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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.

ACLU Supports Obama Supporters on School Time

By |2008-10-12T20:31:39-04:00October 12th, 2008|

A New York City teachers union has filed suit in federal court attacking a Department of Education policy that teachers should not engage in politicking on school grounds and times. In line with ACLU policies, they seek the right to tell students what politics they should follow.

The facts for this article, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article in the New York Times on 10 October, 2008. The New York City teachers union has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a Department of Education policy which forbids teachers from expressing their political opinions on school premises, violate their constitutional rights.

Ken Blackwell on WTAM

By |2008-10-10T08:50:57-04:00October 10th, 2008|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell is talking to Bob Frantz on 1100AM WTAM out of Cleveland, OH on Friday, October 10 at 9:45am. He will be talking about voter fraud. Tune in if you are in the Cleveland area or listen online

Ken Blackwell: VOTER-FRAUD CHAOS

By |2008-10-06T09:48:52-04:00October 6th, 2008|

This column originally appeared in the New York Post on October 6, 2008.

ELECTION Day this year may bring the kind of chaos you expect from a category-five hurricane – with radical groups sending the nation into a protracted legal battle even worse than the mess back in 2000. To prevent it, we must act now.

Developments in several states create the possibility that the 2008 vote could result in “Election Month,” rather than Election Day. Court rulings on various absentee-voting procedures – along with early voting and other new forms of balloting – open the door to widespread abuses that could undermine the […]

ACLU Favors Keeping Repeat Drunk Drivers on the Road

By |2008-10-01T09:11:37-04:00October 1st, 2008|

Ohio has tightened up its drunk driving laws in several ways which make it easier to convict repeat drunk drivers, and places higher penalties on them when convicted more than once. Ignoring the safety issues, the ACLU has opposed this law.

The facts for this article, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article on the website of the Record Courier in Ohio, on 28 September, 2008. Ohio has passed a law to make it easier to convict repeat offense drunk drivers in that state. The Ohio ACLU has attacked that law as violating the Constitution.

The new law, which […]

Ken Blackwell on 1040 AM WHO

By |2008-10-01T09:08:06-04:00October 1st, 2008|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell will be talking to Jan Mickelson on 1040 AM WHO out of Des Moines, IA on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 10:07am. He will be talking about his recent National Review Online column about ACORN. Tune in if you are in the Des Moines area of you can listen live on the internet.

Ken Blackwell: An ACORN Falls from the Tree

By |2008-09-30T09:44:34-04:00September 30th, 2008|

As negotiations over Congress's emergency rescue bill continued over the weekend, repeated rumors leaked out that the Democrats were trying to funnel money to a hyper-partisan organization involved in criminal voter fraud. I'm speaking of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- known by its acronym, ACORN. Although ACORN was cut from the final legislation, it's important to understand this organization and its long history with, of all people, Barack Obama. And it's important to see how partisan this emergency legislation has become.

Novak Makes the Case for God to the Godless

By |2008-09-27T09:42:16-04:00September 27th, 2008|

This column originally appeared on Townhall.com on September 27, 2008.

A respectful and prolonged discussion between atheists and believers about truth and faith is the focus of a brilliant new book by noted author and theologian Michael Novak.

I first got to know Ambassador Novak through my work at the United Nations, as we both served as U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Commission. He is a leading Catholic theologian and Templeton Prize laureate who currently serves as a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. His latest book, No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers, is both personal and very […]

Peter Ferrara on Praise 940 AM

By |2008-09-26T16:01:08-04:00September 26th, 2008|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara will be on “Update Today” with Maxine Sielmen on October 2, 2008 at 8:00am. Peter will be discussing the Supreme Court and the Judicial System. The show is on Praise 940 KPSZ AM out of Des Moines, IA and you can listen live.

Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission

By |2020-04-23T21:53:04-04:00September 18th, 2008|

On September 16, 2008, the American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court urging the Court to take on appeal the case of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. This case involves a feature length, documentary film produced by Citizens United named Hillary: The Movie. Because the movie was about a candidate for President, the Federal Elections Commission ruled that it was subject to federal campaign finance laws. Consequently, the movie was prohibited from screening or broadcast during the 2008 election season while Hillary Clinton was still a candidate. The ACRU argued in its brief that this was a gross […]

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