COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Klukowksi: Court Sides with Trump on Sanctuary Cities
7/15: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Ninth Circuit appeals court's ruling that the President can withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities.
New Bestseller Reveals Liberal Women Carried the Day for Kavanaugh
7/13: Democrats might have succeeded in derailing Kavanaugh’s nomination if it weren’t for the courageous women who bucked the progressive groupthink and stood true to their moral compass.
Blackwell: How Liberals Helped Confirm Brett Kavanaugh
7/12: ACRU Policy Board member and senior fellow Ken Blackwell reports on a new book that looks at how liberal women's outlandish behavior during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation actually helped the future Supreme Court Justice.
The American Civil Rights Union Urges the Supreme Court to Protect Free Speech by Overturning Hill v. Colorado
7/11: The American Civil Rights Union has filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in Price v. Chicago, encouraging the Court to agree to take the case.
Misrepresenting Themselves at the Border
7/10: We really are facing an unsustainable and unprecedented crisis on the border.
Williams: Fighting for Free Speech
7/10: ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams explains why the Left is trying to eradicate free speech in America.
Rucho v. Common Cause: A Significantly Modest Victory for Judicial Restraint
7/10: The victory is significant because it takes the federal courts out of the political gerrymandering thicket.
Spakovsky: Illegal Immigrants Lie to Claim Asylum
7/9: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky reports on the fact that many people claiming to be families when crossing the US border are actually lying to game the US immigration system.
Klukowski: The Media Is Ignoring Good Reporting
7/8: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the liberal media seemingly ignoring a well-sourced, bestselling book on what really happened during the contentious Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
Antifa Is Dangerous and It’s Time for the Feds to Step In
7/8: It is shocking to assert that “rioters, blockaders, cop-fighters, and people in ski masks” are the enlightened nobility who can save our constitutional republic from internal ruin.
Spakovsky Debunks Leftist Claims About Citizenship Questions on the Census
7/4: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky explains why the Left lies about what the citizenship question would mean on the 2020 census.
President Trump’s Opportunity to School Qatar
7/4: President Trump has an opportunity to enhance America’s international status and improve the lives of millions of people during an upcoming meeting with the Emir of Qatar. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Williams: Liberals Downplay Western Civilization
7/3: ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams explains why Democratic presidential candidates are wrong to denigrate Western Civilization.
Spakovsky: The Feds Need to Stop Antifa
7/3: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky and Greg Walsh report on the increasingly violent crimes of Antifa and why the federal government needs to stop them.
Border Wall Construction Halted By Obama Judge
6/29: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Obama-appointed judge who stopped construction of the border wall.
Klukowski: SCOTUS Will Rule on DACA Before the Presidential Elections
6/28: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Supreme Court's announcement that they would rule on the DACA case before the 2020 election.
Sorry, Media, Talking to Foreigners Does Not Violate Federal Campaign Laws
6/28: A federal candidate who is freely given information is not receiving a “contribution” or “thing of value” and is thus not violating federal campaign finance law or the regulations issued by the Federal Election Commission.
Gerrymandering Symposium: Janus-Like Judicial Restraint in Political Gerrymanders and the Census
6/28: Supreme Court precedent is clear that “a jurisdiction may engage in constitutional political gerrymandering” and that “political considerations are inseparable from districting and apportionment.”
Spakovsky: The Supreme Court Made the Right Decision on Gerrymandering
6/27: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky explains why the U.S. Supreme Court made the right decision, giving lawmakers the power over gerrymandering.
Spakovsky: Will Supreme Court Ruling Force Trump to Seek Delay of 2020 Census?
6/27: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky reports on why the President might have to delay the 2020 census because the Supreme Court failed to decisively rule on the census citizenship question.