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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.

ACRU Files Brief Urging N.J. Supreme Court to Allow Menendez Recall Petitions

By |2020-04-23T21:52:58-04:00May 11th, 2010|

On May 10, 2010, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm a state appellate court ruling ordering the Secretary of State to recognize a recall notice for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D). If the court concurs, petitioners could begin immediately to collect the 1.3 million signatures needed within 320 days to put Menendez on the ballot. Menendez, who was elected in 2006, is not slated for re-election until 2012.

“The New Jersey Supreme Court must either affirm the ruling of the court below, or expressly overrule all the New Jersey precedents holding that […]

ACRU Files Brief Urging N.J. Supreme Court to Allow Menendez Recall Petitions

By |2010-05-10T15:51:59-04:00May 10th, 2010|

On May 10, 2010, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm a state appellate court ruling ordering the Secretary of State to recognize a recall notice for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D). If the court concurs, petitioners could begin immediately to collect the 1.3 million signatures needed within 320 days to put Menendez on the ballot. Menendez, who was elected in 2006, is not slated for re-election until 2012.

The brief, filed by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, makes it clear that the court is deciding only the validity of a lower court’s […]

Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency

By |2010-05-10T12:38:47-04:00May 10th, 2010|

President Obama has a plan to radically change what makes America great and Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski are exposing it in their new book. They provide an in-depth look past President Obama’s “hope and change” mantra, and into his plans to replace the Framers’ vision for the United States with a system of quasi-socialism, anti-sovereign globalism, and militant secularism. Blackwell and Klukowski discuss a wide range of timely, hot-button topics, including:

Healthcare…how key parts of “Obamacare” violate the Constitution, including the “individual mandate” to purchase health insurance and state-based insurance exchanges

The Economy…how, through various bailouts, Obama has converted the government stake in major […]

ACLU: Academic Fraud Is Free Speech?

By |2020-04-23T21:52:58-04:00May 8th, 2010|

The ACLU has joined the American Association of University Professors in urging the University of Virginia to defend one of its former professors against an investigation of possible academic fraud. Since the State paid for this research under a grant of public money, the Attorney General of the State has asserted a statutory right to see the research.

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The facts for this article, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article in the Washington Post blog on Virginia politics, on 6 May. Former Professor Michael Mann, a climate scientist, is now […]

Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison:Obama's Supreme Court Choice: No Evangelicals Need Apply

By |2010-05-07T18:03:15-04:00May 7th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell co-authored this column appearing on the American Thinker website on May 6, 2010.

When Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the media was full of stories of an historic first, a barrier broken. The first Latina to serve on the high court is certainly something to note.

Justice Clarence Thomas was only the second black American to be nominated to the Supreme Court. His confirmation hearings, however, were hardly the stuff of “let’s make history.”

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joe Biden, after promising Judge Thomas a fair hearing, enabled the […]

Robert Knight: Economics: It's Greek to the Socialists

By |2010-05-06T19:30:19-04:00May 6th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on May 6, 2010.

There they were, at the wall under the Parthenon on May 4, unfurling their giant banners urging “Peoples of Europe—Rise Up.” The banners were emblazoned with a red-colored communist hammer and sickle.

This was obviously not an appeal to the goddess Athena, for whom the temple was built from 447 to 432 BC. The location, however, was fitting, since they were standing beneath one of the most famous ruins in the world. After years of socialist policies, Greece is in economic ruins and is threatening to bring down the European […]

Peter Ferrara: Keep the Lights On

By |2010-05-06T12:53:19-04:00May 6th, 2010|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on the American Spectator website on May 5, 2010.

The oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is an environmental tragedy that endangers the prosperity of coastal businesses that thrive on the natural environment, such as fishing and tourism. It is not a reason to permanently deny America the jobs and prosperity that come from a vibrant energy industry producing much needed, reliable, low cost energy from all sources. That would be a far bigger tragedy, even graver than the oil spill.

A robust, booming, American energy industry would itself contribute directly to a booming American […]

Ken Klukowski: Supreme Court Victory Narrowly Saves Cross from Destruction

By |2010-05-04T13:15:22-04:00May 4th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on May 3, 2010.

In a very narrow ruling, the World War I memorial shaped like a Latin cross will continue to stand in the Mojave desert. But this was not the victory that conservatives hoped for, and serves as a reminder that the current Supreme Court is a moderate one.

On Wednesday, April 28, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in Salazar v. Buono concerning the Mojave cross. A white cross stands atop Sunrise Rock, erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in 1934, with a plaque dedicating it […]

ACLU Splits, and Abandons Principle

By |2020-04-23T21:52:58-04:00May 4th, 2010|

For decades the ACLU has claimed that its basic policy on the First Amendment was that all restrictions on free speech were wrong, and should be fought in court. Now, its national board and staff have reversed that policy in favor of the current Administration, and been attacked for that by leading lawyers and staff members.

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The facts for this story, but not the legal conclusions, come from an editorial in the New York Sun on 30 April, 2010. After a vigorous debate among its top lawyers, top current and […]

Peter Ferrara: The President's Permanent TARP Bailout Socialism Bill

By |2010-05-03T12:50:04-04:00May 3rd, 2010|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on the American Spectator website on April 28, 2010.

The Tea Party, with overwhelming agreement from the American people, opposes any further TARP bank bailouts. But just as with the health care bill, Washington’s ruling Democrats are laughing off the Tea Party, and ignoring the American people.

President Obama’s so-called Financial Regulatory Reform bill institutionalizes permanent TARP bailout authority across the entire financial sector, indeed, for any company that can be deemed involved in financial activity of any sort. Washington is operating today as if we have been conquered by a foreign power that has suspended […]

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