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Holy Rudolph?

By |2020-04-23T21:52:50-04:00November 28th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published November 28, 2011 in The Washington Times.

Atheists must be the most fragile peaches in the basket. They’re always getting bruised by the slightest exposure to public displays that remind them of Christmas, God, the Ten Commandments or, worst of all, Jesus.

Just as pathetic are the atheist enablers who are complicit in doing away with any reminders of America’s Christian heritage, even secular symbols. For example, the Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, S.C., recently decided that a visit by Santa Claus might upset nonbelievers. Perhaps they feared it could lead […]

Should the Rich Be Condemned?

By |2011-11-23T11:43:37-05:00November 23rd, 2011|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published November 23, 2011 on Townhall.com.

Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb, the phonograph, the DC motor and other items in everyday use and became wealthy by doing so. Thomas Watson founded IBM and became rich through his company’s contribution to the computation revolution. Lloyd Conover, while in the employ of Pfizer, created the antibiotic tetracycline. Though Edison, Watson, Conover and Pfizer became wealthy, whatever wealth they received pales in comparison with the extraordinary benefits received by ordinary people. Billions of people benefited from safe and […]

The Bell Tolls for Obamacare

By |2020-04-23T21:58:19-04:00November 23rd, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published November 23, 2011 on The American Spectator website.

On November 14, the Supreme Court granted the Writ of Certiorari to hear the appeal of the cases testing the constitutionality of Obamacare. The resulting decision will mark an historic watershed not only in the restoration of constitutional jurisprudence, but in fundamental, market reform of the entire entitlement state.

Historic Decision Brewing

I write serving as the General Counsel of the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU), as one of several current positions. The ACRU was […]

Gingrich Follows FDR with Court-Packing Scheme

By |2020-04-23T21:54:02-04:00November 22nd, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published November 20, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s idea for checking judicial activism is a textbook case of historical revisionism that is strikingly similar to the court-packing scheme of liberal icon Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Gingrich says Congress should just pass a law eliminating specific judgeships, presumably immediately ousting the activist judges currently filling those seats.

Gingrich lionizes an incident now regarded as profoundly troubling by constitutional scholars. When Thomas Jefferson replaced John Adams as president in 1801, the outgoing Congress created new federal courts and judgeships, which Adams […]

Supreme Opportunity to Right a Wrong

By |2020-04-23T21:58:19-04:00November 22nd, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published November 21, 2011 in The Washington Times.

In March, the Supreme Court will hear the challenge by 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. A ruling is expected by midsummer.

Although many provisions don’t kick in until 2014, this 2,700-page mess is already giving America’s health care system a bad cold, which will morph into pneumonia if the law is not overturned. A few of the symptoms already have emerged:

Adding costs: Some […]

There Are No Longer Any Excuses for Obamanomics

By |2011-11-18T15:13:52-05:00November 18th, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published November 17, 2011 on Forbes.com.

The history of America’s recessions is provided at the website of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Before this last recession, since the Great Depression recessions in America have lasted an average of 10 months, with the longest previously lasting 16 months. Yet here we are 47 months after the last recession started, and we still have no real recovery.

Instead, unemployment has been stuck at 9% or above for the longest […]

Poverty in America?

By |2011-11-16T13:53:34-05:00November 16th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published November 16, 2011 on Townhall.com.

According to CBS News, “the number of people in the U.S. living in poverty in 2010 rose for the fourth year in a row, representing the largest number of Americans in poverty in the 52 years since such estimates have been published by the U.S. Census Bureau.” MSNBC said, “The U.S. poverty rate remains among the highest in the developed world.” Let’s look at a few poverty facts.

Heritage Foundation researchers Dr. Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield laid out […]

Historic Obamacare Battle at Supreme Court in 2012

By |2011-11-15T14:35:37-05:00November 15th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published Novembr 14, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.

So, the Supreme Court will decide Obamacare’s fate. After two years of political and legal battles, our highest court will decide whether to strike down all or part of Obamacare, or whether the federal government can claim unlimited power over each of our lives.

On Nov. 14, the Supreme Court granted review (called “certiorari” or “cert”) of several petitions arising from the Obamcare mega-case from Florida. This lawsuit was brought by 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The case has been renamed […]

Election Message: Get Involved or Get Left Out

By |2011-11-11T16:44:04-05:00November 11th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published November 10, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

Tuesday’s off-year elections revealed a truth well known in sports that also applies to politics: The side that’s more energized wins. In Virginia, an energized Republican Party apparently gained a tie in the Senate, giving the GOP control of all three branches – governor, House and Senate – for the first time since Reconstruction. A recount could reverse it, but right now, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling’s Senate vote would be the 20-20 tie breaker. This was no small feat, given the gerrymandering by the […]

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