COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Ken Blackwell: White House Hatchet Jobs
The Obama White House hesitated not at all in labeling the AHIP study "an insurance industry hatchet job." The study in question was one conducted by a policy group that is funded by the industry.
Robert Knight: Show Me the Bill!
Do you think Congress should vote on bills without reading them? How about voting on bills that don't even exist yet, except in fragments?
Ken Klukowski: ACLU Pushes High Court to Destroy Cross Memorial
The Supreme Court joined in a fight between the ACLU and the federal government over a World War I memorial in the shape of a cross. While neither legal team hit the ball over the fence, the majority seems inclined to save this cross in what will be the first religious liberty case of the new Court.
Robert Knight: The ACLU's Real Agenda in the Mojave Desert
Where is Art Carney when you need him? The straight man for the classic Honeymooners TV show could deliver a line sorely needed at today's Supreme Court hearing on the fate of the Mojave Desert war memorial cross: "Simmer down, Ralphie boy!"
Ken Blackwell: Time for a Big Overhaul
Our voter registration system is a disaster, and I have the scars to prove it. I spent eight years in the partisan cross hairs of election administration while serving as Ohio's chief election official. No element of election administration is more fraught with controversy than how we register voters.
Ken Klukowski: Defendants in ACORN Suit Could Be Protected by Constitution
The courts should vindicate the First Amendment rights of the reporters and media outlets involved in breaking the ACORN scandal wide open. And they should strike down the oppressive and absurd Maryland law that makes it a crime to record someone's conversation without their knowledge.
Ken Blackwell: Muting the Search for Truth: An Overview of "Defamation of Religions"
It is a privilege to be here and to discuss such important and timely topics. As some of you may know, I used to represent the United States as the Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. And while Geneva may sound like a plush gig, I often left the halls of the Palais des Nations with an overwhelming sense of sadness. Mary Ann Glendon is going to talk later this weekend about the abuse of "rights" talk, and that is precisely what I witnessed on a day to day basis.
Jan LaRue: Pelosi's Pretense
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held an "emotional" press conference to caution the rest of us "about the language" we use. "We all have to take responsibility for our actions and our words" and "any incitement they may cause." Some people aren't as "balanced" as we may think, Pelosi pontificated.
Ken Blackwell: Would Obama Really Kill Granny?
President Obama has no greater friend and supporter than Newsweek editor Evan Thomas. Actually, it's not really accurate to describe Evan Thomas as a friend of the President; he's more like a worshiper. It was Evan Thomas who managed what we all thought was an impossible feat: He one-upped Chris Matthews. Matthews had famously said that he felt a "tingling going up and down his leg" when he heard candidate Obama speak. Few thought it was possible to exceed that for adulation. But Evan Thomas said that Obama at Normandy "hovered above all like a God." You'd have to go to North Korea to find more fulsome praise of a dear leader.
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: ACORN Threatens to Open Pandora's Box
In the wake of Fox News reporting on the unfolding ACORN scandal, ACORN is now threatening to sue the network. Now that Fox is actually breaking news on this story by showing new videos, ACORN might just do it. Fox News should pray that ACORN does sue, because it would blow the doors off this story, possibly destroying ACORN and erupting into a political scandal in Washington.
Jan LaRue: Baby 'Bigots'
On September 18, ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue wrote a column appearing on American Thinker discussing the problems with Newsweek's latest cover story on babies and race.
Jan LaRue: 'Baby Bigots'
The Ku Klux Klan may start marketing a line of baby bigot wear if they fall for Newsweek's Sept. 14, cover story, "See Baby Discriminate." According to the editors at the "we've fallen for him and we can't get up" Barack Obama fan magazine: "Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color." Thanks to Newsweek, we now know why babies are comfortable in hoods-at least white ones-both babies and hoods, that is.
Robert Knight: ACORN, a Nut They Won't Crack
I've been bashing the Washington Post lately and am starting to feel bad about it. So maybe if I do it a bit more, I'll feel better. If you were an editor, how and where would you play a story with these elements?
Ken Klukowski: Obama Frees Prisoner He Thinks Is a Terrorist
People are again talking about fighting terrorism in the wake of Scotland freeing a man who murdered 180 Americans on Pam Am 103 over Lockerbie and Eric Holder's criminal investigation of the CIA. In the midst of that discussion, Barack Obama has let a terrorist detainee go free.
Ken Klukowski: Justices Tackle McCain-Feingold While Sotomayor Throws a Curve
September 9, 2009 was a historic day at the U.S. Supreme Court. Meeting in special session, the Court considered a legal challenge pitting Barack Obama's top Supreme Court lawyer against a living legend in a major First Amendment case that will forever shape how elections are conducted in America. And in her Supreme Court debut, Sonia Sotomayor gave the first hint of what kind of justice she will be.
Robert Knight: Manufactured March Madness
If Woodstock in 1969 presaged the free-wheeling '70s, then Saturday's massive TEA party rally at the Capitol against Big Government may be the Constitutionalists' equivalent and harbinger of hope for the next decade.
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: ACORN = RICO
Now that a third ACORN video has surfaced, a pattern emerges of ACORN workers willing to help people engage in prostitution, tax fraud, housing fraud, and even human trafficking. Under federal law, a RICO investigation is now warranted. Three strikes and you're out, ACORN.
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: Shocking Audio Could Incriminate ACORN Affiliates
Allegations are breaking against one of the most controversial organizations in the country. If true, then people could be going to prison, and Congress should immediately stop funneling taxpayer money to this organization until law enforcement has investigated the matter.
Peter Ferrara: Making Up Crime
The American people enjoy the legal right to buy, sell, and own gold and silver, including gold and silver coins, as specifically recognized by Federal statute. This includes newly minted coins or medallions produced by private companies, as the right to own gold and silver is not limited to trading coins that were already produced before a certain date.
Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: Investigate ACORN, Now!
If a new videotape is genuine, then it shows extremely serious criminal activity perpetrated by some ACORN individuals. Law enforcement needs to investigate this matter and Congress needs to de-fund ACORN and exclude it from all government programs until investigation is complete.