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Barack Obama's Presidency is a Complete Failure by His Own, Self-Imposed Standards

By ACRU Staff|2014-01-07T11:55:00-05:00January 7th, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published December 31, 2013 on Forbes.com.

At the end of 2013, after serving five years, Barack Obama is a complete failure as President, by his own standards, as reflected in his own words.

How many times has President Obama told us that he is “fighting for the middle class”? But real median family income has been in a continuous downward spiral since he became President, actually falling more since the recession ended in the summer of 2009 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research than during the recession. That has added […]

Dumb Politicians Won't Get Elected

By ACRU Staff|2014-01-07T11:44:43-05:00January 7th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published December 25, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Politicians can be progressives, liberals, conservatives, Democrats or Republicans, and right-wingers. They just can’t be dumb. The American people will never elect them to office. Let’s look at it.

For years, I used to blame politicians for our economic and social mess. That changed during the 1980s as a result of several lunches with Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., which produced an epiphany of sorts.

At the time, I had written several columns highly critical of farm subsidies and […]

Obama's Slow Growth Policies Have Stacked the Deck Against American Workers

By ACRU Staff|2014-01-07T11:29:17-05:00January 7th, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published December 26, 2013 on Forbes.com.

President Obama told us in his December 4 economic coming out speech on inequality, which the Huffington Post called the most important speech of his Presidency, “But we know that people’s frustrations run deeper than these most recent political battles. Their frustration is rooted in their own daily battles – to make ends meet, to pay for college, buy a home, save for retirement. It’s rooted in the nagging sense that no matter how hard they work, the deck is stacked against them. And it is rooted […]

Lies, Lies and More Presidential Lies

By ACRU Staff|2014-01-06T10:38:09-05:00January 6th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 5, 2014 on The Washington Times website.

One bad thing about our media-mad age is that it’s difficult to keep up with all the lies we’re being told by our government. The good news is that falsehoods don’t have the legs they once had.

Remember when Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper was asked by Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, during a hearing on March 12, 2013, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Mr. Clapper answered, “No […]

Militant Atheists' War on Christians and Christmas in 2013

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-24T00:02:37-05:00December 24th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published December 22, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

This Christmas season is seeing those who deny the existence of God pressing forward with a militant secular agenda, one that is intolerant–often bitterly so–of Christians in America.

Set aside for a moment the blockbuster controversy regarding Phil Robertson and “Duck Dynasty,” which is driven by a visceral rejection of Biblical Christian views on sin and sexuality. The same hostility toward Christians who believe the Bible is the Word of God is on full display this Christmas season in other respects.

Pastor Alistair Begg–one of the most famous […]

A Miracle Not of Our Making

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-23T16:03:11-05:00December 23rd, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 22, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

We went last week to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va., which is staging Christmas Town, a spectacular display of lights, rides and holiday themes. It’s all pretty amazing, with a 50-foot Christmas tree, a snow machine at the “North Pole,” nuts roasting on an open fire, and even live penguins.

Wherever you walk, you hear Christmas music in the language of the “country” you’re visiting. In merry old England, a four-person Victorian choir sings traditional carols in lilting harmonies. Germany’s Oktoberfest area is […]

ACRU: Obama's 'Julius Caesar Option' Usurps Legislative Power

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-18T10:56:46-05:00December 18th, 2013|

EPA Has No Authority to Issue ‘Greenhouse Gas’ Rules that Congress Refused to Enact, Supreme Court Brief Says

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 18, 2013) — Under President Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is violating the Constitution’s clear separation of powers by issuing “greenhouse gas” emission regulations that Congress explicitly rejected, the American Civil Rights Union argues in a brief filed Dec. 16 at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Written by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, the brief in Utility Air Regulatory Group v U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that, “Our Constitution’s fundamental framework provides for the people’s representatives […]

Capital Dysfunction

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-16T10:35:30-05:00December 16th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 15, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

Baseball and football fans know that when coaches chew out umpires and referees, there’s little chance that the questionable call will be overturned — especially in baseball. In many cases, though, that’s not the intent. The idea is to intimidate the umpire into giving them a better call the next time around.

I thought about that in October when the Democrats and media fomented massive outrage over the two-week, partial government shutdown. The crocodile tears were not really shed over the government employees, who were made whole […]

Can the ACLU Force Catholic Hospitals to Perform Abortions?

By ACRU Staff|2013-12-06T16:35:28-05:00December 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published December 5, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

The ACLU wants Catholic hospitals to practice medicine without morals.

The American Civil Liberties Union is so upset that a Michigan baby died just after being born that the group is suing the Catholic Church for not deliberately killing the child earlier.

In a lawsuit filed on Nov. 29 against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in U.S. District Court in Michigan, the ACLU contends that the church’s medical directives reflecting a pro-life stance against abortion resulted in negligent care for a woman with a troubled […]

Dems' Power Grab Will Cost Them the War Over the Constitution in Court

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:53:56-04:00December 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published November 26, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

Winning a battle that costs you a war is no victory.

The silver lining from President Obama’s and Senate Democrats’ unprecedented power grab last week is that now a conservative Republican president can appoint a Supreme Court that will restore the Constitution to its historical place in our nation’s life, revitalizing limited government and safeguarding fundamental rights.

Had conservatives invoked the nuclear option, mainstream media outlets would have given it wall-to-wall coverage under the banner, “The Death of Democracy in America.” MSNBC hosts might have openly wept on […]