He has been interviewed by the following national and international media (partial list):
Crossfire
O’Reilly Factor
CNN Headline News
Larry King Live
Nightline, Dateline
The Today Show
Good Morning America
CBS Evening News
CBS This Morning
This Week with Sam and Cokie
Rivera Live
Burden of Proof
Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer
FOX NewSunday
Hardball
the New York Times
the Washington Post
the Wall Street Journal
USA Today
National Public Radio
BBC Newsnight
BBC Radio
British Sky “Tonight” and “Sunday”
TF1 (French TV), and
Greek national television
The author of numerous books on a variety of legal and social issues, as well as pamphlets and brochures providing legal information to the general public, Whitehead has also written numerous magazine and journal articles.
Whitehead’s most recent books include Battlefield America: The War on the American People and A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State.
In addition, he wrote and directed the documentary video series Grasping for the Wind, as well as its companion book, which focuses on key cultural events of the 20th Century.
The series received two Silver World Medals at the New York Film and Video Festival and is now available on DVD.
Whitehead has filed numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court.
He has also been a co-counsel in several landmark Supreme Court cases as well.
His law reviews have been published in
Emory Law Journal
Pepperdine Law Review
Harvard Journal on Legislation
Washington and Lee Law Review
Cumberland Law Review
Tulsa Law Journal, and
the Temple University Civil Rights Law Review
Born in 1946 in Tennessee, John W. Whitehead earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas in 1969 and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1974.
He served as an officer in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971.
John’s extended bio is available here.
~ Visit the Rutherford Institute
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About Garrett O’Brien
Garrett is the owner of DecisiveLiberty.News. Formerly a Liberal then a Republican, Garrett has seen political parties by default look out for themselves and not the people. Garrett now focuses specifically on our Constitution as it is written. He uses Decisive Liberty as a platform to provide a voice to those that believe neither political party are protecting our Constitution nor our Rights to their fullest as our Founding Fathers wrote them in the First 10 Amendments. For the moment, Garrett resides in Brazil with his wife.
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