ACRU Staff, Author at American Constitutional Rights Union

Lies, Lies and More Presidential Lies

By ACRU Staff|2014-01-06T10:38:09-05:00January 6th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 5, 2014 on The Washington Times website.

One bad thing about our media-mad age is that it’s difficult to keep up with all the lies we’re being told by our government. The good news is that falsehoods don’t have the legs they once had.

Remember when Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper was asked by Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, during a hearing on March 12, 2013, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Mr. Clapper answered, “No […]

Militant Atheists' War on Christians and Christmas in 2013

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-24T00:02:37-05:00December 24th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published December 22, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

This Christmas season is seeing those who deny the existence of God pressing forward with a militant secular agenda, one that is intolerant–often bitterly so–of Christians in America.

Set aside for a moment the blockbuster controversy regarding Phil Robertson and “Duck Dynasty,” which is driven by a visceral rejection of Biblical Christian views on sin and sexuality. The same hostility toward Christians who believe the Bible is the Word of God is on full display this Christmas season in other respects.

Pastor Alistair Begg–one of the most famous […]

A Miracle Not of Our Making

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-23T16:03:11-05:00December 23rd, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 22, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

We went last week to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va., which is staging Christmas Town, a spectacular display of lights, rides and holiday themes. It’s all pretty amazing, with a 50-foot Christmas tree, a snow machine at the “North Pole,” nuts roasting on an open fire, and even live penguins.

Wherever you walk, you hear Christmas music in the language of the “country” you’re visiting. In merry old England, a four-person Victorian choir sings traditional carols in lilting harmonies. Germany’s Oktoberfest area is […]

ACRU: Obama's 'Julius Caesar Option' Usurps Legislative Power

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-18T10:56:46-05:00December 18th, 2013|

EPA Has No Authority to Issue ‘Greenhouse Gas’ Rules that Congress Refused to Enact, Supreme Court Brief Says

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 18, 2013) — Under President Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is violating the Constitution’s clear separation of powers by issuing “greenhouse gas” emission regulations that Congress explicitly rejected, the American Civil Rights Union argues in a brief filed Dec. 16 at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Written by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, the brief in Utility Air Regulatory Group v U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that, “Our Constitution’s fundamental framework provides for the people’s representatives […]

Capital Dysfunction

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-16T10:35:30-05:00December 16th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 15, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

Baseball and football fans know that when coaches chew out umpires and referees, there’s little chance that the questionable call will be overturned — especially in baseball. In many cases, though, that’s not the intent. The idea is to intimidate the umpire into giving them a better call the next time around.

I thought about that in October when the Democrats and media fomented massive outrage over the two-week, partial government shutdown. The crocodile tears were not really shed over the government employees, who were made whole […]

Can the ACLU Force Catholic Hospitals to Perform Abortions?

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-06T16:35:28-05:00December 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 5, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

The ACLU wants Catholic hospitals to practice medicine without morals.

The American Civil Liberties Union is so upset that a Michigan baby died just after being born that the group is suing the Catholic Church for not deliberately killing the child earlier.

In a lawsuit filed on Nov. 29 against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in U.S. District Court in Michigan, the ACLU contends that the church’s medical directives reflecting a pro-life stance against abortion resulted in negligent care for a woman with a troubled […]

Dems' Power Grab Will Cost Them the War Over the Constitution in Court

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:53:56-04:00December 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published November 26, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

Winning a battle that costs you a war is no victory.

The silver lining from President Obama’s and Senate Democrats’ unprecedented power grab last week is that now a conservative Republican president can appoint a Supreme Court that will restore the Constitution to its historical place in our nation’s life, revitalizing limited government and safeguarding fundamental rights.

Had conservatives invoked the nuclear option, mainstream media outlets would have given it wall-to-wall coverage under the banner, “The Death of Democracy in America.” MSNBC hosts might have openly wept on […]

Blacks and Obama

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-05T12:21:32-05:00December 5th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published December 04, 2013 on Townhall.com.

In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits’ concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Obama, suggesting that the more important issue was whether black people could afford Obama. I proposed that we look at it in the context of a historical tidbit.

In 1947, Jackie Robinson, after signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. He encountered open racist taunts and slurs from fans, opposing team players and even some members of his […]

Did The BLS Give Obama A Major Election 2012 Gift?

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-05T11:37:00-05:00December 5th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published November 27, 2013 on Forbes.com.

Just one month before the 2012 election, the Obama campaign received a major illegal campaign contribution from the Commerce Department. The Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on October 5, 2012 that the nation’s unemployment rate suddenly dropped sharply over the prior month, from 8.1% to 7.8%. That supposedly ended the longest period in the nation’s history with unemployment over 8%, except for the Great Depression, which occurred under President Obama.

Just before the election. How convenient.

That was totally unbelievable at the time, and […]

Obama Uses IRS to Eliminate His Enemies

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:52:40-04:00December 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published December 3, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

“The power to tax involves the power to destroy,” the Supreme Court wrote in 1819, shortly after America began.

Now in 2013, President Barack Obama is launching a frightening attack on free speech, using one of the most feared agencies in all the federal government: the Internal Revenue Service.

One of the most roundly-condemned aspects of Richard Nixon’s malfeasance in office was his use of the IRS to target his political enemies with audits. If people shudder at Nixon’s abuses with the […]

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