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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.

Gonzales is Gone but Dems Should Be Careful What They Ask For

By |2023-05-20T09:41:13-04:00August 28th, 2007|

Here’s my latest Op-Ed, published yesterday at Human Events Online:

Gonzales is Gone but Dems Should Be Careful They Ask For

Score another one for the politics of personal destruction. Democrats have managed to run out of town one of President Bush’s longest serving aides from Texas — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.’ But they may want to put the champagne glasses down because this resignation may end up for the Democrats being a case of “be careful what you ask for.”

For months the Democrats have been clamoring for Gonzales’ resignation. And for months he and the White House […]

Horace Cooper: Gonzales is Gone but Dems Should Be Careful What They Ask For

By |2023-05-20T09:41:13-04:00August 27th, 2007|

Score another one for the politics of personal destruction. Democrats have managed to run out of town one of President Bush's longest serving aides from Texas -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.' But they may want to put the champagne glasses down because this resignation may end up for the Democrats being a case of "be careful what you ask for."

Using Courts as a Weapon against America

By |2023-05-20T09:41:14-04:00August 27th, 2007|

The supposedly anti-war organization, A.N.S.W.E.R., has just filed suit against the District of Columbia for fines imposed on the organization for defacing public property with its rally signs. Anyone who has traveled at all in D.C. is aware of the A.N.S.W.E.R signs, since they are plastered on light boxes and light poles, especially in the downtown area. The D.C. Department of Public Works has imposed fines in excess of $10,000.

The organization claims that its signs are posted with “a water-soluble glue that is easily removed.” The fact that some of this group’s signs from rallies years ago are still tenaciously clinging to […]

Attorney General of New Jersey Fronts for the ACLU

By |2023-05-20T09:41:15-04:00August 27th, 2007|

The Attorney General of New Jersey has done the work of the ACLU in telling the Mayor of Morristown that his police should not check the immigration status of people pulled over for traffic stops or minor crimes. Mayor Donald Cresitello first proposed that in a letter to US Attorney Christopher Christie.

The US Attorney’s reply claimed that this plan “directly contradicted” plans by the Attorney General of New Jersey, Anne Milgram, to check the immigration status of people charged with serious crimes or drunk driving. The US Attorney also wrote that checking status for less serious crimes is “something our office thinks […]

Leahy/Schumer Threaten Judicial Neutrality

By |2023-05-20T09:41:15-04:00August 24th, 2007|

Recent comments by Senators Leahy and Schumer critical of Justices Roberts and Alito demonstrate the senators' significant misunderstanding about the role of the Supreme Court and reveal their own flawed judicial philosophy.

John Armor: Newsweek Chooses Sides, Again

By |2023-05-20T09:41:16-04:00August 21st, 2007|

In the August 20 edition of Newsweek, there is a column by Jonathan Alter entitled, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” In the guise of reporting facts, it reports instead the personal opinion of Mr. Alter that the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) “sold out the Constitution,” specifically the Fourth Amendment guarantee against “unreasonable search and seizure.”

Alter claims that “historians … will see this episode as a classic case of fear … trumping principle amid the ancient tension between personal freedom and national security.” Unfortunately, Alter’s acquaintance with historians seems slight. He may know some names, but he hasn’t read […]

John Armor: President Bush and the Constitution aren't Enemies

By |2023-05-20T09:41:16-04:00August 16th, 2007|

The latest spate of articles accusing the Bush Administration of trampling the US Constitution in prosecuting the War in Iraq have quoted Bruce Fein, cited variously as a "conservative lawyer" and "a deputy attorney general in the Reagan Administration." He is not being quoted because he is a reliable source but because he says what the opponents of the war want said. Factual inquiry stops there.

War and the Constitution: Has War on the Terrorists Been Properly Declared?

By |2023-05-20T09:41:17-04:00August 16th, 2007|

The following is an article of mine that ran in UPI papers on September 19, 2002 – after we had declared and commenced war on anti-American terrorists but before the Iraq War:

Commentary: Are we at war?

The United States does not legitimately go to war because the president says so. Or because the United Nations, or NATO, or any other organization says so. Or even because some other nation commits an act of war against it.

The only legal way for the United States to go to war is stated in the Constitution, which gives Congress the power “To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal….” The […]

President Bush and the Constitution aren't Enemies

By |2023-05-20T09:41:18-04:00August 16th, 2007|

Here’s my latest article, which ran in today’s Human Events Online:

President Bush and the Constitution aren’t Enemies

The latest spate of articles accusing the Bush Administration of trampling the US Constitution in prosecuting the War in Iraq have quoted Bruce Fein, cited variously as a “conservative lawyer” and “a deputy attorney general in the Reagan Administration.” He is not being quoted because he is a reliable source but because he says what the opponents of the war want said. Factual inquiry stops there.

On 5 August, John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor of The San Francisco Chronicle penned the latest anti-war tirade […]

Gizzi: The ACLU Strikes Again — And Again — For Illegal Immigration

By |2023-05-20T09:41:19-04:00August 14th, 2007|

John Gizzi over at Human Event Online, in his latest “Gizzi on Politics” post, has written an important post regarding the ACLU’s efforts to thwart local ordinances to protect against the crime and costs of illegal immigration. Here’s the relevant section:

The ACLU Strikes Again — And Again — For Illegal Immigration

At a time when thirty two states have successfully enacted legislation to deal with illegal immigration and more than fifty local governments have either taken action or are considering it on the issue, there is a major roadblock that their actions will almost surely have to overcome: the American Civil Liberties […]

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