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Supreme Court Likely to Restore Freedom to Pray at Public Events

By |2020-04-23T21:52:40-04:00November 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published November 7, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

Those seeking the right to pray at government events consistent with their religious beliefs seem poised for a major victory after the Nov. 6 oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Town of Greece v. Galloway.

The plaintiffs in this lawsuit are asking the Supreme Court to declare that faith-specific content in public prayers (which they call “sectarian” prayers) violates the Constitution, and so government bodies must tell pastors, priests, rabbis, and anyone else giving prayers that they cannot express any belief with which other people of faith might […]

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 […]

Congressionally Duped Americans

By |2013-11-06T13:32:28-05:00November 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published November 6, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Last week’s column, “Is There a Way Out?”, generated quite a few responses, some a bit angry. Some people were offended by my reference to Social Security and Medicare as entitlements or handouts. They said that they worked for 45 years and paid into Social Security and Medicare and how dare I refer to the money they now receive as an entitlement. These people have been duped by Congress and shouldn’t be held totally accountable for such a belief. Let’s examine the plethora of […]

The Obamacare Chaos I Warned About Calls For Obama To Apologize To Ted Cruz

By |2013-11-04T18:28:29-05:00November 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published October 28, 2013 on Forbes.com.

Obamacare was sold to credulous “Progressives” on the grounds that it was the way to achieve universal health insurance coverage for all Americans. But the Congressional Budget Office scored the legislation as leaving 30 million uninsured 10 years after full implementation! That is more than half the nation’s uninsured pre-Obamacare.

But just one month after Obamacare went into effect, the number of uninsured Americans has gone up rather than down. Just last week, Florida Blue announced it was issuing termination notices for 300,000 policies, about 80 percent […]

Victory Over Obamacare: How To Embarrass The Democrats Into Funding The Government

By |2013-11-04T18:02:57-05:00November 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published October 04, 2013 on Forbes.com.

Those of you who are supposedly outraged or indignant over the partial government shutdown, or have friends or neighbors who are outraged or indignant, I can tell you all how YOU can fix it. All you have to do is tell pollsters who call that you think Obama and the Democrats are responsible for the shutdown. As soon as that hits the papers, the shutdown will be over before the end of the day.

That is because it is Obama and the Democrats who shut down the government, because they […]

Failure To Raise The Debt Ceiling Will NOT Bring About Federal Default

By |2013-11-04T17:11:50-05:00November 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published October 15, 2013 on Forbes.com.

When you open your monthly bill from Visa or Mastercard, have you ever thought of telling the credit card company you cannot possibly pay even the minimum balance due, and you are going to have to default on the debt, unless the company immediately increases your credit limit? What do you think your creditor would tell you if you did? Would you expect to get the increase in your credit limit that way?

That is the same silly, illogical argument that your President Barack Obama is peddling to […]

Is There a Way Out?

By |2013-10-30T13:50:46-04:00October 30th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published October 30, 2013 on Townhall.com.

According to a recent Fox News poll, 73 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, up 20 points from 2012. Americans sense that there’s a lot going wrong in our nation, but most don’t have a clue about the true nature of our problem. If they had a clue, most would have little stomach for what would be necessary to arrest our national decline. Let’s look at it.

Between two-thirds and three-quarters of federal spending, in contravention of the […]

ACLU to New York Cops: Drop Dead

By |2020-04-23T21:52:41-04:00October 28th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published October 27, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

Imagine that it was Sept. 12, 2001, and you opened your newspaper, gazed in horror at the many photos of unspeakable carnage at the World Trade Center’s twin towers, and found this story: The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Justice Department to probe the surveillance of Muslim Americans by the New York City Police Department.

Fast forward to this past week, and you could have read it for real. The ACLU is upset that New York City police, who lost 23 officers when Muslim extremists […]

Shutdown Hysterics And Debt Drama Queens: What Happens Next?

By |2013-10-24T15:09:05-04:00October 24th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published October 22, 2013 on Forbes.com.

After all the dire predictions of doom and gloom, all the hysterics and drama queens, the end result of the great government shutdown/debt limit battle was no real substantive change, except for one, big, fat, new, debt loophole for the power mad President Obama.

The great Obamacare oppression, which will end up denying more health care than it delivers before it is repealed and replaced, prevailed unchanged. Obama and the Democrats fought off equal treatment for members of Congress and their staffs with the American people, maintaining their […]

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 […]

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