COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: Border Murder Highlights Administration's Failure
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on March 31, 2010.The tragic murder of a Good Samaritan rancher in Arizona has people yelling for an effective response to this outrage. Although most illegal immigrants are just human beings that [...]
Ken Klukowski: Groups Can Speak Now… If They Register
ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on March 30, 2010.A top federal appeals court has decided in a major campaign finance case. Whether this case goes to the Supreme Court or not, it indicates that in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Citizens United [...]
Mark Levin on RecallCongressNow.org
Here's what Mark Levin had to say about RecallCongressNow.org and ACRU CEO/Chairman Susan Carleson."Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has been brought to my attention—you're going to like this—that there is a national effort, and a serious effort, by serious people who I know to recall members of Congress—and legally. And [...]
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: Demonizing Everyday Americans
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on BigGovernment.com on March 26, 2010.There appears to be a concerted effort among the political Left and many mainstream media people to demonize and marginalize the expanding citizen-based movement known as the tea party [...]
Ken Blackwell: The Kiss of Death
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on March 25, 2010.Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) gave Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) a kiss on the cheek on Sunday, just before Stupak stunned pro-lifers by leading his group of previous holdouts in voting for the largest expansion of abortion-on-demand [...]
Robert Knight: As the Elites Celebrate, the Resistance to Obamacare Begins
ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote a column appearing on Townhall.com on March 22, 2010.There were undoubtedly lots of hangovers in Washington, D.C. on Monday morning, remnants of the packed saloons the night before. Washington's socialists (read: Democrats), giddy with victory over the House voting 219-212 to pass Obama's government [...]
Jan LaRue: Bin Laden, Manson, and Martha
ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue wrote a column appearing on AmericanThinker.com on March 21, 2010.According to the Obama administration, America-haters will turn warm and cuddly toward us when they watch our civil justice system try jihadists as if they're a remnant of the Manson Family.But the biggest, baddest jihadist [...]
Peter Ferrara: The Obamacare Deficit Fraud
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on BigGovernment.com on March 19, 2010.President Obama has been barnstorming the country saying that CBO scores his health care takeover plan as reducing the deficit by over $100 billion in the first 10 years, and by almost a trillion dollars over [...]
Robert Knight: National Suicide by Self Execution
ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote a column appearing on Townhall.com on March 17, 2010.Assisted suicide is still illegal in most of the United States. But Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama are doing their impression of the helpful Dr. Kevorkian, egging on the House to approve a "self-executing" [...]
John Armor: Toyotas Aren't the Only Things Getting Recalled This Year
ACRU legal counsel John Armor wrote this column on March 17, 2010.On Tuesday, the New Jersey Court of Appeals cleared the way for the recall of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to proceed. New Jersey is one of nine states whose constitutions provide broad language with regard to recalling "all, every, [...]
Peter Ferrara: Let the Recalls Begin
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on FOXNews.com on March 17, 2010.A New Jersey state appellate court yesterday gave the green light for approval of the circulation of petitions in that state asking for a recall election to remove Democrat U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. State law in [...]
Ken Klukowski: No Terrorist Lawyers at Justice Department
ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on FOXNews.com on March 12, 2010.Over the past few days, top lawyers from conservative and libertarian circles have risen to the defense of liberal lawyers at the Justice Department, who are wrongly being attacked for having represented terrorist detainees during [...]
Ken Blackwell: Hail to the Chief Justice
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on The Daily Caller.com on March 12, 2010.When the young John Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States in 2005, he declined to put those gold stripes on his robes. They're the ones that the late William Rehnquist [...]
Ken Blackwell: If Guantánamo Closes, use ADAK!
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote a column appearing on BigGovernment.com on March 11, 2010.I have to say, I did not agree with Sen. McCain during the 2008 campaign when he took the Guantánamo issue off the table by endorsing candidate Obama's call to close it. The U.S. detention center [...]
Ken Blackwell: If Guantánamo Closes, use ADAK!
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote a column appearing on BigGovernment.com on March 11, 2010.I have to say, I did not agree with Sen. McCain during the 2008 campaign when he took the Guantánamo issue off the table by endorsing candidate Obama's call to close it. The U.S. detention center [...]
Ken Blackwell: Guess Who's Coming to Your House? Hidden Dangers in Obamacare
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on March 10, 2010.It's all supposed to be voluntary, those "home visits" that are tucked into the mammoth ObamaCare bill. If you have a strong stomach, and stronger bottom, you can find home visitation on pages 568-595. That's Section [...]
Peter Ferrara: Obamacare: Still a Threat to Your Life
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on The American Spectator on March 3, 2010.The true reality of last week's health care summit, what was really going on between the lines, was ugly and scary. I have been deeply involved in these health care debates for almost 30 [...]
Peter Ferrara: Stopping the Runaway Congress
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on BigGovernment.com on March 3, 2010.The recall of New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez took a step forward yesterday with a promising oral argument in New Jersey state court. The New Jersey Constitution expressly provides for the recall of members of Congress [...]
ACLU Fights for Votes for Felons
In Mississippi the Constitution forbids felons from voting for President. The ACLU brought a challenge to that law, but the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Mississippi law was legitimate under the US Constitution. This case should be contrasted with a Ninth Circuit decision ruling that a Washington State law barring [...]
Ken Blackwell: Climate Change Debate Over? It's Just Begun!
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote a column appearing on Townhall.com on February 24, 2010.Ronald Reagan used to say of the Soviets they liked the arms race a whole lot better when they were the only ones in it. The same could be said of Al Gore and Global Warming—oops, [...]