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The American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) is dedicated to defending the constitutional rights of all Americans. ACRU stands against harmful, anti-constitutional ideologies that have taken hold in our nation’s courts, culture, and bureaucracies. We defend and promote free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, and national sovereignty.

Trickle Down and Tax Cuts

By |2012-10-03T13:27:23-04:00October 3rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published October 3, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Dr. Thomas Sowell’s “‘Trickle Down Theory’ and ‘Tax Cuts for the Rich'” has just been published by the Hoover Institution. Having read this short paper, the conclusion you must reach is that the term “trickle down theory” is simply a tool of charlatans and political hustlers.

Sowell states that “no such theory has been found in even the most voluminous and learned histories of economic theories.” That’s from a scholar who has published extensively in the history of economic […]

Feds Have No Right to Punish Social Security Recipients for Not Taking Medicare, ACRU Argues to Supreme Court

By |2012-10-01T14:17:52-04:00October 1st, 2012|

People shouldn’t have their Social Security benefits withheld or have to repay past benefits if they don’t participate in Medicare Part A, a brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) argues. Written by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, the brief says the Social Security Administration overreached by issuing a manual that places an unlawful condition on recipients. The brief in Brian Hall v. Kathleen Sebelius asks the Court to issue a writ of certiorari to hear the case.

“Retirees who fail to enroll in, or who withdraw from, Medicare Part A would lose all of their Social […]

ACLU Sues to Stop Citizenship Question on Michigan Ballots

By |2020-04-23T21:52:47-04:00October 1st, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published September 28, 2012 on the American Thinker website.

Only citizens of the United States can legally vote in federal elections. So Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson added a yes/no question on ballot applications that asks: “Are you a United States citizen?”

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, this simple requirement is “an election day disaster in the making.” So the ACLU did what it usually does, which is to sue.

Filed on behalf of the UAW International, which includes the radical Service […]

Why Senior Citizens Should Prefer Ryan's Medicare Plan to Obama's

By |2012-09-27T22:43:12-04:00September 27th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published September 27, 2012 on Forbes.com.

DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz described the Medicare reforms proposed by GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as “literally a death trap for seniors.” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that Ryan’s reforms would “change Medicare as we know it.”

But it was Obamacare that already changed Medicare as we know it, transforming it literally into a death trap for seniors. Obamacare cut Medicare by $716 billion […]

Perpetuating Falsehoods

By |2012-09-26T17:07:45-04:00September 26th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published September 26, 2012 on The American Spectator website.

All the Republicans are offering, President Obama tells us over and over, are the same old, failed policies that got us into this mess in the first place. At the Democrat convention, Obama told us about the Republican economic plan, “all they have to offer is the same prescription they’ve had for the last thirty years.”

And who was President 30 years ago? That would be Ronald Wilson Reagan. So you see, Obama is attacking not […]

Understanding Economics

By |2012-09-26T16:52:54-04:00September 26th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published September 26, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Here’s a question: If there’s a disaster, a war, a severe drought or some other calamity that restricts future supplies of a commodity — such as oil, coffee or corn — what is the intelligent thing for people to do right away? If you said “use less now and try to produce more,” you’d be absolutely correct. That’s not rocket science, but understanding the machinery involved in getting people to do so is a bit more challenging.

The best […]

Obama's Unholy Mess in Libya

By |2012-09-25T09:23:32-04:00September 25th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published September 25, 2012 on the American Thinker website.

Islamic terrorists murdered the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans during an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11. President Obama, promising “to bring to justice the killers,” dispatched the FBI to investigate.

Why did he send the FBI rather than the 82nd Airborne or Navy SEALs? Inquiring minds like Late Show host David Letterman want to know.

After determining Obama’s weight and that he’s feeling “great,” even though Muslims are attacking our […]

Appeasement Trumps First Amendment

By |2020-04-23T21:50:21-04:00September 23rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published September 21, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

I was driving into Washington the other day when a radio clip of Hillary Rodham Clinton got my attention. The secretary of state was emoting hotly, using terms such as “disgusting” and “reprehensible.”

At first, I thought Bill Clinton might have released a candid memoir, but I soon realized that the former first lady was talking about the crude 14-minute “Innocence of Muslims” video that liberals blamed solely for the deadly attacks on U.S. embassies and riots across the Muslim world. Mrs. […]

Rick Ungar Is Wrong: Obama Is The Biggest Spender In World History

By |2012-09-20T14:00:26-04:00September 20th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published September 20, 2012 on Forbes.com.

On May 24, 2012, Rick Ungar told the readers at Forbes.com that President Barack Obama “is the smallest government spender since Eisenhower.” “[O]ur president has actually been tighter with a buck than any United States president since Dwight D. Eisenhower,” Ungar insisted.

But Ungar actually reveals the error in the underlying analysis, saying, “The first year of any incoming president term is saddled – for better of for worse – with the budget set […]

Who May Tax and Spend?

By |2012-09-18T06:45:49-04:00September 18th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published September 12, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Within the past decade, I’ve written columns titled “Deception 101,” “Stubborn Ignorance” and “Exploiting Public Ignorance,” all explaining which branch of the federal government has taxing and spending authority. So here it is again: The first clause of Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution, generally known as the “origination clause,” reads: “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” Constitutionally and […]

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