The Heroic John Whitehead
I have a few real-life heroes, with Ron Paul sitting at the top of the list. Another of my real-life heroes is John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute. There are few people who are as fierce and competent defenders of civil liberties than John Whitehead. He not only understands the critical importance of civil liberties to a free society, he knows how to competently make the case for protecting civil liberties. Perhaps most important, every one of his articles and books exudes the deep passionate love of liberty that characterizes this man. I make it a point to read his weekly perspectives.
Consider, for example, this week’s article co-authored by Whitehead and his wife Nisha, entitled “The Authoritarian War on Due Process.” It is the very best analysis you’ll ever read as to what President Trump is doing to destroy our freedom in the name of enforcing America’s system of immigration controls. I wish every single American would read this article. Heck, I’d be happy if every single libertarian read this article, especially those libertarians who have a proclivity of supporting whatever Trump does, especially in the area of immigration enforcement.
Whitehead makes it excruciatingly clear how Trump’s attacks on the rights of immigrants are also a grave attack on the rights and liberties of the American people. Thus, people who support his decision to send Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador without due process of law are, at the same time, supporting the destruction of the rights and liberties of the American people. That is not a good thing, especially for those of us who have not given up hope of restoring freedom to our land.
Consider the right of habeas corpus, which the Framers believed was so important that they included it in the Constitution. I’ll bet that if a survey were to be conducted among the American people, a large percentage of them would have no idea what habeas corpus is all about. Many of them might even respond that they had never heard of the concept.
Yet, without habeas corpus, there is no free society. That’s how important it is. It has been said that habeas corpus is the very lynchpin of a free society
Article from The Future of Freedom Foundation
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