COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
The Season of Hope
With religious freedom in America under attack, it’s more important than ever to reflect at Easter on our God-given liberty to acknowledge - or not - the greatest gift ever given, salvation Jesus Christ.
Self-Enforcing Discrimination
Black politicians, civil rights organizations and others who say they are concerned with the welfare of poor black people often support harmful measures.
Judge Rejects Dismissal, Grants ACRU Standing in Texas County Case
A federal judge has ruled that the American Civil Rights Union has standing to sue Zavala County, Texas, over its inflated voter registrations.
ACLU Gets Stung in Wisconsin
Supreme Court justices declined to hear a challenge to an appeals court’s decision upholding Wisconsin’s photo voter ID law.
What's Gone Wrong with Democracy?
The suggestion is that democracy is some kind of ideal for organizing human conduct. That's a popular misconception.
Vote — Or Else
The siren call of universal suffrage.
Selma and Voting Rights Triumph
Black leaders stress the importance of political power and getting out the vote, but we might ask how important political power is to the ordinary black person.
ACRU: College Officials Who Resist Equal Protection Are Like ‘Racist Throwbacks’
“‘Progressive’ elitists display a religious devotion to permanent racial preferences and quotas,” says brief at the Supreme Court.
The Letter of Our Discontent
If halting a bad nuclear deal with Iran embarrasses Obama, so be it.
Striking a Blow Against the Obama Bullet Ban
Vigilance has thwarted the gun controllers for now.
A Capitol Challenge to Earthly Power
The Museum of the Bible would remind visitors of a higher authority.
Preparing for the Next Debt Fight
Feckless Republicans need a Niskanen Amendment to slow federal spending and stop debt.
ACRU: Count Citizens—Not Illegals—When Creating Legislative Districts
Brief urges U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Texas’ use of “total population” in allocating legislative seats.
Where Politics Meets Poetry
Thomas Paine is the man whose writings gave the residents of thirteen separate colonies a unified sense of identity as Americans, and inspired them to fight and win the Revolutionary War.
Audio: Ken Blackwell Speaks on the Rule of Law on The Laura Ingraham Show
ACRU Policy Board Member Ken Blackwell on the Laura Ingraham Show: GOP lawmakers and candidates who claim to support the rule of law cannot support Obama lawless and amnesty.
Calaveras County Makes the ACLU Hopping Mad
While that might not break the county coffers, it remains to be seen whether the defendants will have to pay the ACLU’s usual exorbitant legal fees if the county loses the case.
Why We Are Sinking Into Tyranny
Senate passage of a bill granting amnesty to illegal aliens shows Republicans blinked.
Conservatives Should Have No Part of Patent Reform
As a contributing editor for Townhall.com, and a public affairs commentator for the Salem Radio Network, Blackwell is a leading conservative voice in America.
Black History Month Betrayal
On top of the economic disaster, blacks are losing political influence under Mr. Obama.
Obama’s Jobs Program for Islamic Extremists
Blaming terrorism on economics gives the Islamist killer a pass.