COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Senate Considers Gun Control Law Authored by Attorney General
9/18: The senate is considering a gun control bill, authored in-part by Attorney General William Barr, which will expand background checks.
Mass Shooting Survivor Pushes for Fewer Gun Control Laws
9/18: Suzanna Gratia Hupp, who survived a mass shooting in Killeen, Texas, lobbies congress for looser gun control laws, which she believes will make Americans safer.
Arizona Court Sides with Religious Liberty
9/18: Arizona's Supreme Court ruled that two Christian artists could not be coerced into creating wedding invitations for a same-sex couple.
On Constitution Day, We Must Fight Social Media Censorship
ACRU honors Constitution Day by explaining how Founding Father Benjamin Franklin would react to the Left's current attempts at censorship in social media.
Happy Birthday to America’s First Freedoms from ACRU
9/17: ACRU celebrates September 17th as Constitution Day with gratitude for the document that has protected our individual and economic liberty for over two hundred years.
Spakovsky: Democrats Try to Use the FEC Against Free Speech
9/12: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky reports on how Democratic Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ellen Weintraub is planning to use the board's regulatory power to hamper free speech from Republicans.
Democrats Pass Resolution Against Religious Liberty
9/3: The Democratic National Committee passed a resolution saying their values align with those who are religiously unaffiliated.
Beto O'Rourke's Anti-Gun Crusade Is Full of Misrepresentation
9/3: Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is leading a campaign against the Second Amendment using lies and misinformation.
Spakovsky: Criminal Illegal Aliens Shouldn't Be Protected
8/30: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky explains how sanctuary cities protect criminal illegal aliens.
Roman: ACRU Suit Forced Change in Broward County
8/30: ACRU President Lori Roman explains how the ACRU's lawsuit spurred Broward County, Florida to begin cleaning their notoriously inaccurate voter rolls.
Democratic Party Dismisses Religious Voters
8/29: The Democratic National Committee passed a resolution praising being "religiously unaffiliated", which was saluted by the Secular Coalition of America.
Gun Control Laws Only Regulate the Law Abiding
8/29: Wisconsin state legislator Rep. Joe Sanfelippo explains why gun control laws offer a false sense of security and ultimately endanger the law abiding.
Williams: Misconceptions About History
8/28: ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams explains how liberals get basic facts wrong when they try to rewrite history to suit their purposes.
Gun Control Won't Solve Mass Shootings
8/28: Mass shootings are a product of cultural degradation, congress and gun control laws won't fix that problem.
Federal Courts Rule for Religious Liberty
8/28: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that keeping atheists from providing invocations at the beginning of start of legislative sessions is not unconstitutional.
Spakovsky and Adams: Ranked-Choice Voting Is a Flawed System
8/23: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky and ACRU Policy Board Member J. Christian Adams explain why ranked-choice voting creates false majorities and unfair election outcomes.
Enforcing ‘Public Charge’ Rule in Immigration Is Common Sense
8/22: The latest claims against the Trump administration over its enforcement of the “public charge” provision in federal immigration law are nonsensical.
Spakovsky: Cracking Down on Illegal Alien Crime
8/21: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky examines what happens when illegal alien crime isn't taken seriously by American cities.
Williams: Is Racism the Worst Plight Facing Black Communities?
8/14: ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams explains that problems worse than racism plague the black community.
How We Can Safeguard Our Election Process
8/19: In the freest nation in the world, our system of government and our very liberty depend on free and fair elections.