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ACRU: Court Gets It Mostly Right in NLRB Case

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-26T15:23:03-04:00June 26th, 2014|

9-0 Ruling Says President Cannot Make “Recess Appointments” When Senate Is Not in Recess.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 26, 2014) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to rebuke President Obama for making executive recess appointments while the Senate was not in recess is a victory for the rule of law, American Civil Rights Union Chairman Susan A. Carleson said.

“Although the Court could have gone further to keep the Executive Branch from violating the Constitution in the future, as explained in concurring opinions by four conservative justices, the 9-0 ruling is still very welcome,” Carleson said. “Presidents cannot flout the law simply because they think […]

#Truth Campaign Exposes the Truth About Jim Crow

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:59:45-04:00June 23rd, 2014|

Report reveals history and misuse of a shameful time in America’s history.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 19, 2014) — A new report by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) clearly explains the sordid reality of the Jim Crow era and how liberals have distorted its history for their own purposes.
The Truth about Jim Crow is being distributed on Capitol Hill today by the Black Conservatives Fund, which is making the report the centerpiece of its #Truth campaign to raise public awareness about how the factual history of racism and slavery in America have been distorted.
“The #Truth campaign will lay bare who was really responsible for the immoral Jim Crow […]

Linking the Dollar to Gold: Completing the Recipe for Restoring an Economic Boom for America

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-23T12:20:31-04:00June 23rd, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on June 21, 2014 on Forbes.com.

Alexander Hamilton was America’s first Secretary of Treasury under President George Washington. When he first entered office in 1789, America was an agricultural nation of just 4 million still broke from its financially costly victory over the British Empire in the Revolutionary War.

The states had accumulated relatively massive debts to finance that war, which mostly remained unpaid. The United States did not even have a national currency, with Spanish coins still in wide circulation and use. Steve Forbes explains in his recently published definitive work, Money: How the […]

Scalia: Supreme Court Making Major Change to Constitution's Religious Liberty Protections

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:50:46-04:00June 19th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 16, 2014 on Breitbart.com.

Today the Supreme Court denied review in an important First Amendment case, Elmbrook School District v. Doe. But there’s big news in a dissent that accompanied this denial, declaring that big change is underway for religious liberty.

When the Supreme Court handed down its blockbuster religious-liberty case Town of Greece v. Galloway on May 5, upholding prayer during meetings of legislatures and local governments, Breitbart News’ analysis was that the Court signaled the principles it was declaring would apply to all religious speech and religious displays.

These principles […]

Unanimous Supreme Court Holds Pro-Life Susan B. Anthony List Can Continue Legal Challenge

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:52:38-04:00June 19th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 16, 2014 on Breitbart.com.

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) was investigated for allegedly violating an Ohio election law banning false speech in campaign messages. It has now won on an issue at the Supreme Court that allows SBA to proceed with its lawsuit, arguing Ohio’s law violates free speech.

Ohio law prohibits “false statements” about the “voting record of a… public official” in campaign ads during elections. Former Rep. Steven Driehaus (D-OH) filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission against SBA in 2010. The pro-life group made an ad that […]

Supreme Court Affirms Police Officer's Felony Conviction for Buying Gun for Law-Abiding Uncle

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-19T11:07:12-04:00June 19th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 16, 2014 on Breitbart.com.

When purchasing a firearm, federal law makes it a crime to make any false statement about “any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale.” Bruce Abramski is a former police officer in Virginia who purchased a gun for his uncle in Pennsylvania. His uncle is law-abiding and could have bought the gun himself, but Abramski made the purchase to get a policeman’s price discount to save his uncle money.

The former officer was convicted for violating federal law in buying the gun. Today in

Who Owns You?

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-11T13:22:37-04:00June 11th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 11, 2014 on Townhall.com.

Darcy Olsen, president of the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, and Richard Garr, president of Neuralstem, a biotech company, wrote “Right to Try experimental drugs” in USA Today (5/28/2014). They pointed out that “this year, more than 5,000 Americans will lose their battle with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Up until recently, there was no medicine on the market that significantly improved the lives of ALS patients. But now there is one in clinical trials that holds considerable promise, but it has not been […]

President Obama's Plan to "De-develop" America Shifts into High Gear

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-10T15:28:28-04:00June 10th, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on June 9, 2014 on Forbes.com.

President Obama’s own Administration officially reports that the U.S. economy DECLINED by 1% in the first quarter of this year. That follows 1.9% reported total annual growth for all of 2013.

The U.S. economy sustained a real rate of economic growth of 3.3% from 1945 to 1973, and achieved the same 3.3% sustained real growth from 1982 to 2007. Before President Obama, it was only during the stagflation decade of 1973 to 1982, reflecting the deeply misguided reigning intellectual leadership of the time, that real growth fell to only […]

Petty Annoyances

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:57:05-04:00June 4th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 4, 2014 on Townhall.com.

Most who read my columns think that I’m only annoyed by politicians, growing government and Americans who have little respect or love for liberty and our Constitution. There are other things that annoy me.

One annoyance is people’s seeming inability or unwillingness to differentiate between the number zero and the letter “o.” I’ve had conversations with telephone operators who have told me that I can reach my party by dialing, for example, 31o-3o55. Sometimes I’ve asked, “If I follow your instructions, by dialing […]

The Economics of Replacing Obamacare: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By ACRU Staff|2014-06-02T12:30:52-04:00June 2nd, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on June 1, 2014 on Forbes.com.

Republicans have not unified behind a single bill to replace Obamacare because conservatives have been debating among themselves exactly what the components of that bill should be. The ongoing collapse of Obamacare, economically and politically, is heightening the stakes in that debate, delaying matters.

But the replacement plan now emerging will broaden health coverage at least as much as Obamacare, which teased universal coverage but never delivered. Moreover, the replacement plan would actually reduce health costs (through tried and true market incentives, proven to work in the real world), […]