Rucho v. Common Cause: A Significantly Modest Victory for Judicial Restraint
7/10: The victory is significant because it takes the federal courts out of the political gerrymandering thicket.
ACRU Supports Second Amendment Rights of New York Citizens in Supreme Court Case
5/30: ACRU supports the Second Amendment rights of New York City residents as the Supreme Court decides whether the New York City law criminalizing transport of registered guns outside the home is unconstitutional.
Rucho v. Common Cause, No. 18-422 in the Supreme Court of the United States
Political gerrymandering is back before the Supreme Court this term in two cases, one of which is Rucho.
The Right to Bear Arms Should Not Be Restricted by Geography
2/8: The American Civil Rights Union Asks the Supreme Court for Clarity in the Tortured Lower Court Decision of New Jersey Second Amendment Case
ACRU FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF BLADENSBURG CROSS
1/3: The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in this case on February 27, 2019, and a decision will be rendered before the end of June 2019.
The ACRU Files an Amicus Brief in Timbs V. Indiana
9/11: The ACRU urges the Supreme Court to apply the right against excessive bail to the states through the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Constitution which applies only to U.S. citizens.
ACRU Defends Legislative Authority Over Redistricting
7/27: The ACRU filed an amicus brief in support of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Pennsylvania redistricting case.
ACRU Files Amicus Brief in Alabama Voter ID Case
4/10: The ACRU filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill, arguing that the appeals court should hold that Alabama’s voter-ID law is permitted by the federal Voting Rights Act.
ACRU Files Supreme Court Brief in Support of President’s Travel Restrictions
3/9: President Donald Trump’s "extreme vetting" policy has been attacked by the Left. In his amicus brief at the Supreme Court, the ACRU’s Ken Klukowski argues why Proclamation 9645 is fully consistent with the Constitution.
PA Supreme Court Redistricting Map Heavily Skewed
3/7: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s map likely fails its own gerrymandering standards, because it skews so heavily democratic. The map submitted by the ACRU had more compact districts and fewer political subdivision splits.