ACRU: Delta Smelt Ruling Gives Federal Agency Dictatorial Power
Ninth Circuit wrongly approves delegation of legislative and judicial authority to Fish and Wildlife Service, American Civil Rights Union brief states.
ACRU: Obamacare Subsidy 'Smackdown' Is Victory for Rule of Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 1, 2014) -- A federal judge's ruling on Tuesday declaring Obamacare subsidies on federal exchanges to be an "abuse of discretion" by the federal government is a victory for the rule of law.
ACRU Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Obamacare Exchange Subsidies
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acted illegally when it issued an Obamacare rule allowing subsidies for health care insurance purchased in federal exchanges in states that declined to create their own exchanges, a brief filed Wednesday by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) argues.
ACRU: Full Court Should Rehear Texas Quota Case
Brief calls for reestablishing the "fundamental principles of the Equal Protection Clause."
Why Deregulation Is Essential to Restoring Booming Economic Growth, and the American Dream
This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on July 19, 2014 on Forbes.com.
Last week, I discussed tax reform as the first component of a comprehensive agenda to restore booming economic growth, and the American Dream. This week, I will discuss a second essential component of such a growth restoration agenda: deregulation.
Global Cooling
Last week, I attended and spoke at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change in Las Vegas, organized by the Heartland Institute, the world headquarters for skeptics of anthropogenic (human caused), catastrophic, global warming. The event was co-sponsored by 32 organizations, […]
A Modest Proposal for Housing Illegal Immigrants
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 18, 2014 on The Washington Times website.
Attention, illegal-immigrant children, gang members and drug smugglers who are still pouring over the border into Texas:
If you’re looking for a place to stay while President Obama figures out a way to turn you all into welfare-dependent Democrats, I have just the place. Actually, several.
First, head for San Francisco. It’s beautiful this time of year. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, recently proclaimed in Texas that not only was the border between Mexico and the United States meaningless (“It’s a community with […]
ACLU Aims to Force All Doctors to Take Human Life
(Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from a column by Wesley J. Smith on NationalReview.com on July 15, 2014.)
The wailing and gnashing of teeth over the very modest Hobby Lobby case shows that it was a precursor for the real game that is afoot: forcing those with religious beliefs against abortion and assisted suicide (among other “interventions”) to participate or get out of medicine. No conscience allowed.
Proof of the pending attack on religious liberty comes with an email I received (by accident, I am sure) from the ACLU of Washington trolling for clients to become litigants in lawsuits aimed at breaking […]
Time to End the Export-Import Bank's Crony Agenda
Congress has a chance to stop one of the worst examples of corporate favoritism and big government distortion of the free market. The Export-Impact Bank’s authority expires at the end of September. In a Memo for the Movement signed by ACRU President, Susan Carleson, the Conservative Action Project explains why Congress should reject a forthcoming bid by Senate liberals to keep alive this corruption-inducing agency.
The memo reads:
Current Event:
Corporate powerhouses and their allies in the Obama administration and Congress seek to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States before the Bank’s current authority expires at the end of September. The Export-Import […]
The Kindness of Strangers Has Its Limits
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 11, 2014 on The Washington Times website.
TURNER, MAINE — They say the South is the friendliest place in America, and they’re probably right. The Midwest isn’t far behind, but the civility line defies latitudes or longitudes.
It comes down roughly to the difference between city and country folk — although exceptions abound. Across the USA and Canada, I’ve found that people outside core metropolitan areas are much more likely to initiate or respond to friendly entreaties.
On my family’s recent trip back to the D.C. area from Western Maine, we stopped at […]
Tax Reform: Restoring Booming Economic Growth, and the American Dream
This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on July 7, 2014 on Forbes.com.
Before America dropped off the gold standard in 1971, long term real economic growth averaged nearly 4%. At that long term growth rate, our economic production would more than double after 20 years. After 30 years, GDP would more than triple. After 40 years, a generation, total U.S. economic output would nearly quadruple.
Nothing could be more important for the middle class, working people, and the poor, then reestablishing that long term rate of economic growth. Yet, Obama and his economic policies have America limping along at barely half […]