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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.

Robert Knight: The ACLU's Real Agenda in the Mojave Desert

By |2020-04-23T21:53:01-04:00October 7th, 2009|

Where is Art Carney when you need him? The straight man for the classic Honeymooners TV show could deliver a line sorely needed at today's Supreme Court hearing on the fate of the Mojave Desert war memorial cross: "Simmer down, Ralphie boy!"

Ken Blackwell: Time for a Big Overhaul

By |2009-10-05T13:19:10-04:00October 5th, 2009|

Our voter registration system is a disaster, and I have the scars to prove it. I spent eight years in the partisan cross hairs of election administration while serving as Ohio's chief election official. No element of election administration is more fraught with controversy than how we register voters.

ACLU Works with NAACP to Get Preferred Treatment for Blacks

By |2009-09-30T21:03:25-04:00September 30th, 2009|

In New Jersey, now Maryland, and soon to come in many other states, the ACLU has taken the position that black motorists should only be stopped, charged and convicted in proportion to their numbers compared to other racial groups. The ACLU seeks to divorce this argument from any examination whether blacks are more likely than other racial groups to speed or commit other traffic offenses.

Some of the facts for this article come from an article in the Washington Post on September 30. It concerns a renewed effort by the NAACP and the ACLU to obtain through state courts what they were denied in […]

Ken Blackwell: Muting the Search for Truth: An Overview of "Defamation of Religions"

By |2009-09-26T00:05:55-04:00September 26th, 2009|

It is a privilege to be here and to discuss such important and timely topics. As some of you may know, I used to represent the United States as the Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. And while Geneva may sound like a plush gig, I often left the halls of the Palais des Nations with an overwhelming sense of sadness. Mary Ann Glendon is going to talk later this weekend about the abuse of "rights" talk, and that is precisely what I witnessed on a day to day basis.

Jan LaRue: Pelosi's Pretense

By |2009-09-22T14:10:58-04:00September 22nd, 2009|

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held an "emotional" press conference to caution the rest of us "about the language" we use. "We all have to take responsibility for our actions and our words" and "any incitement they may cause." Some people aren't as "balanced" as we may think, Pelosi pontificated.

Ken Blackwell: Would Obama Really Kill Granny?

By |2009-09-19T01:09:50-04:00September 19th, 2009|

President Obama has no greater friend and supporter than Newsweek editor Evan Thomas. Actually, it's not really accurate to describe Evan Thomas as a friend of the President; he's more like a worshiper. It was Evan Thomas who managed what we all thought was an impossible feat: He one-upped Chris Matthews. Matthews had famously said that he felt a "tingling going up and down his leg" when he heard candidate Obama speak. Few thought it was possible to exceed that for adulation. But Evan Thomas said that Obama at Normandy "hovered above all like a God." You'd have to go to North Korea to find more fulsome praise of a dear leader.

Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski: ACORN Threatens to Open Pandora's Box

By |2009-09-19T01:01:02-04:00September 19th, 2009|

In the wake of Fox News reporting on the unfolding ACORN scandal, ACORN is now threatening to sue the network. Now that Fox is actually breaking news on this story by showing new videos, ACORN might just do it. Fox News should pray that ACORN does sue, because it would blow the doors off this story, possibly destroying ACORN and erupting into a political scandal in Washington.

Jan LaRue: Baby 'Bigots'

By |2009-09-18T09:44:41-04:00September 18th, 2009|

On September 18, ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue wrote a column appearing on American Thinker discussing the problems with Newsweek's latest cover story on babies and race.

Jan LaRue: 'Baby Bigots'

By |2009-09-18T09:26:02-04:00September 18th, 2009|

The Ku Klux Klan may start marketing a line of baby bigot wear if they fall for Newsweek's Sept. 14, cover story, "See Baby Discriminate." According to the editors at the "we've fallen for him and we can't get up" Barack Obama fan magazine: "Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color." Thanks to Newsweek, we now know why babies are comfortable in hoods-at least white ones-both babies and hoods, that is.

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