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Educational Rot

By |2013-03-14T16:05:18-04:00March 14th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published March 13, 2013 on Townhall.com.

American education is in a sorry state of affairs, and there’s enough blame for all participants to have their fair share. They include students who are hostile and alien to the education process, uninterested parents, teachers and administrators who either are incompetent or have been beaten down by the system, and politicians who’ve become handmaidens for teachers unions. There’s another education issue that’s neither flattering nor comfortable to confront and talk about. That’s the low academic preparation of many teachers. […]

Yes, Ted Cruz Likely Eligible to Be President

By |2013-03-12T10:46:29-04:00March 12th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published March 11, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

On Mar. 8, reporter Carl Cameron on Special Report on Fox News Channel was surveying potential GOP 2016 presidential candidates. Then he raised Ted Cruz–one of the most brilliant constitutional lawyers ever to serve in the Senate–the new 41-year old Hispanic senator from Texas.

Cameron added, “But Cruz was born in Canada and is constitutionally ineligible” to run for president. While many people assume that, it’s probably not true.

Cameron was referring to the Constitution’s Article II requirement that only a “natural born citizen” […]

President Obama's War on Women and Minorities

By |2013-03-11T10:32:41-04:00March 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 10, 2013 on Forbes.com.

The 2012 election featured the bottom feeding charge of a Republican War on Women. The grounds for such a charge were less than zero. But with the Democrat Party outright controlling so much of the national media, every Democrat talking point takes on added weight.

Is opposition to abortion indicative of a “war on women?” That would overlook the fact that at least half of babies aborted are female. Maybe it […]

Last Chance to Repair Mr. Roberts' Obamacare Error

By |2013-03-11T10:18:57-04:00March 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published March 11, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

In 1919, back when the United States was a constitutional republic, Congress passed a child-labor law imposing a 10 percent excise tax on companies that violated it.

A North Carolina furniture maker challenged the law and won. In 1922, the Supreme Court ruled in Bailey v. Drexel Furniture that although child-labor laws have a noble purpose, the means — Congress using taxing power as a penalty — was unconstitutional.

This was before Franklin Roosevelt’s court-packing threat in 1937 ended the Supreme Court’s […]

Rand Paul and Osama bin Laden's Spokesperson

By |2013-03-11T10:08:52-04:00March 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published March 8, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

Supporters of national security and the Constitution are rightly outraged about learning that Sulaiman Abu Ghaith–the al Qaeda spokesman who is also Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law–appeared today in federal court in New York City. And it raises the next stage in the critical debate that started with Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster earlier this week.

Suddenly, the public learned that a senior member of al Qaeda–who furthermore is a member of bin Laden’s immediate family–is right here in the United States. He was brought before a […]

ACRU's Liberty U. Brief: ObamaCare Violates Religious Freedom

By |2013-03-07T07:32:30-05:00March 7th, 2013|

WASHINGTON (March 6) – In an amicus brief filed at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) argues that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act’s (PPACA) employer and individual mandates are unconstitutional burdens on religious freedom. It is the ACRU’s ninth federal court brief challenging ObamaCare.

Authored by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara in Liberty University v Timothy Geithner, the brief’s key arguments are:

  • “The Supreme Court … found the PPACA’s individual mandate to be without authorization under the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause. This Court should find the same for the employer […]

The Coming Sequester Lies

By |2013-03-06T10:21:37-05:00March 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published March 6, 2013 on The American Spectator website.

Almost a week since the dreaded sequester went into effect, and look out your window. To quote President Obama the day after Obamacare was passed, the sun is still shining, the birds are still chirping, and the earth is still spinning on its axis.

Of course, Obamacare still does not go into effect for another year now. But the sequester has already been in effect for five days. Unlike the sequester, when Obamacare goes into effect, […]

Mandated Wages and Discrimination

By |2013-03-06T10:08:06-05:00March 6th, 2013|

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

Let’s work through an example. Suppose 100 yards of fence could be built using one of two techniques. You could hire three low-skilled workers for $15 each, or you could hire one high-skilled worker for $40. Either way, you get the same 100 yards of fence built. If you sought maximum profits, which production technique would you employ? I’m guessing that you’d hire one high-skilled worker and pay him $40 rather than hire three low-skilled workers for $15 each. Your […]

A Minority View: Higher Minimum Wage

By |2013-02-27T17:03:06-05:00February 27th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published February 27, 2013 on Townhall.com.

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. That would be almost a 25 percent increase. Let’s look at the president’s proposal, but before doing so, let’s ask some other economic questions.

Are people responsive to changes in price? For example, if the price of cars rose by 25 percent, would people purchase as many cars? Supposing housing prices rose by 25 percent, what […]

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