COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Horace Cooper: Bush v. Gore Redux?
This column originally appeared in the Washington Times on January 28, 2009.Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign is charging that cheating has occurred in Minnesota, where Al Franken has mysteriously pulled ahead in a recount of the U.S. Senate race.The Coleman campaign's lawsuit, filed on January 6, uses strikingly similar arguments to [...]
Peter Ferrara: The Constitutional Right to Listen
We usually think of freedom of speech as involving the right of speakers to speak, whether through public addresses, in writing, or over radio and television airwaves. But the courts have recognized an additional dimension to First Amendment free speech rights: the right to listen and watch. This right takes center stage in a current challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law and could play a role in the debate about the Fairness Doctrine.
Peter Ferrara On the Air in Worcester, MA
On Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 2:10pm ET, Peter Ferrara will be on "Engaging Your World" on 760 WVNE AM out of Worcester, MA. He will be discussing the freedom to listen. Tune in if you are in Worcester or you can listen live online,
Peter Ferrara on The Jon Justice Show
On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 8:00am ET, Peter Ferrara will be on the "The Jon Justice Show" on 104.1 KQTH FM out of Tuscon, AZ. He will be talking about the freedom to listen. Tune in if you live in the Tuscon area or you can listen live online.
Hans Zeiger: So Help Me God
Michael Newdow, the professional atheist who tried to have "one nation under God" stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance, has lost his crusade to prevent the mention of God at the inauguration. Though it's not written into the Constitution, presidents usually close their oath with the words "So help me God." Newdow wanted a court to tell President-elect Obama that he cannot say those words, and he also wanted to ban the tradition of inaugural prayers. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton threw out Mr. Newdow's attempt to establish his religion -- the religion of atheism.
Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission
On January 14, 2009, the American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in favor of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, arguing that prohibiting broadcast of the movie "Hillary: The Movie" violated the fundamental right of freedom of speech, not only for [...]
John Armor On the Air to Discuss Burris Appointment
ACRU Counsel John Armor will be on the air Tuesday, January 6, 2009 and Wednesday, January 7 to discuss the appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate seat vacated by President-Elect Barack Obama.On January 6, John will be on The Don Kroah Show at 5:15pm ET on 101.5 FM WAVA [...]
Horace Cooper: ACLU and 9th Circuit against Christianity
This op-ed originally appeared in the Washington Times on December 29, 2008.It is fitting that during this season we take time to acknowledge our nation's religious heritage. In the Mayflower Compact - the agreement made by the earliest American settlers - the preamble explains that their mission included the "propagating [...]
Horace Cooper on Panama City Radio
On Tuesday, December 23, 2008, ACRU Senior Fellow Horace Cooper will be on The Burnie Thompson Show at 9:00am. The show is carried on FM 101.1 Talk in Panama City, FL.
Horace Cooper On the Radio to Talk About Fairnes Doctrine
On Tuesday, December 23, 2008, ACRU Senior Fellow Horace Cooper will conduct a couple of interviews on the fairness doctrine.First at 8:30am, Horace will be on 910AM WALT out of Meridian, MS.Then at 11:00am, Horace will be on 1150 KSEN-AM out of Shelby, Montana. You can listen live online if [...]
Conservative Movement Icon Paul Weyrich Passes
On Thursday, December 18, 2008, conservative movement icon and friend to the American Civil Rights Union Paul Weyrich passed away. Everyone at the ACRU offers their condolences to Mr. Weyrich's family at this very sad time.Because of his work over 40+ years in Washington, Mr. Weyrich made this country a [...]
Wes Vernon: The Emerging Threat to Conservative Talk Radio
In the latest issue of Accuracy in Media's Aim Report, columnist Wes Vernon writes about the upcoming threat to conservative talk radio.Writes Vernon:Ominously, Obama has chosen as his transition chief John Podesta, who is president of the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank that produced [...]
Ken Blackwell: Telling Nomination
President-Elect Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder to be attorney general surprised many. There are reasons that Holder ought not to be confirmed, but regardless of that, his nomination tells us quite a bit about Obama and the Supreme Court he will likely give this country.
ACLU Supports Terrorist Against Americans
As usual, the ACLU misreads the Constitution, and sides with those who would attack America and murder Americans, instead of following the Constitution and protecting Americans and America. The latest example is the ACLU promotion of the interests of an Al Qaeda representative in the US.The facts for this article, [...]
Horace Cooper: Freedom to Speak
It should be a well settled idea that in a democracy, freedom of speech and debate are crucial bulwarks of liberty. Unfortunately, that is not a notion widely held today by the self-appointed political censors of the 21st century; especially those who deplore the rightward tilt of talk radio. These critics of talk radio disregard the overwhelming left-wing viewpoint dominance in newspapers and television and zealously seek to impose speech limits until that same dominance is brought to bear on talk radio. It is laughable that talk radio's political speech should require government control and it is tragic that if the critics succeed they will threaten one of the most precious freedoms that our nation was founded upon and that the Constitution protects -- freedom of expression.
ACRU's Amicus Brief Mentioned by First Amendment Center
Tony Mauro, a writer for the First Amendment Center wrote an article about the upcoming Supreme Court Case, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. The case deals with whether Citizens United documentary, "Hillary: The Movie" was an "electioneering communication" under McCain-Feingold and therefore, subject to regulation by the FEC.The ACRU [...]
Lee Ellis on "The Unfair Fairness Doctrine"
Lee Ellis, a former Vice President at CBS and Gannett wrote on FamilySecurityMatters.org on November 10, 2008 about the problems with resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine.Said Ellis:Radio had almost died, but then discovered format radio that appealed to what was called niche or specialty groups. It started with Top Forty popular [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union has Plans
How the American Civil Liberties Union in their own words would destroy American Security in a time of war.
Ken Blackwell: Courting Disaster, America won't like Obama's Supreme Court.
Barack Obama's shocking statements from 2001 about the U.S. Supreme Court offer a deeply disturbing insight into what he hopes to achieve through remaking our highest court. Taken with what is currently at stake in the Court, it paints a picture that should cost him millions of votes on Election Day.