The Rutherford Institute
"The Rutherford Institute is one of the nation's premier civil liberties organizations."—Nat Hentoff, nationally syndicated columnist "When founding The Rutherford Institute, my goal was to create an organization that would defend people who were persecuted or oppressed without charging them for such services. The Rutherford Institute exists to ensure that people are treated fairly in the courts and are free to express themselves without fear." — John W. Whitehead, President and Founder of The Rutherford Institute Founded in 1982 by constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute is a civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated. The Rutherford Institute has emerged as one of the nation's leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights, litigating in the courts and educating the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States and around the world. The Institute’s mission is twofold: to provide legal services in the defense of religious and civil liberties and to educate the public on important issues affecting their constitutional freedoms. Whether our attorneys are protecting the rights of parents whose children are strip-searched at school, standing up for a teacher fired for speaking about religion or defending the rights of individuals against illegal search and seizure, The Rutherford Institute offers assistance—and hope—to thousands.www.rutherford.org
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Oct 23, 2026
BenAUDIENCE
And we got connected with what turned out to be a crazy conservative group later.
BenAUDIENCE
But early on, they were very much just a civil liberties type of group called the Rutherford Institute.
BenAUDIENCE
And they took on our case and it went all the way up to the fourth court of appeals in Alexandria, Virginia, which is one underneath the Supreme Court.
BenAUDIENCE
Wow.
Gareth IckeHOST
Now, this is an article by John Whitehead.
Gareth IckeHOST
You can find that at the Rutherford Institute.
Gareth IckeHOST
You can also find it on iconic.com and davidike.com. Now, I was going to talk about, obviously, what's going on in France.
Gareth IckeHOST
My brother covered that yesterday.
Gerald CelenteHOST
And again, you're looking at conditions that have never existed in my lifetime.
Gerald CelenteHOST
And your articles in your Trends Journal, we have guest articles by Judge Andrew Napolitano, Trends Live Views, Trends in AI, Trends in High Tech Science, and guest articles by the Rutherford Institute and others.
Gerald CelenteHOST
Again, Biden pressured FBI to prosecute parents who opposed COVID vaccine and mask mandates.
Gerald CelenteHOST
Could you imagine that? Yeah, Genocide Joe.