John Whitehead Extended Bio

EDUCATION

1974 Juris Doctorate, University of Arkansas School of Law
1969 Bachelor of Arts, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1982-present: The Rutherford Institute: President
2001-02: Gadfly Online: Editor-in-Chief
2000-01: Gadfly Magazine: Editor-in-Chief
1984: O.W. Coburn School of Law: Adjunct Professor of Law
1982: Appointed Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana
1978-79: Gibbs and Craze Law Firm, Cleveland, Ohio: Attorney
1976-78: Center for Law and Religious Freedom: Served as special constitutional consultant
1973-74: Grapevine Publishing Company: President
1969-71: U.S. Army Infantry Officer: Participated in a top-secret program, Project MASSTER, which concerned the acquisition and use of sensors in Vietnam

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

United States Supreme Court Bar
Supreme Court of Arkansas Bar
Supreme Court of Virginia Bar
United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits
Various United States District Courts
American Trial Lawyers Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Constitution Project, Washington, DC
Research Board of Advisors of the American Biographical Institute

PUBLICATIONS

Books

2015 Battlefield America: The War on the American People, SelectBooks
2013 A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, SelectBooks
2009 Stand and Fight: It’s Time for a Second American Revolution, Glass Onion/TRI Press
2008 The Change Manifesto, Sourcebooks, Inc.
2007 GOD is a Four-Letter Word, Glass Onion/TRI Press
2006 When Christ Calls, Glass Onion/TRI Press
2005 A Well Spent Life, Glass Onion/TRI Press
2001 Grasping for the Wind, Zondervan Publishing House
1999 Slaying Dragons, Thomas Nelson Book Publishers
1998 Truth Under Fire, Crossway Books
1996 Handbook on Religious Liberty Around the World, TRI Press
1996 Church v. State, Moody Press
1996 Women’s Rights and the Law, Moody Press
1995 State v. Parents, Moody Press
1995 Censored on the Job, Moody Press
1995 Politically Correct Censorship in American Culture, Moody Press
1994 The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education, 2nd Ed., Crossway Books
1994 Christians Involved in the Political Process, Moody Press
1994 Religious Apartheid: The Separation of Religion From American Public Life, Moody Press
1993 Home Education: Rights and Reasons, Crossway Books
1992 La Libertad Bajo Fuego
1989 True Christianity, Crossway Books
1987 An American Dream, Crossway Books
1985 The End of Man, Crossway Books
1985 Parents' Rights, Crossway Books
1985 Arresting Abortion: Practical Ways to Save Unborn Children, Crossway Books
1984 Home Education and Constitutional Liberty, Crossway Books
1984 The Right to Picket and the Freedom of Public Discourse, Crossway Books
1983 The Freedom of Religious Expression in the Public High School, Crossway Books
1983 The Freedom of Religious Expression in Public Universities and High Schools, Crossway Books
1983 The Stealing of America, Crossway Books
1982 The Second American Revolution, Crossway Books
1980 Schools on Fire, Tyndale House Publishers
1977 The Separation Illusion, Mott Media

Law Review Articles

2009 A Dysfunctional Supreme Court: Remedies and a Comparative Analysis, Charleston Law Review
2005 The Caging of Free Speech in America, Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review
2002 Forfeiting "Enduring Freedom" for "Homeland Security": A Constitutional Analysis of the USA Patriot Act and the Justice Department's Anti-Terrorism Initiatives, American University Law Review
2000 Through the Looking Glass: What are Young People Learning from Unconstitutional Religious Censorship?, Nexus Journal of Opinion
1998 Eleventh Hour Amendment or Serious Business: Sexual Harassment and the United States Supreme Court's 1997-1998 Term, Temple Law Review
1997 The Conservative Supreme Court and the Demise of the Free Exercise of Religion, Temple Law Review
1997 Religious Freedom in the Nineties: Betwixt and Between Flores and Smith, Washburn Law Journal
1994 The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Implications for Religiously-Based Civil Disobedience and Free Exercise Claims, Washburn Law Journal
1992 Tax Exemption and Churches: A Historical and Constitutional Analysis, Cumberland Law Review
1992 Beyond Establishment Clause Analysis in Public School Situations: The Need to Apply the Public Forum and Tinker Doctrine, Tulsa Law Journal
1991 Civil Disobedience and Operation Rescue: A Historical and Theoretical Analysis, Washington & Lee Law Review
1989 Avoiding Religious Apartheid: Affording Equal Treatment for Student-Initiated Religious Expression in Public Schools, Pepperdine Law Review
1989 Accommodation and Equal Treatment of Religion: Federal Funding of Religiously-Affiliated Child Care Facilities, Harvard Journal on Legislation
1978 The Establishment of the Religion of Secular Humanism and its First Amendment Implications, Texas Tech Law Review
1978 The Religious Student in Public Education: Resolving a Constitutional Dilemma, Emory Law Journal

Films

1997 Grasping for the Wind, Gadfly Productions
1994 Religious Apartheid, Gospel Films
1982 Second American Revolution, Gospel Films

AWARDS

2015 “Citizen of the Year” by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson Chapter
2010 Milner S. Ball Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Georgia School of Law
2006 Communications and Leadership Award, Toastmasters International
2004 Elijah Award, QuaQua Society
1999 Silver World Medal, New York Film and Video Festival (Grasping for the Wind)
1999 Utne Reader, Cultural Coverage Award (Gadfly Magazine)
1998 Silver World Medal, New York Film and Video Festival (Grasping for the Wind)
1997 George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation
1991 Hungarian Medal of Freedom
1990 Business and Professional Award, Religious Heritage of America Foundation