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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.

Peter Ferrara: Sonia the Player Umpire

By |2009-06-04T12:40:14-04:00June 4th, 2009|

The 2005 nomination hearings for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts provided a moment of unifying clarity for our politically and ideologically riven nation. Roberts explained the role of a judge as like an umpire in a baseball game. The umpire is supposed to call balls and strikes and fairly and objectively apply the rules of the game. The umpire is not supposed to get in the game and play for one team or another, whatever his personal "empathies" might be. This immediately calmed the nomination atmosphere, as the entire nation, including liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, seemed to join in saying "Amen," that is exactly what a judge is supposed to do.

ACLU Views Trump Georgia Law and Court Decisions

By |2009-06-03T22:39:10-04:00June 3rd, 2009|

After both state and federal courts had approved Georgia procedures to assure that only actual Americans vote in their American elections, the Justice Department has now acted to prevent that result. Relying on a federal law currently under review in the Supreme Court, the Justice Department has blocked Georgia’s effort to remove non-Americans from its voting rolls.

Some of the facts for this article, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 2 June, 2009. The Department of Justice has concluded that the conduct of Georgia in seeking to exclude non-Americans from its voting rules, are illegal.

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Jan LaRue: Sotomayor and White Wise Guys

By |2009-05-29T12:19:28-04:00May 29th, 2009|

If you believe the myth that Democrats are champions of equality for women, racial minorities, and folks with "compelling" life stories, maybe you've been spending more time tracking Big Foot than judicial nominations.

Ken Klukowski: Sotomayor Confirmation: It's All in the Numbers

By |2009-05-26T16:50:11-04:00May 26th, 2009|

The White House is touting the fact that Judge Sonia Sotomayor has a longer judicial record than any of the current justices on the Court. That fact, however, endangers her confirmation because of what it will mean for pro-gun senators during the August recess.

Ken Klukowski and Ken Blackwell: Specter's Switch Means the Future of the Supreme Court Hangs In the Balance

By |2009-05-01T14:31:55-04:00May 1st, 2009|

Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party is a political earthquake that will have far-reaching consequences for a host of policy and political issues. Of all these, none is more significant than the potential consequences for the United States Supreme Court. As a result of this decision, the future of the Supreme Court may ironically rest with... the Supreme Court.

Government of the ACLU, by the ACLU, and for the ACLU

By |2009-04-26T10:28:25-04:00April 26th, 2009|

The Obama Administration has claimed that it is “compelled” to release the memos on “enhanced interrogation” and the photos of terrorist prisoners at other places than Abu Ghraib. Neither claim is correct. The Administration has chosen not to appeal either ACLU case to the Supreme Court. Instead, it has released only the harmful memos, which is what the ACLU sought.

The facts for this article, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article in the Wall Street Journal on April 24. It concerns two different cases filed by the ACLU, seeking compulsory release of secret memos about the use of “exceptional means” for obtaining information […]

Horace Cooper: A Fitting Memorial That Honors Sacrifice

By |2020-04-23T21:53:02-04:00April 23rd, 2009|

While most Americans readily embrace the opportunity to honor our nation's fallen, increasingly some have become critical if not hostile to this effort, particularly when religion or expressions of faith are involved.

Peter Ferrara: Will Obama Seize the Radio Stations Next?

By |2020-04-23T21:53:03-04:00April 22nd, 2009|

When President Obama announced his new budget a few weeks ago involving record spending, tax increases, deficits and debt, he did so with soaring rhetoric about spending cuts (non-existent), tax cuts for 95% of workers (misleading), and cutting the deficit in half in 5 years (good luck). This misdirection rhetoric is now a common Obama pattern.

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