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ACLU Friends Sex Offenders

By |2020-04-23T21:52:48-04:00June 15th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published June 14, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

Well, there they go again, carrying water for their army of odd men in raincoats. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana is suing to strike down a state law forbidding convicted sex offenders from using social media such as Facebook.

The state argues that allowing released felons on social media opens up opportunities for them to troll for children on the Internet.

“It’s hard to come up with an example of a sexual predator who doesn’t use some form of […]

The Supreme Court and Obamacare: Eight Possible Outcomes

By |2012-06-15T08:15:17-04:00June 15th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 13, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Everyone is now waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to hand down its decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, the name of the case frequently referred to simply as “Obamacare.”

Lawyers argued four issues before the justices who will decide the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and there are eight possible outcomes. Some are more likely than others, and some are more consequential than others.

In fact, one would change this country forever.

But aside from that one apocalyptic scenario, there are several outcomes […]

President Obama: The Biggest Government Spender In World History

By |2012-06-14T18:25:36-04:00June 14th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 14, 2012 on Forbes.com.

The U.S. has never before had a President who thinks so little of the American people that he imagines he can win re-election running on the opposite of reality. But that is the reality of President Obama today.

Waving a planted press commentary, Obama recently claimed on the campaign stump, “federal spending since I took office has risen at the slowest pace of any President in almost 60 years.”

Peggy Noonan aptly summarized in […]

Green Welfare, Green Taxes, Green Poverty

By |2012-06-13T14:07:27-04:00June 13th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 13, 2012 on The American Spectator website.

What would you do if gangs of robbers roamed your neighborhood at night, breaking into your neighbors’ houses and stealing their family jewels and life savings? You would arm yourself, and your family members of sufficient age, to defend your property. Or you would move to a safer neighborhood.

But if the robbers formed gangs called Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, or the Natural Resources Defense Fund, and assaulted your standard of living, the Che Guevara Democrats […]

Duped by Congressional Lies

By |2012-06-13T13:55:25-04:00June 13th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 6, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Some of the responses to my column last week, titled “Immoral Beyond Redemption,” prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among government handout programs that can be described as Congress’ taking what belongs to one American and giving to another, to whom it doesn’t belong — legalized theft. They argued that they worked for 45 years and paid into Social Security and that the money they now receive is theirs. These people […]

Is the Star-Spangled Banner an 'Abomination'?

By |2012-06-12T13:35:23-04:00June 12th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published June 12, 2012 on The Patriot Post website.

Talk show host, Bill Press, doesn’t like the Star-Spangled Banner. Imagine: a liberal talk show that’s not on NPR! His radio show is simulcast on Current TV. Bill Press likes provoking conservatives, but I’m not sure we should be provoked by his outburst against the National Anthem. Bill Press seems to be testing the old philosopher’s question: If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a noise? If you say something on Current TV, […]

Obama's Pregnant 'Denials'

By |2012-06-11T00:28:50-04:00June 11th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published June 10, 2012 on The Daily Caller website.

President Obama is offended by accusations that the White House authorized leaks of highly classified national security information detailed in Confront and Conceal, a new book by David Sanger of The New York Times. Obama hasn’t denied that leaks occurred.

“The notion that my White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive. It’s wrong,” he said during Friday’s press conference.

Media usually call it a “non-denial denial.” The law calls it a “negative pregnant”: a denial of an […]

The Ongoing Disgrace That Is Obamanomics

By |2012-06-07T17:01:04-04:00June 7th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 7, 2012 on Forbes.com.

President Obama has led America into an accelerating downward spiral. Destination: Argentina. Last Friday’s calamitous jobs report was just a signpost on the way.

Argentina enjoyed the world’s fourth highest per capita GDP in 1929, on par with the U.S. at the time. But then the nation lost its way through its embrace of a leftist, union allied government, which took control of the economy and imposed wildly irresponsible taxes, spending, deficits […]

Immoral Beyond Redemption

By |2012-06-06T15:40:05-04:00June 6th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 6, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Benjamin Franklin, statesman and signer of our Declaration of Independence, said: “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” John Adams, another signer, echoed a similar statement: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Are today’s Americans virtuous and moral, or have we become corrupt and vicious? Let’s think it through with a few […]

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