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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Public Prayer

By |2020-04-23T21:57:06-04:00November 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published November 5, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

When does the Constitution not allow religious speech or displays in the public square or at public events?

This week, the Supreme Court will hear a case on prayer at legislative events, but the actual arguments presented to the justices could apply to every aspect of American life where religious faith intersects public places and events.

This Wednesday, Nov. 6, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway. Congress, states, and local governments nationwide open their meetings with an invocation. The Supreme Court calls […]

Loving and Hating America

By |2013-10-23T14:07:17-04:00October 23rd, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published October 23, 2013 on Townhall.com.

As I’ve documented in the past, many leftist teachers teach our youngsters to hate our country. For example, University of Hawaii Professor Haunani-Kay Trask counseled her students, “We need to think very, very clearly about who the enemy is. The enemy is the United States of America and everyone who supports it.” Some universities hire former terrorists to teach and indoctrinate students. Kathy Boudin, former Weather Underground member and convicted murderer, is on the Columbia University School of Social Work’s faculty. Her Weather Underground […]

ACRU Wins Second Historic Election Integrity Consent Decree (Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi)

By |2020-04-23T21:59:26-04:00October 21st, 2013|

Another Mississippi county agrees to take dead people, felons and double-registered individuals off its voter rolls.

HATTIESBURG, MS (Oct. 21, 2013) — Officials in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi have signed a consent decree agreeing to clean up voter rolls in accordance with a lawsuit filed in April by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (commonly called “Motor Voter”).

“So far, we’re batting one thousand on these suits aimed at ensuring election integrity,” said ACRU Chairman and CEO Susan A. Carleson. “It’s on to Texas, where we have already alerted 15 counties that they also have severe voting […]

Letting No Crisis Go to Waste

By |2013-10-21T14:57:22-04:00October 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published October 20, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

Where others see a calamity, Obama sees golden opportunity.

Chutzpah is defined in some dictionaries as “shameless audacity.” It’s not a big enough word to describe what Barack Obama, author of the best-seller The Audacity of Hope, said after securing a GOP surrender in the fiscal showdown last week.

“We’ve got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis,” President Obama said with a straight face.

In his nearly five years as president, Mr. Obama has governed almost solely […]

ACRU v. Jefferson Davis County (MS) — Consent Decree

By |2013-10-18T16:13:28-04:00October 18th, 2013|

HATTIESBURG, MS (Oct. 18, 2013) — Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi officials have signed a consent decree agreeing to clean up voter rolls in accordance with a lawsuit filed in April 2013 by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (commonly called “Motor Voter”).
Read consent decree. (PDF 722 KB)

ACRU: ObamaCare Violates Freedom of Religion

By |2020-04-23T21:52:41-04:00October 15th, 2013|

Brief filed on behalf of Liberty University says the cost of defying abortion order would be “crippling.”

ALEXANDRIA, VA (Oct. 15, 2013) — In an amicus brief submitted on October 9, the American Civil Rights Union asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case brought by Liberty University. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, the Christian college contends that forcing it through the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) to fund employee health insurance that covers abortions is unconstitutional.

In Liberty University v. Lew, Sibelius, et al, the ACRU brief, written by General Counsel Peter Ferrara, notes that, “if Liberty University fails to comply with the employer mandate […]

Jimmy Carter's Change of Heart

By |2020-04-23T21:59:45-04:00October 15th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published October 13 on The Washington Times website.

With the media giving 24/7 coverage to the federal shutdown and debt-ceiling standoff, other important news is slipping under the radar.

For instance, Democrats are still vigorously waging a holy war on state voter-ID laws. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who is leading the charge, contends that such laws are designed solely to “suppress” minority votes.

He’s getting help from others who know this is false but politically advantageous. On Aug. 28, former President Jimmy Carter told a crowd commemorating the 50th […]

Racial Trade-offs

By |2013-10-10T14:33:18-04:00October 10th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published October 2, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Trade-offs apply to our economic lives, as well as our political lives. That means getting more of one thing requires giving up something else. Let’s look at some examples.

Black congressmen and black public officials in general, including Barack Obama, always side with teachers unions in their opposition to educational vouchers, tuition tax credits, charter schools and other measures that would allow black parents to take their children out of failing public schools. Most black politicians and many black […]

Symposium: Time to Restore Longstanding Meaning—and Sanity—to the Establishment Clause in Town of Greece v. Galloway

By |2020-04-23T21:52:41-04:00October 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published October 3, 2013 on SCOTUSblog.com.

Town of Greece v. Galloway is a major Establishment Clause case involving legislative prayer. If the Supreme Court takes this opportunity—as it should—to replace both the manifestly unworkable original Lemon test and its equally unworkable revision, the endorsement test, with a historically grounded, principled, and objective coercion test, then this case will be of tremendous benefit to the law and the nation.

Those who believe in fidelity to the Constitution and democratic self-rule should hope for nothing less. And although an […]

Symposium: Time to Restore Longstanding Meaning—and Sanity—to the Establishment Clause in Town of Greece v. Galloway

By |2020-04-23T21:52:41-04:00October 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published October 3, 2013 on SCOTUSblog.com.

Town of Greece v. Galloway is a major Establishment Clause case involving legislative prayer. If the Supreme Court takes this opportunity—as it should—to replace both the manifestly unworkable original Lemon test and its equally unworkable revision, the endorsement test, with a historically grounded, principled, and objective coercion test, then this case will be of tremendous benefit to the law and the nation.

Those who believe in fidelity to the Constitution and democratic self-rule should hope for nothing less. And although an […]

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