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Disrespect for Law Doesn't Always Stop Where You Think It Will

By |2023-05-20T09:39:15-04:00May 16th, 2007|

A Reuters article published yesterday (“Workers sue U.S. factory after immigration raid”) reports that several hundred illegal immigrant workers at a plant south of Boston have sued the company for cheating them on their wages. The article portrays the illegal immigrants as victims — of the government’s raid, and of factory management’s greed — but there is a different way to look at it.

About a month ago, I wrote in this space that the foremost reason to oppose “sanctuary cities” and their indulgence of illegal immigration is that these things sow disrespect for the rule of law:

“If elected officials pretending to be […]

Local Front in Battle to Restore Rule of Law for Immigration Receives Bipartisan Boost

By |2023-05-20T09:39:15-04:00May 16th, 2007|

Who says standing against illegal immigration and the consequences thereof is a political loser?

The ACRU has been fighting in support of the mayor of Hazelton, PA and his effort to crack down on landlords and employers who create the demand for and perpetuate the problem of illegal immigration, and the criminological ills and financial burdens that come with it, in his town and similar municipalities across America. Our own John Armor has described the issue very well in his article, “The Hazelton Rebellion.”

Predictably, the ACLU has lined up on behalf of those who break our laws and against the democratic rule […]

Europe's View

By |2023-05-20T09:39:15-04:00May 16th, 2007|

We frequently hear from those skeptical of America’s right to act with moral confidence that our “arrogance” has brought us low in the opinion of our “former” allies in Western Europe. In support of this view, they typically cite public opinion polls. As usual, actual polls — like, for example, elections — go unnoted. So note will be taken here, the “America Stinks” crowd notwithstanding.

Today in France, Nicolas Sarkozy took office as President. Sarkozy is a pro-American, pro-free market reformer. Indeed his pro-Americanism was used against him by his socialist opponent, whom he decisively defeated.

The ACLU Takes on James Madison and the Founders on School Prayer

By |2023-05-20T09:39:16-04:00May 15th, 2007|

When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights in 1789, surely the idea of blocking local school children in Monroe, LA in 2007 from solemnizing their graduation ceremony with prayer was his intent, right? After all, he objected to official prayers, Thanksgiving proclamations to God, congressional chaplains, and worship meetings held in federal buildings while in the first congresses under the new Constitution, didn’t he?

Well, no.

In fact, when Madison’s good friend Thomas Jefferson – no Christian he, and often cited for support from those seeking a radical “wall of separation” between government and all things religious – did things that would […]

Let the People Decide, as Long as They Wear Black Robes

By |2023-05-20T09:39:16-04:00May 14th, 2007|

John Armor notes that a pro-illegal immigrant group which opposed the Hazelton-style ordinance adopted in Texas (by a vote of better than two-to-one) called itself, “Let the People Decide.” Not to miss a beat, this same group is now going to court, presumably under the motto, “Let the Judges Undecide.” The irony here parallels what the anti-war press has been trying to hang around the President’s neck when he spoke several years ago on a destroyer donning a huge, “Mission Accomplished” sign. If you think the press is going to cover the Texas “vote-then-sue” story with anything like the zeal it covered, and continues […]

'Let the People Decide Illegal Immigration!' (Or Maybe Not)

By |2023-05-20T09:39:16-04:00May 14th, 2007|

One of the slogans of the opponents of the Farmers Branch immigration ordinances, was “Let the people vote.” (See “Anti-Illegal-Immigrant Law OK’d in Texas.”) Now, the people HAVE voted, 68-32, to approve the ordinances designed to discourage illegal immigrants in their town. So, the opponents are going to court to have an unelected judge tell the people and the town they have no right to make this decision.

In short, the ACLU and its allies are attacking the basic right of all Americans, to govern themselves under a “republican” government, which in accord with the constitutional guarantee means government by elected representatives. This subject will […]

Hate Crimes: 'Solving' a Non-Existent Problem

By |2023-05-20T09:39:17-04:00May 11th, 2007|

The House of Representatives has just passed a federal bill on “hate crimes,” which seems headed for a White House veto, if it manages to pass the Senate. This has heightened attention to the half of the several states which also have “hate crime” laws.

There are only two things wrong with the state laws: they are useless and arbitrary. There is a third problem with the federal version. It violates the Constitution.

Every “hate crime” law is based on the commission of an ordinary crime. Attacking, harming, or killing any citizen IS a crime to begin with. Damaging someone’s property, whether burning a cross […]

A Study of Neighbors: Is It Safer to Live Where Handguns are Banned or Allowed?

By |2023-05-20T09:39:17-04:00May 8th, 2007|

Building on my last post (“Harvard Study: Gun Control Is Counterproductive”) – I thought it would be instructive to look at one particular table from the aforementioned study published in Spring 2007 in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Volume 30, Number 2:

The table above is taken from page 664 of the issue. It compares the murder rates of various European countries that have banned handguns with those of their neighbors. More significantly, it indicated whether or not handguns are similarly banned in the neighboring countries.

In every case – much like the difference between the state of Virginia, […]

Harvard Study: Gun Control Is Counterproductive

By |2023-05-20T09:39:17-04:00May 8th, 2007|

I’ve just learned that Washington, D.C.’s petition for a rehearing of the Parker case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was denied today. This is good news. Readers will recall in this case that the D.C. Circuit overturned the decades-long ban on gun ownership in the nation’s capitol on Second Amendment grounds.

However, as my colleague Peter Ferrara explained in his National Review Online article following the initial decision in March, it looks very likely that the United States Supreme Court will take the case on appeal. When it does so – beyond seriously considering the clear original intent of […]

ACLU Engaging in 'Shakedown' Project

By |2023-05-20T09:39:18-04:00May 8th, 2007|

AP: ACLU Engaging in ‘Shakedown’ Project

On 5 May, 2007, the Associated Press ran a story entitled “Local Immigration Laws Bring High Costs.” It described a nationwide shakedown project by the ACLU. Only the AP missed the larger story.

The story as written, said, “Cities across the U.S. are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves against lawsuits and other challenges to ordinances enacted to keep out illegal immigrants.” It went on to describe how at least 90 cities had considered ordinances like those of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, but that many were backing away in fear of the costs.

And, those […]

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