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Unanimous Supreme Court Holds Pro-Life Susan B. Anthony List Can Continue Legal Challenge

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:52:38-04:00June 19th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 16, 2014 on Breitbart.com.

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) was investigated for allegedly violating an Ohio election law banning false speech in campaign messages. It has now won on an issue at the Supreme Court that allows SBA to proceed with its lawsuit, arguing Ohio’s law violates free speech.

Ohio law prohibits “false statements” about the “voting record of a… public official” in campaign ads during elections. Former Rep. Steven Driehaus (D-OH) filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission against SBA in 2010. The pro-life group made an ad that […]

Supreme Court Affirms Police Officer's Felony Conviction for Buying Gun for Law-Abiding Uncle

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-19T11:07:12-04:00June 19th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 16, 2014 on Breitbart.com.

When purchasing a firearm, federal law makes it a crime to make any false statement about “any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale.” Bruce Abramski is a former police officer in Virginia who purchased a gun for his uncle in Pennsylvania. His uncle is law-abiding and could have bought the gun himself, but Abramski made the purchase to get a policeman’s price discount to save his uncle money.

The former officer was convicted for violating federal law in buying the gun. Today in

Who Owns You?

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-11T13:22:37-04:00June 11th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 11, 2014 on Townhall.com.

Darcy Olsen, president of the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, and Richard Garr, president of Neuralstem, a biotech company, wrote “Right to Try experimental drugs” in USA Today (5/28/2014). They pointed out that “this year, more than 5,000 Americans will lose their battle with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Up until recently, there was no medicine on the market that significantly improved the lives of ALS patients. But now there is one in clinical trials that holds considerable promise, but it has not been […]

President Obama's Plan to "De-develop" America Shifts into High Gear

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-10T15:28:28-04:00June 10th, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on June 9, 2014 on Forbes.com.

President Obama’s own Administration officially reports that the U.S. economy DECLINED by 1% in the first quarter of this year. That follows 1.9% reported total annual growth for all of 2013.

The U.S. economy sustained a real rate of economic growth of 3.3% from 1945 to 1973, and achieved the same 3.3% sustained real growth from 1982 to 2007. Before President Obama, it was only during the stagflation decade of 1973 to 1982, reflecting the deeply misguided reigning intellectual leadership of the time, that real growth fell to only […]

Petty Annoyances

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:57:05-04:00June 4th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 4, 2014 on Townhall.com.

Most who read my columns think that I’m only annoyed by politicians, growing government and Americans who have little respect or love for liberty and our Constitution. There are other things that annoy me.

One annoyance is people’s seeming inability or unwillingness to differentiate between the number zero and the letter “o.” I’ve had conversations with telephone operators who have told me that I can reach my party by dialing, for example, 31o-3o55. Sometimes I’ve asked, “If I follow your instructions, by dialing […]

The Economics of Replacing Obamacare: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-02T12:30:52-04:00June 2nd, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on June 1, 2014 on Forbes.com.

Republicans have not unified behind a single bill to replace Obamacare because conservatives have been debating among themselves exactly what the components of that bill should be. The ongoing collapse of Obamacare, economically and politically, is heightening the stakes in that debate, delaying matters.

But the replacement plan now emerging will broaden health coverage at least as much as Obamacare, which teased universal coverage but never delivered. Moreover, the replacement plan would actually reduce health costs (through tried and true market incentives, proven to work in the real world), […]

A Snapshot of Islamic 'Justice'

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-02T11:26:17-04:00June 2nd, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 30, 2014 on The Washington Times website.

The world is full of cruelty, but something unfolding in Sudan should interest even jaded observers.

If a million deaths are a statistic, and a single death is a tragedy, this case puts a human face on the genocide of Christians by militant Muslims all over the world. God willing, this story might still have a happy ending if the U.S. government takes it seriously.

Dr. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishig, a pregnant Christian woman, was sentenced on May 11 by a Sudanese government Shariah law court […]

White Privilege

By ACRU Staff|2014-05-28T15:58:44-04:00May 28th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published May 28, 2014 on Townhall.com.

What would you think if your 8-year-old came home and told you that “white privilege is something that white people have, meaning they have an advantage in a lot of things and they can get a job more easily”? You would have heard that at the recent 15th annual White Privilege Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, attended by 2,500 public-school teachers, administrators and students from across the nation.

The average parent has no idea of the devious indoctrination going on […]

Transform the VA into a Pro-Growth Model for First Rate Health Care

By ACRU Staff|2014-05-27T14:47:05-04:00May 27th, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on May 25, 2014 on Forbes.com.

The VA (Veterans Administration) scandals show why so many people have been so highly motivated for so long to fight against Obamacare. That is because of the perfectly rational fear that Obamacare will end up doing to the entire American health care system what the VA has done to health care for America’s veterans.

Many have already commented that the VA system is actually pure socialized medicine. The government doesn’t just pay for health care or health insurance under the system for our nation’s veterans. The government actually builds […]

Ken Blackwell Destroys MSNBC Gun Control Narrative in One Response

By ACRU Staff|2014-05-27T14:35:58-04:00May 27th, 2014|

This column by Caleb Howe was published May 26, 2014 on TruthRevolt.org.

On MSNBC this afternoon, commentator and Republican politician Ken Blackwell was on as part of panel discussion about guns and gun control in the wake of this weekend’s killing spree in Santa Barbara. Host Craig Melvin runs down a laundry list of various ways of saying gun or shooting and so on before finally asking Blackwell how something like this could happen. Blackwell’s response was absolutely pitch perfect. First he had a pause to take it in, then he said:

“You know, I wonder if I missed something. My […]