COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
His Greatest Failure
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published April 3, 2013 on The American Spectator website.President Obama likes to pose as a martyred man, because when he entered office, the economy was in a recession. But the [...]
The Age of Unreason: Senate Democrat Budget Mythology
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 31, 2013 on Forbes.com.Paul Ryan's House Republican budget, and Patty Murray's Senate Democrat budget, deserve continued scrutiny and debate, because they do definitively display the core beliefs of [...]
SCOTUS May Throw Out DOMA Cases Due to DOJ Refusal to Defend
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published March 27, 2013 on Breitbart.com.The Supreme Court's justices spent a full hour in today's DOMA case, U.S. v. Windsor, debating whether the case should be in court at all.In each DOMA lawsuit--including Windsor--the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) has [...]
Are We Equal?
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published March 27, 2013 on Townhall.com.Are women equal to men? Are Jews equal to gentiles? Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people? The answer is probably a big fat no, [...]
Left And Right Extremists Fail To See Paul Ryan's Win-Win Entitlement Reform
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 24, 2013 on Forbes.com.The New York Times told its readers on March 12 that Paul Ryan's proposed 2014 budget involves "eliminating Medicare's guarantee to retirees" and "dispensing with [...]
NRA Sues NY Gov. Cuomo on Gun-Control Law
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published March 22, 2013 on Breitbart.com.The NRA is taking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to court as Cuomo prepares to run for president in 2016.The National Rifle Association is supporting a lawsuit filed by its state affiliate, the New York [...]
Brazen Extremism
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 20, 2013 on the American Thinker website.Democrat Party cheerleader Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) ridicules Paul Ryan's House Republican budget as "extremist" and "radical." Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) [...]
Sheriff Cruz Meets School Marm Feinstein
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published March 19, 2013 on the American Thinker website.Here's what Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) learned from questioning Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) about the constitutionality of her "assault weapons" ban. She's out of estrogen and she used to have a gun.Feinstein [...]
Supreme Court Hears Arizona Voter ID Case
With the fate of a crucial provision of the Voting Rights Act hanging in the balance, the Supreme Court hears another case challenging the right of a state to put in place new voting requirements Monday. At stake in the case--Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.-- is whether or not an Arizona law requiring Arizonans to show proof of citizenship at the voting booth will be upheld.
Paul Ryan's House Republican Budget vs. Patty Murray's Senate Democrat Budget
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 17, 2013 on Forbes.com.The competing budgets released last week by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) definitively define the [...]
No Room for Nuisances in Missouri Pews
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published March 18, 2013 on The Washington Times website.You can't keep a good theophobe down.Despite losing in court, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it will continue opposing Missouri's voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing the freedom to pray in public places.An [...]
Educational Rot
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published March 13, 2013 on Townhall.com.American education is in a sorry state of affairs, and there's enough blame for all participants to have their fair share. They include students who are hostile and alien [...]
Yes, Ted Cruz Likely Eligible to Be President
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published March 11, 2013 on Breitbart.com.On Mar. 8, reporter Carl Cameron on Special Report on Fox News Channel was surveying potential GOP 2016 presidential candidates. Then he raised Ted Cruz--one of the most brilliant constitutional lawyers ever to serve in [...]
President Obama's War on Women and Minorities
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 10, 2013 on Forbes.com.The 2012 election featured the bottom feeding charge of a Republican War on Women. The grounds for such a charge were less than zero. But [...]
Last Chance to Repair Mr. Roberts' Obamacare Error
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published March 11, 2013 on The Washington Times website.In 1919, back when the United States was a constitutional republic, Congress passed a child-labor law imposing a 10 percent excise tax on companies that violated it.A North Carolina furniture maker challenged the [...]
Rand Paul and Osama bin Laden's Spokesperson
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published March 8, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Supporters of national security and the Constitution are rightly outraged about learning that Sulaiman Abu Ghaith--the al Qaeda spokesman who is also Osama bin Laden's son-in-law--appeared today in federal court in New York City. And [...]
ACRU's Liberty U. Brief: ObamaCare Violates Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON (March 6) - In an amicus brief filed at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) argues that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act's (PPACA) employer and individual mandates are unconstitutional burdens on religious freedom. It is the ACRU's ninth federal court [...]
The Coming Sequester Lies
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 6, 2013 on The American Spectator website.Almost a week since the dreaded sequester went into effect, and look out your window. To quote President Obama the day after [...]
Mandated Wages and Discrimination
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published March 6, 2013 on Townhall.com.Let's work through an example. Suppose 100 yards of fence could be built using one of two techniques. You could hire three low-skilled workers for $15 each, or you [...]