J. Kenneth Blackwell, Author at American Constitutional Rights Union

About J. Kenneth Blackwell

Ken Blackwell is a member of the Board of Directors of ACRU Action Fund and the Policy Board of ACRU. Mr. Blackwell has had a vast political career. He was mayor of Cincinnati, Treasurer and Secretary of State for Ohio, undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. He has served on the congressionally appointed National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform and the board of the International Republican Institute. He was Co-Chairman of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board from 1999-2001. He has received many awards and honors for his work in the public sector. These accolades include the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award for his work in the field of human rights which he received from both the administrations of Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. In 2004, the American Conservative Union honored Mr. Blackwell with the John M. Ashbrook Award for his steadfast conservative leadership. Ken’s commentaries have been published in major newspapers and websites: The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and Investor’s Business Daily. In addition, he has been interviewed by many media outlets including CBS’s Face the Nation, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and Fox News Sunday. He is a national bestselling author of three books: Rebuilding America: A Prescription For Creating Strong Families, Building The Wealth Of Working People, And Ending Welfare; The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency; and Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America. His continuing education has included executive programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. Mr. Blackwell has also received honorary doctoral degrees from ten institutions of higher education. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Xavier University in Ohio, where he later served as a vice president and member of its faculty. In 1992, he received Xavier’s Distinguished Alumnus Award and was inducted into Xavier’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.

ACRU’s Blackwell: American Exceptionalism in Crosshairs of Radical Left

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:06:38-05:00April 13th, 2021|

ACRU'S Amb. Ken Blackwell is the face of today's battle for liberty and the very essence of our rights -- which are being chipped away by the left and their political allies. As Amb. Blackwell notes in this brilliant piece, "Democrats’ Corrupt Politicians Act (aka "For the People Act") pending in the Senate is a frontal assault on our Constitution’s federalist recipe for freedom, putting Congress in complete control of its own elections."

ACRU’s Blackwell: MLB commissioner ‘didn’t do his homework’: Cincinnati Reds minority owner [VIDEO]

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-04-25T22:22:13-04:00April 10th, 2021|

ACRU Policy Board Member Amb. notes that the MLB ought the lie that GA voting laws are "suppressive" and caused a $100M "catastrophe" for Atlanta's economy and African American community when it moved the All Star game. Ken explains vote safety measures protect ALL VOTERS--including minority voters.

ACRU’s Blackwell: Who Really Defends the Votes of Black Americans?

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:06:39-05:00April 9th, 2021|

As ACRU's Amb. Ken Blackwell notes, there was a time when African Americans were murdered for voting, and the left's attempt to falsely tie requirements for voter ID to lynchings, Jim Crow and being killed over ballots is unpardonable. In this powerful piece, Amb. Blackwell reveals the truth about history, what group really suppresses black votes, and the left's lie about vote security.

ACRU’s Blackwell: Corporate Wokesters Betray Shareholders’ Trust by Bashing Election Integrity Laws

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:06:41-05:00April 5th, 2021|

ACRU Action Fund Board Member Ken Blackwell castigates Georgia-based companies like Coca-Cola, Delta and also Major League Baseball for giving into the woke mob over their unfounded and absurd objections tying racism to new ballot safeguards its state leaders passed.

ACRU’s Blackwell: The Left’s Hoodwinking of America

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:06:45-05:00March 23rd, 2021|

In his latest blockbuster piece, ACRU Policy Board Member Ken Blackwell likens the suppression of voice and vote during the Nazi regime to the falsely named For the People's Act, proposed by liberals and awaiting Senate action. It is important that every American understand its dangerous implications and the ease in which it would usher in political corruption and totalitarian one-party rule.

ACRU Actions’s Blackwell: State legislators must defend citizens’ votes

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:07:45-05:00November 28th, 2020|

Election protocols and vote integrity are the Constitutional purview of state legislators. As ACRU Action's Amb. Ken Blackwell notes, they must keep our votes secure, especially after liberal judges stole legislative power by green-lighting liberal anti-vote security lawsuits before the election.

ACRU Action Board Member Ken Blackwell: Legislators, not jurists, are responsible for vote integrity

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:07:50-05:00November 22nd, 2020|

“In Pennsylvania, there was a clear violation of Article II of Constitution that gives authority to state legislatures to set the calendar and electoral rules for the state’s voters - not the state judiciary, not the Governor, and not the Secretary of State. In other states, liberal lawsuits waved through by liberal judges usurped the power of the people by dismantling vote security measures passed by their state legislators. This must be corrected, and state legislative bodies must reclaim their authority to protect voters against fraud, political criminals and activist judges that overreach. A recent article from The Federalist, noted below, provides a few simple steps legislators can take to ensure the integrity of the election process.”

ACRU Action’s Ken Blackwell condemns the trail of fraud in the Keystone State

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:07:52-05:00November 9th, 2020|

From his experience as the former mayor of Cincinnati and a high ranking Ohio state official, ACRU Action Board Member Amb. Ken Blackwell takes on the corruption and bad intent of PA Governor Tom Wolf and his agenda to nullify votes of the good people of Pennsylvania.

ACRU’s Blackwell: Critical Race Theory is a threat to harmony

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:07:58-05:00November 1st, 2020|

With its underlying assumption that all white people are racists, Critical Race Theory is itself racist and ignores the real problems in African American communities that threaten the safety and prosperity of their residents.

ACRUs Blackwell: Liberal voting changes put senior votes at significant risk

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2023-03-06T12:08:56-05:00September 3rd, 2020|

Nursing homes and assisted living centers where seniors might need to rely on others for voting assistance are where senior votes are at high risk for fraud, according to ACRU Action Board Member and former Cincinnati Mayor Ken Blackwell. Not only have they been targeted by fraudsters in the past, but politically motivated liberals are now trying to remove even more vote security protections.

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