COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
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 [...]
Obama's Unaffordable Act
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published June 19, 2013 on The American Spectator website.When he was campaigning for President in 2008, President Obama told the American people his health reform plan would reduce family health [...]
Unasked and Unanswered Questions
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 19, 2013 on Townhall.com.Grutter v. Bollinger was the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the University of Michigan Law School's racial admissions policy. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing for the majority, [...]
States Can't Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 17, 2013 on Breitbart.com.The Supreme Court ruled today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that federal law does not allow states the option of requiring voters to prove they are American citizens when they register to vote.The National [...]
The Magic, Fairy Dust Naivete That Is Progressive Economics
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published June 16, 2013 on Forbes.com.Let's proclaim the Good News: Government money is free. No, not just to the beneficiaries of government programs. To society as a whole. Meaning there [...]
Obama Threatens Veto of Religious Protection for Military
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 12, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Breitbart News reported last week that Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) passed an amendment in the House Armed Services Committee protecting religious speech of service members in the military. President Barack Obama has now threatened to [...]
Unnecessary Tragedy
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 12, 2013 on Townhall.com.Last week, a federal judge ordered Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to allow 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, to be moved to the [...]
Obamacare's California Insurance Premiums Are Soaring – This Is Fact
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published June 7, 2013 on Forbes.com.The great American experiment in democracy is currently failing. In proof of that, I give you Exhibit A: We cannot even agree on the basic [...]