COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Ken Klukowski: Elena Kagan's Opposition to Gun Rights
ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on May 13, 2010.A third instance of Elena Kagan opposing Americans' Second Amendment right to own a gun has now become public, and is sure to become a major issue in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. And it [...]
ACRU Files Brief Urging N.J. Supreme Court to Allow Menendez Recall Petitions
On May 10, 2010, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm a state appellate court ruling ordering the Secretary of State to recognize a recall notice for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D). If the court concurs, petitioners could [...]
ACRU Files Brief Urging N.J. Supreme Court to Allow Menendez Recall Petitions
On May 10, 2010, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm a state appellate court ruling ordering the Secretary of State to recognize a recall notice for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D). If the court concurs, petitioners could [...]
Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency
President Obama has a plan to radically change what makes America great and Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski are exposing it in their new book. They provide an in-depth look past President Obama's "hope and change" mantra, and into his plans to replace the Framers' vision for the United States [...]
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison:Obama's Supreme Court Choice: No Evangelicals Need Apply
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell co-authored this column appearing on the American Thinker website on May 6, 2010.When Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the media was full of stories of an historic first, a barrier broken. The first Latina to [...]
Robert Knight: Economics: It's Greek to the Socialists
ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on May 6, 2010.There they were, at the wall under the Parthenon on May 4, unfurling their giant banners urging "Peoples of Europe—Rise Up." The banners were emblazoned with a red-colored communist hammer and sickle.This was obviously not an [...]
Peter Ferrara: Keep the Lights On
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on the American Spectator website on May 5, 2010.The oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is an environmental tragedy that endangers the prosperity of coastal businesses that thrive on the natural environment, such as fishing and tourism. It is not [...]
Ken Klukowski: Supreme Court Victory Narrowly Saves Cross from Destruction
ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on May 3, 2010.In a very narrow ruling, the World War I memorial shaped like a Latin cross will continue to stand in the Mojave desert. But this was not the victory that conservatives hoped for, and serves [...]
Peter Ferrara: The President's Permanent TARP Bailout Socialism Bill
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on the American Spectator website on April 28, 2010.The Tea Party, with overwhelming agreement from the American people, opposes any further TARP bank bailouts. But just as with the health care bill, Washington's ruling Democrats are laughing off the Tea Party, [...]
Salazar v. Buono
The ACRU is happy to report that an important stride was taken today, April 28, 2010, in defense of the 1st Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of protecting an historic veteran's memorial cross in the Mojave Desert that had been challenged by the ACLU. The Veterans [...]
ACLU Makes False Attack on New Arizona Law
The ACLU is already cranking up to challenge the new Arizona law about illegal aliens in that state on the ground that it has "racial discrimination" and violates "civil rights" in the US. Reading the text of the law shows that it follows the most recent Supreme Court decisions on [...]
Ken Blackwell: The VAT's in the Fire
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on April 23, 2010.When President Obama was a candidate, he pledged over and over to voters: If you make less than $250,000 a year, your taxes will not go up. Voters read his lips. They hoped for change.Yesterday, the [...]
Peter Ferrara: Take the Painkiller and Go Home
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on the American Spectator website on April 21, 2010.The defining moment for the Presidency of Barack Obama came early, in June, 2009. It was one of many health reform extravaganzas to come, this one televised by ABC from the East Room [...]
ACRU Urges NJ Supreme Court to Deny Sen. Menedez Petition to Hear Recall Appeal
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) petitioned the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear his appeal from the ruling of a state appellate court that a citizens committee seeking a recall election to remove him from office could proceed to circulate petitions to collect the signatures required under the New Jersey Constitution [...]
Robert Knight: Debt's All, Folks
ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on April 14, 2010.What with the bailouts, the stimulus, and now the government health care takeover, we're being told that we face $1 trillion annual deficits for the indefinite future, with a $12 trillion to $20 trillion debt by [...]
Ken Blackwell: Is America the Last Best Hope of Earth?
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on April 13, 2010.When asked if he believes in American exceptionalism, President Obama said yes, but he was sure that the British and the Belgians also believed in their countries' exceptionalism.President Obama's version of American exceptionalism is Lake Woebegon's [...]
Robert Knight on FOX and Friends
On Tuesday, April 13 at 7:45am ET, ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight will be on FOX and Friends to discuss comments by an Obama adminstration official about how America is not so great.You can view the video from the show here.
John Armor: Court Stops FCC Power-Grab
ACRU legal counsel John Armor wrote this column appearing on the AmericanThinker.com website on April 8, 2010.The internet is safe for the moment from the clutches of federal regulators thanks to a court decision that may be a harbinger for legal challenges to ObamaCare.The United States Court of Appeals for [...]
Stage Set for Recall Battle in North Dakota
ACRU Responds to North Dakota Secretary of State's Denial of Citizens' Effort to Recall Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)Bismarck, ND—North Dakota is one of ten states with broad language in its constitution to recall elected officials (www.recallcongressnow.org). Yet, in a letter dated 25 March, 2010, Alvin Jaeger, North Dakota's Secretary of [...]
John Armor: Is a State-Based Recall of a U.S. Senator Constitutional?
ACRU legal counsel John Armor wrote this column appearing on the AmericanThinker.com website on April 1, 2010.Whether citizens of a state have the right to recall from office a sitting U.S. senator is no longer an academic question. The second-highest New Jersey appeals court has just ruled that such an [...]