COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Court Rules for Hobby Lobby in HHS Mandate Case, Supreme Court Next?
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 19, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Home-retailer Hobby Lobby--owned by the Green family, who are devout Christians--just dealt the Obamacare HHS mandate a devastating one-two punch. It's likely the Obama administration will have no choice but to now petition the U.S. [...]
When Government Grows Like Kudzu
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 22, 2013 on The Washington Times website.The federal government is growing like kudzu. That's the Japanese ivy plant that's taking over roadsides all over the south and is even invading the north.Kudzu does some good, holding the ground and [...]
ACLU Official Blasts Marathon Bombing Case Investigation
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 21, 2013 on the American Thinker website.There's not much that doesn't outrage the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), whether it's the "not guilty" verdict in the George Zimmerman trial or America's continued reluctance to shed its Christian heritage.In Boston, [...]
Obama's Pants on Fire in White House Obamacare Speech
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 18, 2013 on Breitbart.com.On Thursday, President Barack Obama said of his health care law: "Despite all the evidence that the law is working the way it's supposed to," there are critics out there. He says they must be [...]
Texas Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban, Should Survive Legal Challenge
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 18, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Today Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law a pro-life bill which will very likely be upheld by the Supreme Court. The law disallows most abortions after 20 weeks, the point by which an unborn [...]
The Meaning of the Zimmerman Trial
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published July 17, 2013 on The American Spectator website.There has been only one responsible party in the entire Zimmerman affair. Everyone else in positions of power and authority has fallen [...]
What Egyptians Need
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 17, 2013 on Townhall.com.What Egyptian citizens must recognize is that political liberty thrives best where there's a large measure of economic liberty. The Egyptian people are not the problem; it's the environment [...]
The Untold Unemployment Story: A Loss Of 162,000 Full-Time Jobs In June
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published July 14, 2013 on Forbes.com.You would not have gotten the real story about the June unemployment report on the front page of any newspaper. If you can find a [...]
Silver Linings in the Ruling on Obamacare
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 15, 2013 on The Washington Times website.In the latest court ruling upholding Obamacare, a three-judge federal panel in Richmond, Va, last Thursday rejected Liberty University's challenge to both the individual mandate and the employer mandate to provide health insurance.There [...]
The Lawless President
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published July 10, 2013 on The American Spectator website.The duties of the President of the United States are spelled out in Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, which states, [...]
Black Education Tragedy
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 10, 2013 on Townhall.com.As if more evidence were needed about the tragedy of black education, Rachel Jeantel, a witness for the prosecution in the George Zimmerman murder trial, put a face on [...]
As the Earth Cools, Obama's Still Distracted by a Fraudulent Warming Narrative
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published July 8, 2013 on Forbes.com."A growing economy that creates good, middle class jobs—this must be the North Star that guides our efforts."That is what President Obama said in his [...]
Homeowners Sue Police for Violating the Little-Known Third Amendment
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 7, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Police arrested the Mitchell family in Nevada when the family refused to let the police take over their houses to observe the Mitchells' neighbors. The Mitchells have sued the City of Henderson and various police [...]
Distrusting Government
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 3, 2013 on Townhall.com.Recent opinion polls demonstrate a deepening distrust of the federal government. That's not an altogether bad thing.Our nation's founders recognized that most human abuses are the result of government. [...]
White House Violates Law with Obamacare Delay
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 2, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Obama administration officials are illegally delaying enforcement of a central provision in the president's namesake legislation in a desperate attempt to manipulate the 2014 midterm elections and swell the ranks of those who look to [...]
ACRU: Supreme Court Gets It Right in Property Case
Ruling mirrors ACRU's brief that Florida officials resorted to unconstitutional coercion against land owner.WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 28) - The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 in a 5-4 ruling smacked down Florida officials who tried to coerce a landowner into paying for improvements to a piece of property in order [...]
Reconfirming the Constitution
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published June 26, 2013 on The American Spectator website.Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act bans any "standard, practice, or procedure" that "results in a denial or abridgement of the [...]
Bit by Bit Strategy
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 26, 2013 on Townhall.com.There's a move on to prohibit Washington's football team from calling itself "Redskins," even though a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision said that it has that right. Now the [...]
Conservative Battle Plan after SCOTUS' AZ Election Law Ruling
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 20, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Conservatives are launching a multi-track strategy in the wake of the Supreme Court's major election law case this week.As Breitbart News reported Monday, the Supreme Court held in a 7-2 decision in Arizona v. Inter [...]
Glenn Beck at Tea Party Rally: 'Stare Down the Bullies'
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published June 19, 2013 on the Tea Party Unity website.WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 19, 2013) - At an "Audit the IRS" rally staged today in front of the U.S. Capitol, Glenn Beck told a crowd of about 10,000 to draw on their [...]