intrusive passing of the tax provision of Obama\u2019s healthcare plan. This has created a fissure in the Constitution, a horrible outcome that opens a door to the government violating our civil liberties. Jonathan breaks down the consequences of the violations, such as our liberty to choose and right to privacy in the interest of a government mandate that only benefits the government. Moving on to TSA, Jonathan divulges the massive problems with this act.
\n\u201cThe TSA is an institution that is riddled with corruption and riddled with abuse,\u201d he explains. The elderly, pregnant women, infants and disabled individuals with no record of criminal activity are being subjected to humiliating and highly intrusive searches all over the U.S. Jonathan defines the difference in tactics from a defensive position versus an offensive position, with the latter producing far better results.
\nHe advocates training the citizenry to be more aware of suspicious behavior and to better defend themselves.\xa0 Jonathan gives an update on the work against the FDA and the First Amendment.
\nJonathan W. Emord is one of the nation\u2019s leading free speech attorneys. He has defeated the Food and Drug Administration a remarkable eight times in federal court, more times than any other attorney in American history, earning him the title, \u201cFDA Dragon Slayer.\u201d He is the 2007 recipient of the Cancer Control Society\u2019s Humanitarian Award for \u201cwinning and preserving our great civil rights to life, to liberty, and to health freedoms.\u201d He is the only non-scientist ever appointed to the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists and serves as that organization\u2019s Vice Chair.
\nIn 2010, he became the first person awarded the title \u201cHonorary Nutrition Specialist\u201d by the CBNS. Congressman Ron Paul says \u201c[a]ll freedom-loving Americans are in debt to Jonathan Emord for his courtroom [victories]\u201d and calls him a \u201chero of the health freedom revolution.\u201d Formerly an attorney in the Reagan Administration\u2019s Federal Communications Commission, Emord has practiced constitutional and administrative law in Washington, D.C. for the past twenty-five years. He has been a Guest Lecturer, Georgetown University, Department of Biochemistry, Course in Nutrition.
\nHe is on the Review Board of the Journal of Food Product Marketing and International Journal of Food & Agribusiness Marketing. He is routinely consulted by industry, Congress, and the media on regulatory issues that affect health freedom. He is the author of four critically acclaimed books: Freedom, Technology and the First Amendment (1991); The Ultimate Price (2007); The Rise of Tyranny (2008); Global Censorship of Health Information (2010); and Restore the Republic (2012). Mr. Emord is the American Justice columnist for USA Today Magazine.