COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
ACRU Mourns Policy Board Founder Robert H. Bork
"America has lost a great man and a great legal mind," said Susan A. Carleson, chairman and CEO of the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) upon the death today of Judge Robert H. Bork. "We at the ACRU have lost a great friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with his [...]
Firearm Phobes Exploit School Shooting
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published December 18, 2012 on Townhall.com.When's the last time you heard about a deranged gunman going on a shooting spree at a shooting range? Other than a spoof article on the Onion, a shooting range isn't the preferred venue for [...]
ACRU Files Brief Protecting Integrity of Elections
Dec. 17, 2012 -- The American Civil Rights Union filed a brief on Dec. 14 at the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. The Intertribal Council of Arizona in support of Arizona's Proposition 200, which requires prospective voters to provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship to register to vote.Download the [...]
Appeals Court Oral Arguments Signal Trouble for Obamacare HHS Mandate
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on December 15, 2012 on Breitbart.com.A top federal appeals court signaled Friday that it might act on Obamacare's HHS Mandate--requiring employers to cover birth control and abortion-related services.After repeated assurances that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not mandate [...]
ACRU Brief Supports Arizona's Citizenship Law for Voting in Federal Elections
(Alexandria, VA) - The American Civil Rights Union filed a brief today with the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. The Intertribal Council of Arizona in support of Arizona's Proposition 200, which requires prospective voters to provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship to register to vote. The Ninth Circuit Court [...]
Our Government-Created Financial Crisis
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published December 12, 2012 on Townhall.com.Suppose you saw a building on fire. Would you seek counsel from the arsonist who set it ablaze for advice on how to put it out? You say, "Williams, [...]
Replacing Speaker Boehner
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published December 12, 2012 on The American Spectator website.John Boehner is a good man in a hard place. He has served in public office as a lifelong conservative, not a [...]
Seventh Circuit Rules in NRA's Favor in Illinois Gun Law Case
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on December 5, 2012 on Breitbart.com.The National Rifle Association just won a major court case in Chicago, providing a huge victory for Second Amendment proponents and gun owners.Illinois is one of the most anti-gun states in America. Its hostility [...]
Free Speech vs. Sound of Silence
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 7, 2012 on The Washington Times website.In George Orwell's futuristic novel 1984, a tyrannical government masks its activities through the use of Newspeak -- saying or doing something opposite of a word's meaning.The Ministry of Plenty oversees rationing and [...]
Why America Is Going to Miss the Bush Tax Cuts
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published December 6, 2012 on Forbes.com.President Obama seems to have a strategy to terminate all of the Bush tax cuts, not just those for "the rich," as he has been [...]
Planting the Seeds of His Own Demise
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published December 5, 2012 on The American Spectator website.Stop that cringing! I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel. And it's not pretty for today's neo-Marxist [...]
Federal Appeals Court Likely to Invalidate Obama's Recess Appointments
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on December 5, 2012 on Breitbart.com.President Barack Obama made headlines months ago when he installed controversial nominees to key government positions, bypassing the U.S. Senate by declaring the Senate in recess so that Senate confirmation was not needed. Today [...]
Future Generations
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published December 5, 2012 on Townhall.com.Is there any reason for today's Americans to care about what happens to tomorrow's Americans? After all, what have tomorrow's Americans done for today's Americans? Moreover, since tomorrow's Americans [...]
Deceitful Debate over Women in Combat
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published November 30, 2012 on The Washington Times website.Oblivious to important differences between men and women, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Department of Defense to lift all combat exemptions for women.Not putting women into combat deprives them [...]
ACRU Files Supreme Court Brief in Major Property Rights Case
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 30, 2012) -- In a case with profound implications for property owners, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 28 arguing that bureaucrats so violated a Florida man's constitutional rights against seizure of his property without proper compensation [...]
ACRU Supreme Court Brief Calls Florida Permit Denial 'Extortion'
Nov. 30, 2012 - In a case with profound implications for property owners, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief on Nov. 28 at the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that bureaucrats so violated a Florida man's constitutional rights against seizure of his property without proper compensation that it amounts [...]
Policies Meant to Achieve Equality Are Very Unfair to the Least Equal
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published November 29, 2012 on Forbes.com.Steve Moore begins his brilliant new book, Who's the Fairest of Them All? The Truth About Opportunity, Taxes and Wealth In America, quoting President Obama [...]
Good Day for a Fiscal Cliff Hanging
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published November 28, 2012 on The American Spectator website.It seems like everyone is piling on my college friend Grover because they can't wait to abandon the tax pledge not to [...]
Democracy and Majority Rule
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published November 21, 2012 on Townhall.com.President Barack Obama narrowly defeated Gov. Mitt Romney in the popular vote 51 percent to 48 percent. In the all-important Electoral College, the difference was larger, with Obama winning [...]
Left Likes Fuzzy Math on Election Day
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published November 23, 2012 on The Washington Times website.Pawing through the ashes of Mitt Romney's defeat, it's clear that if the Republican Party wants to compete nationally, it has to do several things, such as re-message timeless traditional values, attract more [...]