COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Federal Judge Rules Bloomberg's NYC 'Stop-and-Frisk' Unconstitutional
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published August 12, 2013 on Breitbart.com.U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin today invalidated Mayor Mike Bloomberg's "stop-and-frisk" policy as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment.As Scheindlin begins the 192-page opinion:The goals of liberty and safety may be in tension, [...]
Holder Does End-Run Around Congress on Federal Drug Laws
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published August 12, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Attorney General Eric Holder has just announced an end-run around Congress and given the far left one of its priority action-items, announcing he will not prosecute drug crimes unconnected to gangs or violence. Ironically, he [...]
ACRU Urges Court to Clarify the Right to Carry
Maryland law reduces Second Amendment's guarantee of right to bear arms largely to home and hearth, group contends in court brief.WASHINGTON, D.C. - Maryland is unconstitutionally restricting citizens' right of self defense outside the home, argues an American Civil Rights Union amicus brief submitted Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court.In [...]
How to Fix the Republican Party
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published August 7, 2013 on The American Spectator website.Why does the Republican Party keep nominating all these loser candidates, like Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney? Why did Republican [...]
Congress, States, And Even Obama's DOJ Rally To Prayer-Givers' Defense
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published August 8, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Congress, half of the states across the nation, and many others are rallying to defend public prayer in a major case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Even the Obama administration weighed in with a surprising [...]
ACRU Asks Court to Use 'Coercion Test' in Freedom to Pray Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 6, 2013) -- Is allowing prayer at public meetings an example of the free exercise of religion as guaranteed by the First Amendment or an illegal governmental establishment of religion?To assist courts in threading this needle, the ACRU is promoting a unique, new doctrine called the Coercion [...]
NRA Takes Case Against Obama's ATF to Supreme Court
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published August 5, 2013 on Breitbart.com.The National Rifle Association (NRA) sued the Obama administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over a federal law denying law-abiding young adults their Second Amendment right to own a handgun. After fighting [...]
How Does President Obama's Economic Recovery Compare to Those of Other Presidents?
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published August 4, 2013 on Forbes.com.President Obama is on a national economic policy speaking tour, with a series of speeches across the country on finally getting the economy growing again, [...]
Culture Clash in the High Country
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published August 5, 2013 on The Washington Times website.OURAY, Colo. -- Just because the mountain air is thin at 7,800 feet and the New Age is evident in various ways doesn't mean that Coloradans have totally lost their sense of reality.In [...]
Citizens Claim Pentagon Forced Them to Shut Down Charity for Deployed Soldiers
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 28, 2013 on Breitbart.com.A Virginia woman has shut down a website for a charity operation meant to help American troops deployed in Afghanistan in response to what she describes as harassment and intimidation from U.S. military leadership.Breitbart News's [...]
There's an Economic Boom Lurking Once President Obama's Second Term Ends
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published July 28, 2013 on Forbes.com.The magician's trick is deception, based on misdirection and distraction. He draws your attention over here, while he is carrying out the trick over there. [...]
Holder Declares War on Texas, Ignores Supreme Court
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 25, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Attorney General Eric Holder has launched a war against Texas, and in doing so is defying the Supreme Court of the United States. The imminent judicial beat-down of Holder highlights that this case is not [...]
Military Censors Christian Chaplain, Atheists Call for Punishment
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 24, 2013 on Breitbart.com.A Christian chaplain in the military is being officially censored for engaging in free speech, and anti-Christian activists are demanding he be punished.Lt. Col. Kenneth Reyes is a Christian chaplain currently serving in the U.S. [...]
Court Rules for Hobby Lobby in HHS Mandate Case, Supreme Court Next?
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 19, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Home-retailer Hobby Lobby--owned by the Green family, who are devout Christians--just dealt the Obamacare HHS mandate a devastating one-two punch. It's likely the Obama administration will have no choice but to now petition the U.S. [...]
When Government Grows Like Kudzu
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 22, 2013 on The Washington Times website.The federal government is growing like kudzu. That's the Japanese ivy plant that's taking over roadsides all over the south and is even invading the north.Kudzu does some good, holding the ground and [...]
ACLU Official Blasts Marathon Bombing Case Investigation
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 21, 2013 on the American Thinker website.There's not much that doesn't outrage the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), whether it's the "not guilty" verdict in the George Zimmerman trial or America's continued reluctance to shed its Christian heritage.In Boston, [...]
Obama's Pants on Fire in White House Obamacare Speech
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 18, 2013 on Breitbart.com.On Thursday, President Barack Obama said of his health care law: "Despite all the evidence that the law is working the way it's supposed to," there are critics out there. He says they must be [...]
Texas Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban, Should Survive Legal Challenge
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 18, 2013 on Breitbart.com.Today Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law a pro-life bill which will very likely be upheld by the Supreme Court. The law disallows most abortions after 20 weeks, the point by which an unborn [...]
The Meaning of the Zimmerman Trial
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Welfare Reform (CCWR) Peter Ferrara was published July 17, 2013 on The American Spectator website.There has been only one responsible party in the entire Zimmerman affair. Everyone else in positions of power and authority has fallen [...]
What Egyptians Need
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 17, 2013 on Townhall.com.What Egyptian citizens must recognize is that political liberty thrives best where there's a large measure of economic liberty. The Egyptian people are not the problem; it's the environment [...]