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Recall Sheriff Dupnik

By |2011-01-17T11:03:24-05:00January 17th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 14, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

A lot of people are wondering what to do about Clarence Dupnik, sheriff of Pima County, Ariz. He’s the left-wing lawman who shot off his mouth and blamed everyone to the right of President Obama for the Jan. 8 massacre in Tucson. Last April, he boasted that he would not enforce S.B. 1070, the state’s immigration enforcement law, which he called “racist,” “stupid” and “disgusting.” In September, he accused Tea Party members of being bigots.

Name-calling is one thing. More seriously, Sheriff […]

A Bright Idea: Rescue the Incandescents

By |2011-01-13T19:08:31-05:00January 13th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published January 13, 2011, on The American Thinker website.

Why is Paris known as the City of Light? Is it because the U.S. Congress banned Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulbs, so he had to take his invention offshore?

Well, not actually. Thomas Edison was an honoree at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition, and he did go up in the Eiffel Tower. The Italian government conferred a knighthood at that event on the man who gave the world a brighter idea.

No, Congress in the 1880s would not have […]

Shooting "Solutions" Exploit Tragedy, Ignore Grief

By |2023-03-10T08:04:50-05:00January 13th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue appeared January 13, 2011 on The American Thinker website.

We are a nation in grief once again, mourning Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson Arizona.

But we will get through it if we do what Americans always do — call on a merciful and loving God, honor those who died, care for survivors and their families, recognize the heroes, and seek justice. It doesn’t take an expert in grief counseling to know pain and what helps or hinders getting through the process.

Three months ago my husband of almost 51 years died […]

The Budget Battle: How President Obama Is Trapped

By |2011-01-12T16:30:02-05:00January 12th, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara appeared January 12, 2011 on The American Spectator website.

The mistake that most commentators are making on the budget is the idea that a bill has to be passed to cut spending. For much of the 2012 budget, which Congress is now debating, that is not true. In many cases, the absence of legislation can cut spending. With Republicans thoroughly in control of one house of Congress, that legislative reality leaves them with great power to cut spending.

Moreover, today’s new political realities, as evidenced by the historic 2010 election, sharply constrain the budget positions President Obama […]

Put Blame Where It Belongs in Tucson Tragedy

By |2020-04-23T21:54:03-04:00January 12th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published January 12, 2011 on Townhall.com

I formerly lived twelve minutes from that Safeway grocery store in Tucson. I worked four minutes from it. My wife and I sometimes shopped there. I first met Rep. Gabrielle Giffords eight years ago when she was a state senator. “Call me Gabby,” she told me. And I did.

Now in the wake of the tragedy that left the Arizona Democrat gravely wounded and six others dead – including a federal judge, a congressional staffer, a nine year-old girl, and an elderly gentleman who shielded his wife with his […]

The Constitution Did Not Condone Slavery

By |2011-01-10T13:28:52-05:00January 10th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and Family Research Council Senior Fellow Bob Morrison was published January 9, 2011, on The American Thinker website.

“There’s nothing new under the sun,” said President Harry Truman, “there’s only history we haven’t learned yet.” The history we haven’t learned yet was on display on page one of the Washington Post. Post writers Philip Rucker and David Farenthold reported on the reading of the Constitution by newly sworn in Members of the 112th Congress.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) led the novel exercise and defended the decision not to read those portions […]

Expression is Not Coercion

By |2020-04-23T21:52:55-04:00January 9th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 7, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

While the nation watches to see how the new House leadership flexes its Tea Party-enhanced muscles, the legal campaign to strip the public square of any reminders of America’s Christian heritage continues apace.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 57-year-old cross atop the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego is unconstitutional. The decision runs counter to a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a similar case at the Mojave National Preserve, […]

NRA and Reagan Conservatives Defending Second Amendment in Court

By |2020-04-23T21:53:44-04:00January 8th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published January 8, 2011 on Townhall.com

The Second Amendment is a whole new ballgame in the aftermath of recent Supreme Court decisions. The NRA is taking a leading role in many lawsuits now underway by bringing in top-tier lawyers from the Reagan administration, as the biggest battles over gun rights now move into the courtroom.

For almost 200 years, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was sacred in American law. In addition to hunting, the right of law-abiding citizens to buy, keep and carry guns was essential for […]

Conservative Legal Team from Obamacare Case Now Fighting the EPA

By |2011-01-07T15:45:16-05:00January 7th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published January 7, 2011 on Townhall.com

On Dec. 30, a federal appeals court froze new EPA regulations on greenhouse gases. The team representing the State of Texas in this appeal is also the team managing the largest Obamacare lawsuit in America, led by a lawyer from the Reagan administration. This appeal is the latest reminder that America needs good judges to uphold the rule of law and stop President Obama’s ongoing power grab.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its first round of anti-business, job-killing carbon regulations last year. Those rules […]

Playing God With Catholic Hospitals

By |2011-01-06T14:11:05-05:00January 6th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 5, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

Take a case that, on the surface, looks really bad. Assign an evil motive. Ignore nuanced facts. Stir in media outcry. Demand that the government step in.

That’s the left’s recipe for putting Catholic hospitals in intensive care – the care of the pro-abortion Obama administration, that is.

On Dec. 22, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking the agency to investigate Catholic hospitals’ refusal to do abortions when women’s lives are […]

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